Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers on a light test sold 3.00-5.00 lower with lower quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher; Demand lower and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.52/cwt on 159 head.

Average price

$140.52

159 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$149

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

$10.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.01

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	142.99	836	123
Medium and Large 1-2	520	132.09	687	36

One grade step is worth $10.91/cwt here — about $149 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 sale159 hd

140.52

—

MO average9 barns · 6,831 hd

139.51

+1.01

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	—	Average	1,998	93.83	1,875	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,363	66.64	908	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	64.89	821	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	934	46.25	432	4thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	121.62/cwt	118.00–126.00	756	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	121.73/cwt	118.00–129.00	502	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	139.01/cwt	138.00–140.00	662	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	111.08/cwt	109.00–112.50	695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	143.10/cwt	135.00–148.50	542	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	122.82/cwt	117.00–130.00	576	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	119.79/cwt	114.00–124.75	811	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	112.19/cwt	105.00–115.00	604	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	129.10/cwt	122.00–132.50	736	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	128.61/cwt	122.50–131.00	676	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	111.96/cwt	110.00–120.00	648	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	138.85/cwt	136.00–147.00	592	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	153.33/cwt	150.00–155.00	583	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	133.65/cwt	131.00–135.00	688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	135.11/cwt	128.50–141.00	898	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	988	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	118.63/cwt	115.00–126.00	732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	139.50/cwt	130.50–146.00	880	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	157.00/cwt	156.00–158.00	672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	868	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	145.41/cwt	134.00–150.00	848	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	148.07/cwt	140.00–150.00	715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	138.45/cwt	130.00–145.00	648	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	425	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	154.14/cwt	147.00–160.00	526	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	149.96/cwt	142.00–156.50	786	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,363	66.64/cwt	65.00–69.00	908	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,357	861.38/cwt	750.00–1,000.00	11,689	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	290	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,327	1,024.49/cwt	625.00–1,185.00	13,595	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	594	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	910	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,778	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	49.51/cwt	48.00–51.00	423	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,128	668.00/cwt	650.00–685.00	7,535	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	61.31/cwt	54.00–64.00	804	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,163	770.20/cwt	540.00–985.00	8,957	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	67.12/cwt	65.00–73.50	831	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,490	910.00/cwt	910.00–910.00	13,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	138.96/cwt	136.00–143.00	588	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	130.73/cwt	120.00–137.00	943	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,200	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	740	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	146.73/cwt	140.00–160.00	553	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,350	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	14,513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	131.51/cwt	130.00–132.00	501	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	614	3
Bulls	—	—	1,825	89.22/cwt	89.00–89.50	1,628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	126.03/cwt	120.00–128.00	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	797	3
Bulls	—	—	2,067	95.68/cwt	91.00–98.50	1,978	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	755	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	808	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	403	140.64/cwt	140.00–142.50	567	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	900	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	6,165	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	124.82/cwt	118.00–128.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	124.92/cwt	110.00–130.00	461	4

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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