Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-09-23

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Sep 23
● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,589 head
▲ 993 vs last sale 596▲ 302 vs year ago 1,287 · +23.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 85▼ 64 vs year ago 132 · −48.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 40▼ 1 vs year ago 53 · −1.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 1.00 lower to 8.00 higher with prevac calves bring 7.00-10.00 higher than the non vac calves. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower and bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower; Demand good and supply heavy.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.14/cwt on 600 head.
Average price
$130.14
600 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$744
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$201
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.38
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1603132.80801435
Medium and Large 1-2488123.12600165
One grade step is worth $9.69/cwt here — about $201 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 sale600 hd
130.14
—
MO average16 barns · 7,740 hd
134.52
−4.38
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
Bulls—Low1,69379.071,33918
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,48570.001,0401thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37260.8483518
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,10655.5861529
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10042.4146627

Every lot, as filed

92 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 1-2—895116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,0383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—477127.53/cwt115.00–135.0060849
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383134.55/cwt131.00–136.005154
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478135.54/cwt127.50–151.5064841
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—626137.50/cwt137.50–137.5086117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—284121.71/cwt118.00–134.003466
SteersMedium and Large 1—664141.03/cwt133.00–149.5093620
SteersMedium and Large 1—960126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2103
SteersMedium and Large 1—528150.28/cwt139.00–156.0079344
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—758143.43/cwt143.00–145.001,08730
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—470137.53/cwt130.00–148.0064632
SteersMedium and Large 1—783134.34/cwt122.00–139.001,05217
SteersMedium and Large 1—373155.54/cwt150.00–160.005803
SteersMedium and Large 1—728135.81/cwt128.00–143.0098943
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—620159.20/cwt156.00–163.0098718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—835120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—577135.88/cwt130.00–141.0078426
SteersMedium and Large 1—479154.63/cwt150.00–164.0074117
SteersMedium and Large 1—436158.11/cwt150.00–163.0068921
CowsBoner 80-85%—99344.89/cwt43.00–47.004463
CowsLean 85-90%—99632.62/cwt30.00–37.003256
CowsLean 85-90%—1,27451.92/cwt50.00–53.006614
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37361.75/cwt58.50–64.5084815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—334126.25/cwt119.00–132.0042211
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—770128.00/cwt128.00–128.0098618
HeifersMedium and Large 1—762123.13/cwt122.00–124.009387
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—364120.48/cwt115.00–130.0043913
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—671134.78/cwt132.75–137.5090448
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328146.13/cwt140.00–150.004799
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—630115.75/cwt109.00–118.5072914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—678107.31/cwt105.00–109.507282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—670130.08/cwt123.50–135.0087213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—582119.28/cwt118.00–123.0069412
BullsMedium and Large 1—363151.04/cwt144.00–156.0054811
Bulls——1,54065.96/cwt60.00–72.001,0162
Bulls——1,76286.64/cwt86.00–87.001,5273
Bulls——1,70179.34/cwt65.00–86.001,35013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—683108.32/cwt105.00–120.0074021
BullsMedium and Large 1—521136.41/cwt126.00–138.0071116
BullsMedium and Large 1—473130.52/cwt130.00–131.006172
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—368140.00/cwt140.00–140.005154
BullsMedium and Large 1—565133.80/cwt128.00–148.007565
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—524115.26/cwt110.00–120.006044
BullsMedium and Large 1—603122.00/cwt118.00–123.007365
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—633107.36/cwt101.00–109.006808
BullsMedium and Large 1—733109.55/cwt108.00–116.008035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—379140.60/cwt135.00–148.005335
HeifersMedium and Large 1—708125.08/cwt120.00–133.0088646
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—422123.92/cwt118.00–130.0052321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—765115.50/cwt115.50–115.508842
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569131.88/cwt123.00–138.5075075
HeifersMedium and Large 1—409147.68/cwt137.50–151.5060415
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527136.87/cwt128.00–152.0072158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—533123.13/cwt112.00–128.0065622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—705105.00/cwt105.00–105.007403
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—883124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0953
HeifersMedium and Large 1—810123.09/cwt122.00–123.5099716
HeifersMedium and Large 1—272147.00/cwt147.00–147.004003
HeifersMedium and Large 1—632130.88/cwt119.00–138.5082762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—571122.17/cwt110.00–130.0069822
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,2001,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0012,9001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,000925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,200950.00/cwt900.00–975.0011,4003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—471126.71/cwt115.00–135.0059711
BullsMedium and Large 1—409142.33/cwt140.00–149.005826
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,2651,120.55/cwt1,075.00–1,175.0014,1754
Bred CowsMedium 2—930675.00/cwt675.00–675.006,2781
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,199891.85/cwt735.00–1,150.0010,69317
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—682148.81/cwt148.00–149.501,01591
SteersMedium and Large 1—622142.11/cwt133.50–156.0088444
SteersMedium and Large 1—288172.79/cwt167.00–182.504984
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—524136.63/cwt130.00–140.007166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—313138.27/cwt135.00–142.004333
SteersMedium and Large 1—577148.98/cwt141.00–158.0086075
SteersMedium and Large 1—816137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1186
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—637124.99/cwt121.00–129.007966
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—672130.00/cwt130.00–130.008743
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—873128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,1226
SteersMedium and Large 1—340164.74/cwt161.00–172.0056011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—425138.47/cwt130.00–144.0058811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—765121.50/cwt121.50–121.509293
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—588157.00/cwt157.00–157.0092311
Bred CowsMedium 2—895700.00/cwt700.00–700.006,2651
Bred CowsMedium 2—865825.00/cwt825.00–825.007,1361
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,342792.39/cwt600.00–975.0010,6343
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,113722.93/cwt675.00–825.008,0466
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,240902.05/cwt875.00–920.0011,1852
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09543.63/cwt39.00–53.5047817
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,09052.22/cwt47.00–56.0056913
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,48570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0401
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14861.41/cwt58.00–65.0070513
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,36856.28/cwt55.00–57.007703

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.