Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-10-21

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Oct 21
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
773 head
141 vs last sale 914 240 vs year ago 1,013 · 23.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
26 vs last sale 117 47 vs year ago 138 · 34.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
15 vs last sale 31 26 vs year ago 20 · +130.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week, Feeder steers under 650 lbs 2.00 to 10.00 lower, Over 650 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, Over 500 lbs 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.93/cwt on 315 head.
Average price
$135.93
315 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.45
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1629139.14875249
Large 1559135.007556thin
Medium and Large 1-2601122.7373860
One grade step is worth $16.41/cwt here — about $137 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 sale315 hd
135.93
MO average15 barns · 8,610 hd
138.38
−2.45
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
BullsLow1,45470.761,0298thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52758.078877thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16849.7658120
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07539.0642010

Every lot, as filed

61 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2485133.67/cwt133.00–135.006486
SteersMedium and Large 1626133.51/cwt125.00–138.5083631
SteersMedium and Large 1578144.78/cwt139.00–151.0083738
SteersMedium and Large 1-2655120.03/cwt116.00–124.007866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2816120.90/cwt118.00–130.009877
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2332133.00/cwt133.00–133.004429
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517109.53/cwt100.00–116.005665
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007193
BullsMedium and Large 1-272692.82/cwt90.00–95.006747
BullsMedium and Large 1-2416130.14/cwt126.00–139.0054110
BullsMedium and Large 1-266795.95/cwt93.00–103.006407
SteersMedium and Large 1-2626125.96/cwt124.00–129.0078910
CowsLean 85-90%1,08744.96/cwt43.50–46.504893
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476114.14/cwt106.00–121.0054319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419133.20/cwt127.00–139.005584
SteersMedium and Large 1-2756123.00/cwt123.00–123.009306
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,292992.81/cwt900.00–1,075.0012,8279
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2757101.00/cwt101.00–101.007657
Bulls1,32354.51/cwt49.00–58.007212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340135.00/cwt135.00–135.004592
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370130.00/cwt130.00–130.004812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521117.97/cwt108.00–122.0061510
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18649.07/cwt45.00–54.0058213
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,26853.81/cwt53.00–54.506822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01744.00/cwt44.00–44.004473
Bulls1,34170.30/cwt68.00–72.009434
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22156.30/cwt55.00–59.006874
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63059.78/cwt55.50–63.509745
Bulls1,81087.91/cwt84.00–92.001,5912
CowsLean 85-90%1,07036.53/cwt34.00–37.503917
SteersLarge 1559135.00/cwt135.00–135.007556
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,218732.18/cwt600.00–875.008,91821
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy490144.00/cwt142.00–146.0070610
HeifersMedium and Large 1637116.37/cwt115.00–120.0074112
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1841,186.25/cwt1,035.00–1,325.0014,0454
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,058800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,4642
HeifersMedium and Large 1412133.99/cwt132.00–135.005523
HeifersMedium and Large 1529129.07/cwt120.00–136.0068338
SteersMedium and Large 1814130.00/cwt122.00–131.001,0589
HeifersMedium and Large 1484131.82/cwt127.50–141.0063813
SteersMedium and Large 1680134.94/cwt120.00–138.5091864
HeifersMedium and Large 1357137.00/cwt137.00–137.004893
SteersMedium and Large 1920121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1135
BullsMedium and Large 1-2307116.00/cwt116.00–116.003563
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,318628.64/cwt550.00–725.008,2855
SteersMedium and Large 1463156.10/cwt146.00–160.0072319
SteersMedium and Large 1445160.80/cwt160.00–161.007165
BullsMedium and Large 1-2514113.89/cwt106.00–120.005859
SteersMedium and Large 1736130.47/cwt128.00–137.0096014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490118.00/cwt118.00–118.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 1573123.11/cwt115.00–128.0070530
HeifersMedium and Large 1661117.00/cwt117.00–117.007735
SteersMedium and Large 1352158.00/cwt158.00–158.005563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613107.96/cwt102.50–112.006628
SteersMedium and Large 1530146.95/cwt138.00–158.0077946
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577120.11/cwt110.00–125.0069311
SteersMedium and Large 11,034100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0346
SteersMedium and Large 1753129.32/cwt126.00–131.009749
BullsMedium and Large 1-258699.76/cwt96.00–120.005856
BullsMedium and Large 1-281285.78/cwt80.00–88.0069711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423116.35/cwt116.00–117.004926

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.