Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 higher and bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $176.21/cwt on 442 head.

Average price

$176.21

442 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$20.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.58

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	608	177.71	1,080	409
Medium and Large 1-2	535	157.59	843	33

One grade step is worth $20.12/cwt here — about $237 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 sale442 hd

176.21

—

MO average18 barns · 13,343 hd

183.79

−7.58

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	—	Average	1,718	98.78	1,697	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,321	81.78	1,081	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	75.88	873	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,028	60.81	625	12

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,322	$1,069	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,055	$967	10
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,376	$963	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	918	$880	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,170	$875	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,065	$775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	184.77/cwt	170.00–192.00	687	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	151.51/cwt	147.00–159.00	871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	187.81/cwt	182.00–192.00	616	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	168.33/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,052	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	180.08/cwt	176.00–183.00	1,032	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	183.40/cwt	170.00–190.00	877	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	164.79/cwt	150.00–170.00	751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	165.69/cwt	162.00–173.00	898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	333	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	433	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	853	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	809	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,371	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	175.65/cwt	165.00–184.00	922	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	458	211.99/cwt	210.00–214.00	971	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	580	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	389	207.58/cwt	194.00–210.00	807	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	451	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	947	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,212	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	147.18/cwt	140.00–155.00	991	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	405	195.64/cwt	185.00–202.00	792	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	428	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	899	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	539	210.22/cwt	199.00–214.00	1,133	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	631	178.81/cwt	178.00–181.00	1,128	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	659	181.98/cwt	172.50–185.00	1,199	56
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	995	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,377	1,117.87/head	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,118	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,376	963.38/head	900.00–1,000.00	963	13
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	918	882.60/head	785.00–1,000.00	883	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,192	1,051.78/head	925.00–1,175.00	1,052	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,065	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	800	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,094	811.73/head	750.00–875.00	812	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,170	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	2
Bulls	—	—	1,613	88.45/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,427	2
Bulls	—	—	1,788	105.67/cwt	101.00–113.00	1,889	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	82.04/cwt	81.00–83.00	1,144	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	69.29/cwt	69.00–70.00	734	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	444	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,100	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	891	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	74.80/cwt	70.00–79.00	860	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,006	60.23/cwt	55.00–67.00	606	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	80.81/cwt	77.00–85.00	921	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	64.27/cwt	62.00–66.00	764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	533	195.22/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,041	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	367	192.93/cwt	180.00–209.00	708	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	683	149.04/cwt	145.00–162.00	1,018	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	453	188.74/cwt	170.00–191.00	855	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	149.74/cwt	149.00–152.00	851	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	161.22/cwt	160.00–165.00	906	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	173.96/cwt	165.00–177.00	1,329	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	200.65/cwt	190.00–206.00	939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	160.79/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,310	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	184.07/cwt	172.00–190.00	1,257	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	183.96/cwt	170.00–194.00	1,139	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	206.23/cwt	200.00–210.00	782	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	172.33/cwt	160.00–176.00	1,244	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	210.16/cwt	200.00–215.00	698	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	257	214.31/cwt	202.00–227.00	551	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	198.28/cwt	185.00–205.00	1,057	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,043	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	199.51/cwt	197.00–200.00	1,127	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	146.62/cwt	145.00–150.00	906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	187.74/cwt	187.00–190.00	832	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	471	222.31/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,047	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	675	188.76/cwt	187.00–192.00	1,274	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	618	205.10/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,268	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	206.91/cwt	200.00–215.00	869	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	368	227.52/cwt	225.00–228.00	837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	432	225.37/cwt	222.00–230.00	974	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	718	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,343	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	188.49/cwt	185.00–192.00	686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	522	214.03/cwt	205.00–226.00	1,117	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	757	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,355	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	190.50/cwt	180.00–197.00	530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	158.46/cwt	145.00–172.00	1,144	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	167.83/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,321	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	668	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	171.75/cwt	150.00–176.50	1,146	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	189.99/cwt	180.00–195.00	825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	145.93/cwt	140.00–155.00	893	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	174.61/cwt	172.00–177.00	746	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	588	211.33/cwt	207.00–220.00	1,243	31

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.

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