Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 1.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher; Demand good and supply heavy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $144.34/cwt on 782 head.

Average price

$144.34

782 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$856

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$12.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.05

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	146.69	883	630
Medium and Large 1-2	557	134.57	750	152

One grade step is worth $12.12/cwt here — about $133 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 sale782 hd

144.34

—

MO average17 barns · 11,762 hd

145.38

−1.05

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	—	High	1,560	71.29	1,112	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,566	55.44	868	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,221	49.43	603	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	975	35.07	342	28

Every lot, as filed

83 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	512	124.21/cwt	115.00–128.00	636	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	137.79/cwt	127.00–144.50	715	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	141.66/cwt	131.00–148.50	884	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	130.46/cwt	127.50–136.00	952	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	682	132.11/cwt	131.00–132.50	901	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	133.50/cwt	122.50–139.00	507	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	166.12/cwt	166.00–167.00	648	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	143.20/cwt	140.00–147.00	587	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	118.28/cwt	114.50–120.00	835	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	173.64/cwt	162.00–187.00	472	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	133.81/cwt	124.00–141.00	768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	157.44/cwt	155.00–160.00	666	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	153.18/cwt	140.00–160.00	872	85
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	161.98/cwt	149.00–167.00	847	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	133.21/cwt	127.50–141.00	638	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	124.10/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,011	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	126.50/cwt	120.00–140.00	726	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	123.95/cwt	118.00–129.00	827	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	952	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	479	139.77/cwt	130.00–150.00	669	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	785	99.07/cwt	96.50–107.00	778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	160.27/cwt	150.00–169.00	761	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	144.94/cwt	140.00–159.00	542	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,017	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	128.42/cwt	119.00–132.00	788	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	127.42/cwt	125.00–135.00	605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	117.89/cwt	115.00–125.00	670	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	120.71/cwt	115.00–133.00	750	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	122.23/cwt	119.00–123.00	647	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	102.51/cwt	101.00–104.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	133.06/cwt	127.00–147.00	637	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	126.43/cwt	121.00–130.50	843	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	886	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	676	112.32/cwt	107.00–113.00	759	9
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	815	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	132.40/cwt	128.00–144.00	755	20
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	940	660.19/cwt	460.00–850.00	6,206	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	1,138	752.57/cwt	600.00–885.00	8,564	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	605	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	107.03/cwt	101.00–115.00	658	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	145.94/cwt	131.00–155.00	620	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	6,382	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	628	121.29/cwt	116.00–123.00	762	7
Bulls	—	—	1,846	79.53/cwt	75.50–86.00	1,468	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	53.81/cwt	49.00–62.00	668	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	458	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	797	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,480	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	12,210	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,263	689.74/cwt	525.00–750.00	8,711	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,575	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	14,726	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	130.08/cwt	127.00–136.00	1,002	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	128.44/cwt	117.50–135.00	557	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	670	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	578	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	612	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	731	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	713	102.28/cwt	90.00–113.00	729	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	181.39/cwt	177.50–185.00	586	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	901	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,014	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	136.95/cwt	126.50–145.00	937	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	116.35/cwt	110.00–124.00	666	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	115.23/cwt	108.00–123.00	606	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	124.22/cwt	115.00–138.00	458	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	821	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	261	119.82/cwt	117.00–127.00	313	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	121.64/cwt	110.00–129.00	578	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	725	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	139.74/cwt	124.00–145.00	729	67
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,275	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,102	747.50/cwt	700.00–860.00	8,237	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,220	1,262.50/cwt	1,200.00–1,325.00	15,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	121.95/cwt	113.00–134.00	528	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	110.39/cwt	110.00–112.00	755	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	35.94/cwt	30.00–43.00	364	19
Bulls	—	—	1,468	72.01/cwt	66.00–75.00	1,057	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	49.98/cwt	48.00–52.00	812	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,557	56.28/cwt	52.00–67.00	876	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	46.85/cwt	44.00–49.00	422	3
Bulls	—	—	1,267	57.84/cwt	54.00–64.00	733	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,046	33.76/cwt	24.00–40.00	353	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	26.42/cwt	23.00–30.00	236	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	46.27/cwt	41.00–50.00	568	19

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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