Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2021-02-24

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Feb 24
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,252 head
1,010 vs last sale 242 890 vs year ago 362 · +245.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
63 vs last sale 54 65 vs year ago 52 · +125.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
51 head
45 vs last sale 6 39 vs year ago 12 · +325.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 4.00-13.00 higher with value added calves selling as much as 20.00 higher with good qualilty in the offering. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 lower and bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand good and supply moderate to heavy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.56/cwt on 694 head.
Average price
$146.56
694 head · 654 lb average
Value per head Derived
$958
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.93
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664148.32985599
Medium and Large 1-2588135.4879795
One grade step is worth $12.84/cwt here — about $188 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 sale694 hd
146.56
MO average15 barns · 13,472 hd
149.49
−2.93
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
BullsAverage1,75080.931,41612
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43660.688716thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18355.1765238
CowsLean 85-90%High99138.6638328

Every lot, as filed

74 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 1768130.85/cwt127.50–133.001,00550
SteersMedium and Large 1583159.55/cwt148.00–166.0093040
SteersMedium and Large 1480176.90/cwt162.00–181.0084912
HeifersMedium and Large 1667130.22/cwt123.00–145.0086973
HeifersMedium and Large 1524137.54/cwt130.00–142.0072132
SteersMedium and Large 1417173.02/cwt162.00–182.0072112
SteersMedium and Large 1733133.31/cwt125.50–140.0097795
SteersMedium and Large 1814124.18/cwt120.00–127.001,01155
SteersMedium and Large 1862122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,0566
SteersMedium and Large 1335175.00/cwt175.00–175.005863
HeifersMedium and Large 1434145.28/cwt135.00–149.0063127
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added583169.53/cwt166.00–180.0098822
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added526182.00/cwt178.00–186.009578
SteersMedium and Large 1927116.72/cwt115.00–118.001,0827
SteersMedium and Large 1290180.00/cwt180.00–180.005223
SteersMedium and Large 1677139.62/cwt133.00–156.0094524
SteersMedium and Large 1371184.09/cwt170.00–192.0068313
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added835134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,11913
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added722137.50/cwt137.50–137.5099312
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added465185.94/cwt182.00–190.0086511
SteersMedium and Large 1529167.36/cwt155.00–176.0088537
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added619163.90/cwt161.00–167.001,01574
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added761138.22/cwt136.00–142.001,05232
BullsMedium and Large 1685116.99/cwt116.00–118.008012
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy801126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,0135
CowsLean 85-90%94351.19/cwt49.00–53.004832
CowsLean 85-90%98728.37/cwt20.00–35.002806
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added713125.50/cwt125.50–125.5089520
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added415151.14/cwt150.00–158.006277
BullsMedium and Large 1542139.84/cwt135.00–155.007584
BullsMedium and Large 1558129.00/cwt129.00–129.007203
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43660.68/cwt58.00–64.508716
Bulls1,83075.23/cwt70.00–79.001,3773
Bulls1,40369.19/cwt65.00–72.009712
Bulls1,81586.72/cwt81.00–90.001,5747
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0001,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0010,7501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2773810.00/cwt775.00–850.006,2615
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13752.50/cwt47.00–58.0059728
CowsLean 85-90%99740.50/cwt32.00–48.0040420
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628115.73/cwt112.00–120.0072717
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy793127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0115
Bred CowsMedium 2848721.88/cwt650.00–825.006,1225
Bred CowsMedium 2886635.00/cwt635.00–635.005,6265
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,125672.16/cwt600.00–735.007,5624
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,112808.99/cwt535.00–925.008,99611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673129.85/cwt117.00–137.0087426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2573137.12/cwt126.00–147.0078619
Bred CowsMedium 2799710.46/cwt675.00–750.005,6777
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31062.65/cwt59.00–69.0082110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679119.80/cwt108.00–126.5081312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2376151.00/cwt151.00–151.005685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520128.81/cwt115.00–139.0067017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2724128.41/cwt128.00–130.009305
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy418187.65/cwt184.00–190.007846
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,113741.29/cwt500.00–835.008,25113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340140.00/cwt140.00–140.004763
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579124.10/cwt115.00–132.5071937
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2464127.98/cwt122.00–136.005946
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2626127.99/cwt112.00–130.0080116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2468149.52/cwt140.00–160.0070015
HeifersMedium and Large 1463142.48/cwt130.00–147.0066033
HeifersMedium and Large 1774118.00/cwt118.00–118.009138
HeifersMedium and Large 1615132.68/cwt126.00–133.0081625
HeifersMedium and Large 1714122.69/cwt118.00–125.0087620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2788122.00/cwt122.00–122.009613
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523138.39/cwt130.00–145.007243
HeifersMedium and Large 1580133.79/cwt130.00–136.0077689
BullsMedium and Large 1748117.17/cwt117.00–118.008766
HeifersMedium and Large 1376153.56/cwt140.00–160.005776
BullsMedium and Large 1624127.53/cwt125.00–130.007967
HeifersMedium and Large 1275147.53/cwt147.00–149.004064
HeifersMedium and Large 1313157.00/cwt157.00–157.004913
SteersMedium and Large 1635150.01/cwt140.00–158.0095354

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.