Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 300 lbs steers and heifers sold 8.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady, bulls sold 5.00 lower; Demand uneven and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.38/cwt on 250 head.

Average price

$149.38

250 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$13.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.16

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	152.86	786	184
Medium and Large 1-2	487	139.67	680	66

One grade step is worth $13.19/cwt here — about $107 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 sale250 hd

149.38

—

MO average18 barns · 13,108 hd

140.22

+9.16

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,442	69.11	996	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,295	54.04	700	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,061	51.47	546	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	875	40.96	359	11

Every lot, as filed

68 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	691	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	746	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	364	186.96/cwt	186.00–190.00	681	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	149.38/cwt	140.00–156.00	621	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	117.09/cwt	116.00–121.00	747	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	118.74/cwt	118.00–119.00	778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	173.61/cwt	165.00–185.00	573	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	160.83/cwt	156.00–170.00	761	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	933	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	133.59/cwt	129.00–134.50	860	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,233	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	117.92/cwt	117.00–120.00	787	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	151.04/cwt	142.50–166.00	430	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	130.40/cwt	128.00–135.50	619	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	116.99/cwt	111.00–122.50	607	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	122.39/cwt	118.00–128.00	512	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	127.84/cwt	120.00–132.00	666	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	147.00/cwt	133.00–154.00	535	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	123.53/cwt	119.00–125.00	692	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	119.64/cwt	110.00–125.00	558	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	110.43/cwt	105.00–112.00	679	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	135.76/cwt	135.00–136.00	440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	150.73/cwt	138.00–157.00	508	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	135.89/cwt	127.50–142.00	586	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	110.01/cwt	108.00–120.00	669	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	421	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	762	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	153.11/cwt	140.00–160.00	729	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	149.80/cwt	143.50–154.50	773	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	125.48/cwt	124.50–132.00	908	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	170.68/cwt	160.00–179.00	724	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	149.94/cwt	149.00–153.00	574	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	153.45/cwt	135.00–164.00	644	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	140.86/cwt	140.00–141.50	740	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	655	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	694	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	146.00/cwt	142.00–156.00	694	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	124.41/cwt	124.00–126.00	649	5
Bulls	—	—	1,549	76.29/cwt	70.00–82.00	1,182	5
Bulls	—	—	1,405	65.81/cwt	64.00–70.50	925	6
Bulls	—	—	1,125	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	155.46/cwt	155.00–157.00	599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	131.52/cwt	126.00–137.00	734	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	673	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	124.48/cwt	120.00–130.00	472	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	112.02/cwt	105.00–120.00	641	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	127.19/cwt	120.00–136.00	656	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	129.02/cwt	120.00–135.00	741	11
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	875	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	4,463	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,085	638.94/cwt	625.00–650.00	6,932	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,175	616.89/cwt	495.00–700.00	7,248	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,174	698.36/cwt	600.00–800.00	8,199	6
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	865	646.68/cwt	575.00–725.00	5,594	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,227	702.49/cwt	660.00–760.00	8,620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	158.41/cwt	150.00–165.00	524	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	141.66/cwt	134.00–152.50	798	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	172.23/cwt	164.00–182.50	458	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	170.28/cwt	162.00–173.00	644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	120.71/cwt	117.00–122.00	919	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	321	187.02/cwt	186.00–188.00	600	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,297	52.28/cwt	50.00–53.50	678	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,052	56.11/cwt	53.50–63.00	590	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	874	39.76/cwt	30.00–45.50	348	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,293	55.80/cwt	54.00–58.50	721	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	472	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,064	49.61/cwt	43.00–54.00	528	25

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.

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