Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-03-18

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Mar 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
170 head
584 vs last sale 754 170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
6 vs last sale 83 77 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
6 vs last sale 17 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too small of an offering for a trend comparison, undertones of 2.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady, bulls not tested; Demand not tested and supply very light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.85/cwt on 72 head.
Average price
$126.85
72 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.77
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1492130.4464257
Medium and Large 1-2531113.1960115thin
One grade step is worth $17.26/cwt here — about $42 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 sale72 hd
126.85
MO average13 barns · 2,565 hd
123.08
+3.77
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
BullsHigh1,92481.231,5638thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44160.748758thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21756.6769029
CowsLean 85-90%High95638.0136414

Every lot, as filed

40 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
SteersMedium and Large 1368168.76/cwt162.00–175.006213
SteersMedium and Large 1418165.72/cwt157.00–170.006935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,310693.07/cwt625.00–725.009,0793
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,101772.59/cwt650.00–950.008,5064
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63053.95/cwt52.50–55.508792
CowsLean 85-90%98346.95/cwt45.00–50.004623
SteersMedium and Large 1330170.00/cwt170.00–170.005613
SteersMedium and Large 1474158.50/cwt158.50–158.507514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2533140.00/cwt140.00–140.007463
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,390735.00/cwt735.00–735.0010,2171
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,220696.33/cwt685.00–700.008,4954
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22860.19/cwt57.00–65.0073918
CowsLean 85-90%84329.35/cwt28.00–30.002473
SteersMedium and Large 1553140.00/cwt140.00–140.007743
SteersMedium and Large 1263161.29/cwt156.00–170.004248
BullsMedium and Large 1474146.95/cwt137.00–160.006978
Bulls2,01985.50/cwt79.50–91.501,7266
BullsMedium and Large 1368155.41/cwt140.00–162.505727
BullsMedium and Large 1-2583120.87/cwt115.00–127.007056
Bulls1,63868.43/cwt65.00–71.501,1212
BullsMedium and Large 1608118.43/cwt113.00–124.007206
BullsMedium and Large 1423163.29/cwt140.00–175.0069111
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1081,012.50/cwt900.00–1,125.0011,2192
HeifersMedium and Large 1733105.00/cwt105.00–105.007703
HeifersMedium and Large 1379134.14/cwt132.50–140.005088
HeifersMedium and Large 1430138.22/cwt130.00–140.005949
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2493123.00/cwt123.00–123.006063
HeifersMedium and Large 1523126.26/cwt122.00–130.006607
HeifersMedium and Large 1324148.22/cwt143.00–155.004809
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2288133.00/cwt133.00–133.003833
HeifersMedium and Large 1770100.00/cwt100.00–100.007703
HeifersMedium and Large 1469132.17/cwt130.00–140.006208
HeifersMedium and Large 1633122.80/cwt107.00–126.5077710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624103.31/cwt96.00–109.006459
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,100650.00/cwt650.00–650.007,1501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,164692.17/cwt585.00–900.008,0578
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20050.90/cwt44.00–55.5061111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37863.00/cwt58.00–68.508686
CowsLean 85-90%98937.90/cwt30.00–44.003758

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.