Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2023-02-01

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Feb 1
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
277 head
541 vs last sale 818 570 vs year ago 847 · 67.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
3 vs last sale 74 16 vs year ago 93 · 17.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
0 vs last sale 9 1 vs year ago 8 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $200.02/cwt on 151 head.
Average price
$200.02
151 head · 520 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,041
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$183
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.63
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1523202.261,058137
Medium and Large 1-2492178.1387614thin
One grade step is worth $24.13/cwt here — about $183 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 sale151 hd
200.02
MO average12 barns · 9,440 hd
198.38
+1.63
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
BullsAverage1,62692.531,50513
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40676.381,0749thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15566.6076920
CowsLean 85-90%Average97048.804745thin

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)1,205$9501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,131$8464thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)922$7853thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)835$7201thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1582172.83/cwt160.00–185.001,0066
BullsMedium and Large 1365212.00/cwt212.00–212.007743
HeifersMedium and Large 1374175.26/cwt165.00–182.0065510
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy384197.57/cwt195.00–200.007596
HeifersMedium and Large 1276180.52/cwt150.00–200.004984
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy313227.00/cwt227.00–227.007117
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy390226.41/cwt224.00–227.008835
SteersMedium and Large 1567194.11/cwt185.00–200.001,1019
SteersMedium and Large 1478199.74/cwt190.00–207.009559
HeifersMedium and Large 1533174.66/cwt170.00–177.0093111
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy443231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473179.90/cwt175.00–185.008516
SteersMedium and Large 1411217.78/cwt205.00–227.008957
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435174.89/cwt170.00–180.007612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529177.44/cwt175.00–180.009396
HeifersMedium and Large 1625165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0316
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy568205.88/cwt202.00–210.001,16922
SteersMedium and Large 1348210.00/cwt210.00–210.007313
SteersMedium and Large 1613188.36/cwt175.00–195.001,1557
SteersMedium and Large 1680171.08/cwt165.00–176.001,16313
SteersMedium and Large 1278219.65/cwt215.00–227.006113
SteersMedium and Large 1512196.62/cwt190.00–199.001,0074
SteersMedium and Large 1374213.30/cwt207.00–217.007988
SteersMedium and Large 1758164.38/cwt160.00–177.001,2464
SteersMedium and Large 1800159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,2723
BullsMedium and Large 1621169.28/cwt164.00–171.001,0514
BullsMedium and Large 1720152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0943
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy469203.15/cwt198.00–205.009534
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy503198.00/cwt198.00–198.009963
CowsLean 85-90%98252.89/cwt50.00–57.005193
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38775.30/cwt69.00–81.001,0448
Bulls1,54884.94/cwt80.00–91.001,3157
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25045.00/cwt45.00–45.005632
CowsLean 85-90%95342.66/cwt40.00–45.004072
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20572.37/cwt68.00–78.0087211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05063.70/cwt60.00–67.006697
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight1,55585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,3221
Bulls1,718101.39/cwt96.00–111.001,7426
Bred CowsMedium 2922785.42/head700.00–825.007853
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,131846.13/head775.00–950.008464
Bred CowsMedium 2835720.00/head720.00–720.007201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,205950.00/head950.00–950.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 1576170.62/cwt160.00–173.009838
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2581143.91/cwt142.00–150.008364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487146.68/cwt142.00–162.007144
BullsMedium and Large 1682156.22/cwt137.00–166.001,0659
HeifersMedium and Large 1827142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1743
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy332187.00/cwt187.00–187.006213
HeifersMedium and Large 1663159.49/cwt159.00–160.001,0572
HeifersMedium and Large 1785136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0683
HeifersMedium and Large 1323178.04/cwt170.00–187.005752
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2630147.00/cwt147.00–147.009263
HeifersMedium and Large 1476180.57/cwt170.00–190.0086015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2415160.00/cwt160.00–160.006644
HeifersMedium and Large 1421182.65/cwt175.00–190.0076915
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy520209.88/cwt207.00–212.001,09113
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy491211.71/cwt210.00–215.001,03910
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy612198.86/cwt198.00–200.001,2177

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.