Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2022-08-24

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Aug 24
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
869 head
▲ 39 vs last sale 830▲ 474 vs year ago 395 · +120.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 97▲ 19 vs year ago 91 · +20.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 5▲ 1 vs year ago 29 · +3.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No Sale (Sep 7 ) due to labor day*

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher with most of the gains in the 600-800 lbs feeders with good quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good and the supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.24/cwt on 358 head.
Average price
$170.24
358 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$955
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.33
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573174.721,002275
Medium and Large 1-2521155.4081083
One grade step is worth $19.32/cwt here — about $192 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 sale358 hd
170.24
—
MO average14 barns · 6,249 hd
177.57
−7.33
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
Bulls—Average1,569111.861,75513
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44985.311,23611
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18079.9994447
CowsLean 85-90%High94464.336077thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,370$1,1252thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,127$1,0684thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)830$8036
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)873$1,20511
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,113$1,1634thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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 1—671185.59/cwt179.00–188.001,24538
HeifersMedium and Large 1—412184.95/cwt182.00–190.0076221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375179.09/cwt170.00–187.0067219
HeifersMedium and Large 1—817150.63/cwt147.00–157.001,23117
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722161.64/cwt140.00–166.001,16717
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—592198.00/cwt197.00–199.001,1726
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—444173.75/cwt170.00–185.007718
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—340232.00/cwt232.00–232.007893
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—550182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,00115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—669170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,13740
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565176.06/cwt167.00–184.0099511
SteersMedium and Large 1—285205.00/cwt205.00–205.005843
SteersMedium and Large 1—713183.94/cwt160.00–186.251,31192
SteersMedium and Large 1—774172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3318
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—491210.17/cwt210.00–211.001,03211
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—621197.32/cwt195.00–199.001,2257
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—368224.44/cwt222.00–226.008265
SteersMedium and Large 1—418206.91/cwt201.00–212.0086511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—533169.14/cwt160.00–180.009029
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—460175.00/cwt175.00–175.008053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—566169.34/cwt160.00–180.0095812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—665163.37/cwt160.00–168.001,0867
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—430219.31/cwt215.00–223.0094311
SteersMedium and Large 1—621192.33/cwt191.00–195.001,1949
SteersMedium and Large 1—524191.14/cwt185.00–195.001,0028
SteersMedium and Large 1—325202.45/cwt200.00–210.006586
SteersMedium and Large 1—454207.38/cwt205.00–208.009425
SteersMedium and Large 1—868172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,49320
SteersMedium and Large 1—586186.34/cwt182.00–196.001,09218
SteersMedium and Large 1—378211.22/cwt202.00–224.0079811
BullsMedium and Large 1—528164.66/cwt150.00–184.0086920
BullsMedium and Large 1—420193.17/cwt170.00–199.0081113
BullsMedium and Large 1—638152.18/cwt145.00–160.009718
BullsMedium and Large 1—670151.53/cwt149.00–154.001,0156
BullsMedium and Large 1—575156.82/cwt152.00–170.009025
BullsMedium and Large 1—380181.91/cwt170.00–222.006915
CowsLean 85-90%—98077.00/cwt77.00–77.007551
CowsLean 85-90%—93862.22/cwt50.00–69.005846
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47687.09/cwt85.00–90.001,2858
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,37780.57/cwt74.00–85.001,1093
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,15978.23/cwt70.00–87.0090735
Bulls——1,276100.70/cwt94.00–107.001,2854
Bulls——1,699116.82/cwt110.00–124.001,9859
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25060.00/cwt60.00–60.007501
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24087.40/cwt85.00–91.001,08411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,1801,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,2031,145.46/head885.00–1,300.001,1453
Bred CowsMedium 2—900835.00/head835.00–835.008351
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,0671,211.67/head1,085.00–1,450.001,2123
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—8001,203.13/head1,125.00–1,350.001,2038
Bred CowsMedium 2—760763.16/head725.00–850.007635
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2—1,2001,250.00/head1,000.00–1,550.001,2503
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,3701,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2—850900.00/head900.00–900.009001
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—438192.00/cwt192.00–192.008414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—644174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,12115
HeifersMedium and Large 1—474183.33/cwt170.00–187.0086931
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—425205.00/cwt205.00–205.008713
BullsSmall and Medium 2-3—488160.00/cwt160.00–160.007813
BullsMedium and Large 1—475192.10/cwt160.00–205.0091211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—527155.51/cwt141.00–166.0082020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373163.44/cwt157.00–172.006104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524180.35/cwt170.00–185.0094542
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669167.33/cwt156.00–175.001,11921
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—652181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1807
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—820159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,3046
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—426162.43/cwt148.00–167.0069213
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—665199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3234
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—564153.59/cwt140.00–162.0086623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—775120.00/cwt120.00–120.009304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—655144.50/cwt144.00–146.009464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—466162.12/cwt147.00–167.0075515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—317179.50/cwt175.00–182.005699

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.