Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2022-03-23

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Mar 23
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
646 vs last sale 1,066 85 vs year ago 505 · 16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
14 vs last sale 114 12 vs year ago 88 · +13.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
16 vs last sale 26 6 vs year ago 16 · 37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to week, steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold 2.00-9.00 lower with lower quality in the offering. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher, bulls sold steady; Demand uneven and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.46/cwt on 171 head.
Average price
$170.46
171 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.29
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1605171.731,039137
Medium and Large 1-2465165.3376834
One grade step is worth $6.40/cwt here — about $271 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 sale171 hd
170.46
MO average16 barns · 10,684 hd
175.75
−5.29
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
BullsLow1,59599.721,59010
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40887.211,22812
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12079.6689230
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06560.4464411

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1742143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0613
HeifersMedium and Large 1295165.00/cwt165.00–165.004873
HeifersMedium and Large 1527153.14/cwt140.00–158.0080723
HeifersMedium and Large 1466161.74/cwt155.00–170.0075415
SteersMedium and Large 1667159.10/cwt145.00–163.001,06127
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy612177.32/cwt172.00–180.001,08517
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy428215.11/cwt205.00–222.0092112
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy388225.00/cwt225.00–225.008733
HeifersLarge 1615135.00/cwt135.00–135.0083010
HeifersLarge 1547131.00/cwt131.00–131.007173
SteersMedium and Large 1477188.88/cwt180.00–197.0090112
SteersMedium and Large 1640152.03/cwt148.00–160.009739
SteersMedium and Large 1579179.74/cwt173.00–185.001,0417
SteersMedium and Large 1-2610145.00/cwt145.00–145.008853
SteersMedium and Large 1519177.08/cwt170.00–185.0091917
SteersMedium and Large 1718150.45/cwt146.00–155.001,0806
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531152.92/cwt147.00–165.008127
SteersMedium and Large 1430197.00/cwt197.00–197.008473
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423169.26/cwt165.00–175.007167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469174.96/cwt170.00–180.008216
SteersMedium and Large 1758148.50/cwt145.00–151.001,12624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2374168.05/cwt165.00–170.006295
SteersMedium and Large 1-2580170.00/cwt170.00–170.009863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2288177.00/cwt177.00–177.005103
BullsMedium and Large 1-2440122.00/cwt122.00–122.005373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2529126.55/cwt120.00–130.006699
BullsMedium and Large 1656142.43/cwt135.00–145.009344
BullsMedium and Large 1551145.00/cwt145.00–145.007994
BullsMedium and Large 1610151.00/cwt151.00–151.009213
BullsMedium and Large 1522141.67/cwt135.00–150.007406
CowsLean 85-90%1,01540.00/cwt40.00–40.004061
CowsLean 85-90%1,14570.00/cwt70.00–70.008022
CowsLean 85-90%1,05160.61/cwt50.00–68.006378
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41189.66/cwt83.00–94.001,26510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39574.98/cwt70.00–80.001,0462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10475.24/cwt70.00–81.0083118
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14386.30/cwt82.50–92.0098612
Bulls1,40572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,0121
Bulls1,951112.39/cwt109.00–114.002,1934
Bulls1,34895.12/cwt90.00–104.001,2825
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,215900.00/cwt900.00–900.0010,9351
Bred CowsMedium 2795800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,3602
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,139927.72/cwt750.00–1,050.0010,5674
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2800800.00/cwt800.00–800.006,4001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2001,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0016,8001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0001,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0011,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2423141.91/cwt135.00–150.006009
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2539140.63/cwt140.00–141.007588
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2694133.00/cwt133.00–133.009235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600132.00/cwt132.00–132.007923
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy409189.29/cwt180.00–205.007748
BullsMedium and Large 1-2585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007903
HeifersMedium and Large 1685142.60/cwt139.50–149.009779
HeifersMedium and Large 1563154.00/cwt154.00–154.008675
HeifersMedium and Large 1620149.80/cwt142.00–152.0092923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475125.00/cwt125.00–125.005943
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2343161.46/cwt160.00–162.0055411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2562134.00/cwt132.00–135.007539
HeifersMedium and Large 1445165.00/cwt165.00–165.007347
HeifersMedium and Large 1325176.03/cwt175.00–177.005726

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.