Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-01-29

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Jan 29
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
374 head
272 vs last sale 646 374 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
3 vs last sale 55 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
2 vs last sale 20 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 1.00 higher to 4.00 lower on a very light test with lower quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand uneven and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.61/cwt on 142 head.
Average price
$126.61
142 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.56
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505130.4965994
Medium and Large 1-2497119.0159248
One grade step is worth $11.48/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale142 hd
126.61
MO average17 barns · 7,521 hd
137.17
−10.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,74263.321,1035thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34653.527204thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12148.5954520
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05035.8437615

Every lot, as filed

64 lots · USDA AMS · Farmington Regional Stockyards - Farmington, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1523153.71/cwt149.00–155.008047
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403120.84/cwt113.50–136.004877
Bulls1,87577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,4441
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473130.00/cwt130.00–130.006154
BullsMedium and Large 1377149.54/cwt143.00–159.0056411
BullsMedium and Large 1-2604111.99/cwt111.00–115.006764
BullsMedium and Large 1-2511123.50/cwt123.50–123.506314
Bulls1,80050.90/cwt45.00–56.009162
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33357.03/cwt53.50–62.507603
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38543.00/cwt43.00–43.005961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08744.69/cwt39.00–50.0048610
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy300187.00/cwt187.00–187.005613
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy395190.00/cwt190.00–190.007513
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy454173.21/cwt172.00–174.007865
BullsMedium and Large 1427156.73/cwt148.00–161.006693
BullsMedium and Large 1768112.00/cwt112.00–112.008603
BullsMedium and Large 1709114.26/cwt114.00–115.008104
BullsMedium and Large 1458156.44/cwt153.00–160.007166
BullsMedium and Large 1613129.97/cwt126.00–132.007976
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13254.44/cwt50.00–61.006169
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36535.00/cwt35.00–35.004781
Bulls1,61868.89/cwt62.00–75.001,1152
HeifersMedium and Large 1373135.90/cwt128.00–144.005078
HeifersMedium and Large 1723115.00/cwt115.00–115.008313
HeifersMedium and Large 1280135.00/cwt135.00–135.003783
CowsLean 85-90%1,02934.20/cwt30.00–38.0035211
CowsLean 85-90%1,09545.47/cwt42.50–50.004983
CowsLean 85-90%1,14525.00/cwt25.00–25.002861
HeifersMedium and Large 1462135.09/cwt128.00–139.0062419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479118.95/cwt110.00–126.0057016
HeifersMedium and Large 1522129.04/cwt122.50–134.0067418
HeifersMedium and Large 1416138.96/cwt134.00–145.5057816
HeifersMedium and Large 1611121.48/cwt119.00–123.5074215
HeifersMedium and Large 1557127.19/cwt125.00–130.007085
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2361125.42/cwt118.00–134.004537
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577117.82/cwt116.00–122.006806
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2678116.71/cwt113.00–118.507915
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524116.21/cwt115.00–120.006094
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2633110.00/cwt110.00–110.006963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2620125.40/cwt120.00–130.007775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434143.72/cwt140.00–145.006244
SteersMedium and Large 1522154.10/cwt145.00–165.0080412
SteersMedium and Large 1419157.14/cwt150.00–165.0065811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008516
HeifersMedium and Large 1671122.50/cwt118.00–124.008227
SteersMedium and Large 1805126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,0183
SteersMedium and Large 1383162.93/cwt161.00–167.006243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2308146.05/cwt140.00–148.004504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573139.23/cwt134.00–148.007983
SteersMedium and Large 1731129.44/cwt128.00–132.5094615
SteersMedium and Large 1619142.42/cwt136.50–153.0088212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2785400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,1401
SteersMedium and Large 1313164.26/cwt160.00–170.005143
SteersMedium and Large 1676139.61/cwt132.00–143.0094410
SteersMedium and Large 1290180.64/cwt175.00–188.005249
SteersMedium and Large 1469161.22/cwt150.00–169.007567
SteersMedium and Large 1557160.21/cwt159.00–162.008925
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2955810.00/cwt810.00–810.007,7361
Bred CowsMedium 2795520.00/cwt520.00–520.004,1341
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,145841.00/cwt695.00–1,110.009,6295
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2701,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0013,4621
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,250850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,6251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,000550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,5004
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,147655.58/cwt600.00–760.007,5203

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.