Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-08-05

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Aug 5
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
692 head
149 vs last sale 543 206 vs year ago 486 · +42.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
50 vs last sale 55 57 vs year ago 48 · +118.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
24 vs last sale 60 22 vs year ago 14 · +157.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers under 550 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Over 550 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 8.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.41/cwt on 230 head.
Average price
$149.41
230 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.44
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1602151.39911185
Medium and Large 1-2540141.2676345
One grade step is worth $10.13/cwt here — about $148 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 sale230 hd
149.41
MO average14 barns · 10,448 hd
148.97
+0.44
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
BullsAverage1,71390.101,54311
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28572.439308thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09463.6169613
CowsLean 85-90%High99453.0952815

Every lot, as filed

62 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 1776135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,05012
SteersMedium and Large 1683143.35/cwt136.00–148.0097910
SteersMedium and Large 1328177.45/cwt170.00–183.005829
SteersMedium and Large 1863125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0798
SteersMedium and Large 1714140.05/cwt135.00–149.501,0007
SteersMedium and Large 1370166.09/cwt162.00–170.006155
SteersMedium and Large 1422170.68/cwt170.00–171.007203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2559124.57/cwt122.00–126.0069613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2791102.00/cwt102.00–102.008078
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2539120.61/cwt120.00–122.506508
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381135.91/cwt128.00–143.005188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411134.67/cwt127.00–136.005537
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2485128.00/cwt128.00–128.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2693129.00/cwt129.00–129.008942
HeifersMedium and Large 1577136.27/cwt130.00–138.0078637
HeifersMedium and Large 1612135.29/cwt128.00–138.0082829
HeifersMedium and Large 1518138.65/cwt131.00–142.0071828
HeifersMedium and Large 1464140.37/cwt136.00–146.0065125
HeifersMedium and Large 1679129.79/cwt124.00–133.0088122
HeifersMedium and Large 1433142.90/cwt142.50–146.006199
HeifersMedium and Large 1784120.12/cwt119.50–124.009427
HeifersMedium and Large 1717124.80/cwt120.00–128.008955
HeifersMedium and Large 1835118.50/cwt118.50–118.509893
HeifersMedium and Large 1360142.69/cwt140.00–144.005143
HeifersMedium and Large 1295157.50/cwt157.50–157.504653
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy677118.00/cwt118.00–118.007995
HeifersLarge 1505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2483132.33/cwt127.00–143.0063910
BullsMedium and Large 1-2674123.11/cwt122.00–126.008307
BullsMedium and Large 1-2618133.21/cwt133.00–134.008235
BullsMedium and Large 1-2406156.00/cwt156.00–156.006334
CowsLean 85-90%1,02160.38/cwt58.00–64.506167
CowsLean 85-90%1,00550.61/cwt45.00–54.505096
CowsLean 85-90%86535.00/cwt35.00–35.003032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28673.85/cwt70.00–77.509506
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28068.15/cwt67.00–69.508722
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06970.37/cwt68.50–75.007525
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02664.98/cwt62.50–67.506674
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19453.78/cwt50.00–59.006424
Bulls1,78693.33/cwt85.50–97.001,6675
Bulls2,02299.96/cwt99.50–100.502,0213
Bulls1,28374.84/cwt72.50–77.509603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,044777.25/cwt750.00–825.008,1145
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3731,000.41/cwt900.00–1,125.0013,7364
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0831,109.67/cwt1,000.00–1,210.0012,01815
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0001,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0013,0003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1431,462.50/cwt1,425.00–1,500.0016,7162
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529141.66/cwt133.00–147.0074916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2487145.58/cwt140.00–150.0070912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580139.25/cwt135.00–141.408089
SteersMedium and Large 1-2793130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2373145.00/cwt145.00–145.005412
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed618157.95/cwt155.50–158.7597616
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed681150.67/cwt150.00–151.001,02612
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed554160.14/cwt158.50–160.5088711
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed721150.78/cwt150.50–151.501,0877
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed508165.00/cwt165.00–165.008382
SteersMedium and Large 1583152.46/cwt147.00–154.0088926
SteersMedium and Large 1632140.59/cwt134.50–148.0088924
SteersMedium and Large 1533154.55/cwt146.00–159.5082418
SteersMedium and Large 1475161.95/cwt155.00–165.5076915

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.