Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-09-30

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Sep 30
● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
820 head
769 vs last sale 1,589 366 vs year ago 454 · +80.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
13 vs last sale 68 35 vs year ago 116 · 30.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
23 vs last sale 52 5 vs year ago 24 · +20.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 4.00-12.00 higher, the heifer offering sold steady to 10.00 lower, the pre vac and weaned calves sold good, the lower than average quality and unweaned calves sold much lower than last week with buyers knowing October is here and even healthy calves get sick. Slaughter cows sold steady and bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand uneven and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.66/cwt on 296 head.
Average price
$126.66
296 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$717
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.78
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578128.90745234
Medium and Large 1-2523118.1761862
One grade step is worth $10.73/cwt here — about $127 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 sale296 hd
126.66
MO average18 barns · 8,976 hd
134.44
−7.78
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
BullsAverage1,63082.231,34112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43461.108768thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17657.7067835
CowsLean 85-90%Average96839.6338416

Every lot, as filed

84 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1610121.42/cwt120.00–124.007415
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added681131.50/cwt131.50–131.5089624
HeifersMedium and Large 1375135.59/cwt130.00–138.0050816
HeifersMedium and Large 1425129.16/cwt124.00–133.0054914
HeifersMedium and Large 1265150.39/cwt150.00–151.003995
HeifersMedium and Large 1712123.13/cwt120.00–130.0087718
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added665153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0173
BullsMedium and Large 1483137.58/cwt125.00–145.5066514
BullsMedium and Large 1424140.69/cwt132.50–146.0059714
BullsMedium and Large 1379145.26/cwt130.00–163.005514
SteersMedium and Large 1523154.69/cwt143.00–161.0080933
HeifersMedium and Large 1772119.67/cwt118.00–125.009247
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added423183.00/cwt183.00–183.007744
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550160.00/cwt160.00–160.0088014
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added843132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1134
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479116.81/cwt113.00–123.005605
HeifersMedium and Large 1481129.53/cwt120.50–146.0062335
BullsMedium and Large 1833105.00/cwt105.00–105.008753
BullsMedium and Large 1-2551108.00/cwt108.00–108.005955
BullsMedium and Large 1-2659105.51/cwt100.00–111.006956
BullsMedium and Large 1-2516107.15/cwt102.00–118.005535
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431121.80/cwt118.00–127.005255
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added750130.00/cwt130.00–130.009753
HeifersMedium and Large 1865119.66/cwt119.00–120.001,03512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09453.61/cwt49.00–57.0058615
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,18057.50/cwt57.50–57.506791
Bulls1,60880.35/cwt73.00–84.501,2929
CowsLean 85-90%99242.06/cwt34.00–48.0041713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2610111.71/cwt109.00–119.006814
BullsMedium and Large 1-2488130.00/cwt130.00–130.006342
CowsLean 85-90%82328.68/cwt27.00–30.002362
CowsBoner 80-85%1,56444.00/cwt44.00–44.006881
Bulls1,69787.88/cwt87.00–89.001,4913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22061.65/cwt57.00–67.5075219
CowsLean 85-90%94530.00/cwt30.00–30.002841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47061.61/cwt59.00–65.009067
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2668104.25/cwt100.00–110.006964
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2608118.00/cwt118.00–118.007173
SteersMedium and Large 1-2506127.48/cwt120.00–130.006454
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2385130.00/cwt130.00–130.005013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575119.95/cwt114.00–126.006906
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2568117.94/cwt110.00–122.0067023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2672120.00/cwt120.00–120.008066
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2255137.00/cwt137.00–137.003493
Bred CowsMedium 2841566.17/cwt410.00–700.004,7614
Bred CowsMedium 2820650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,3301
Bred CowsMedium 2950500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,7501
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,245910.00/cwt910.00–910.0011,3301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,221827.00/cwt650.00–975.0010,0988
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,148672.29/cwt670.00–675.007,7182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618129.00/cwt129.00–129.0079712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465132.95/cwt123.00–140.006186
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2524115.56/cwt105.00–120.0060616
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420123.92/cwt121.00–127.005203
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,200985.00/cwt985.00–985.0011,8201
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy463125.00/cwt125.00–125.005796
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy359155.00/cwt155.00–155.005565
SteersMedium and Large 1825127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0483
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,306987.22/cwt900.00–1,050.0012,8935
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,625950.00/cwt950.00–950.0015,4381
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added634131.00/cwt131.00–131.008315
BullsMedium and Large 1725115.21/cwt105.00–118.008356
BullsMedium and Large 1655120.25/cwt115.00–122.007884
BullsMedium and Large 1526134.78/cwt130.00–146.0070924
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,403842.26/cwt690.00–1,000.0011,8173
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,025535.00/cwt535.00–535.005,4841
SteersMedium and Large 1622142.14/cwt130.00–152.5088435
SteersMedium and Large 1327182.13/cwt170.00–192.0059612
SteersMedium and Large 1576145.08/cwt136.00–152.5083648
SteersMedium and Large 1413172.73/cwt150.00–183.5071313
SteersMedium and Large 1850127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0842
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added494139.00/cwt139.00–139.006877
SteersMedium and Large 1662134.04/cwt128.50–139.508879
SteersMedium and Large 1737141.16/cwt134.00–144.001,04014
SteersMedium and Large 1478157.03/cwt151.00–167.0075123
HeifersMedium and Large 1661126.15/cwt119.00–130.5083416
BullsMedium and Large 1615123.38/cwt120.00–126.007598
SteersMedium and Large 1771137.54/cwt134.00–139.001,0607
HeifersMedium and Large 1526129.22/cwt120.00–136.0068027
HeifersMedium and Large 1576126.35/cwt121.00–132.0072820
BullsMedium and Large 1566129.66/cwt121.00–144.0073415
HeifersMedium and Large 1813118.91/cwt110.00–120.009679
SteersMedium and Large 1285179.00/cwt160.00–199.005106
SteersMedium and Large 1378178.92/cwt167.00–185.006769

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.