Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2023-07-26

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Jul 26
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
590 head
▼ 341 vs last sale 931▲ 73 vs year ago 517 · +14.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
180 head
▼ 106 vs last sale 286▲ 95 vs year ago 85 · +111.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 14▼ 17 vs year ago 25 · −68.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400 lbs heifers sold 6.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold 5.00-10.00 lower with lower quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand basically sold lower, supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $233.16/cwt on 316 head.
Average price
$233.16
316 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,392
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$485
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.26
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639241.041,541224
Medium and Large 1-2494213.981,05792
One grade step is worth $27.07/cwt here — about $485 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 sale316 hd
233.16
—
MO average15 barns · 5,860 hd
240.42
−7.26
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—High1,496121.361,81512
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,484107.611,5978thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,202106.101,27543
CowsLean 85-90%High1,00086.4086422

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,430$1,7001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,275$1,3762thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,175$1,3725

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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—521246.28/cwt237.00–252.001,2838
SteersMedium and Large 1—424275.19/cwt267.00–287.001,16718
SteersMedium and Large 1—668226.26/cwt225.00–230.001,5114
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—645263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,6965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—624202.96/cwt200.00–210.001,2665
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—430217.92/cwt210.00–225.0093710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—344238.73/cwt230.00–245.008214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—970177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,7173
SteersMedium and Large 1—584267.14/cwt263.00–270.001,5605
SteersMedium and Large 1—385267.43/cwt260.00–292.001,0307
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—523214.41/cwt202.00–227.001,12117
HeifersMedium and Large 1—328242.44/cwt240.00–250.007954
SteersMedium and Large 1—811213.71/cwt212.00–217.001,7333
SteersMedium and Large 1—629241.68/cwt234.00–245.001,52012
SteersMedium and Large 1—473275.19/cwt260.00–285.001,30212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—280229.82/cwt225.00–235.006436
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—415305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2663
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—515299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,5403
SteersMedium and Large 1—712238.47/cwt225.00–242.001,6985
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—480244.65/cwt235.00–260.001,17411
SteersMedium and Large 1—503271.51/cwt261.00–280.001,3666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—420257.31/cwt250.00–262.001,0818
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—576243.57/cwt230.00–250.001,4039
BullsMedium and Large 1—522244.27/cwt230.00–249.001,2754
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—507223.23/cwt212.00–227.001,1324
BullsMedium and Large 1—392267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,0474
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—410217.00/cwt217.00–217.008903
BullsMedium and Large 1—461237.49/cwt237.00–240.001,0956
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—581252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4643
CowsLean 85-90%—98991.24/cwt89.00–97.009029
CowsLean 85-90%—1,00783.05/cwt79.00–88.0083613
Bulls——1,578123.82/cwt115.00–133.001,95410
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,527109.89/cwt107.00–115.001,6785
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,192100.15/cwt89.00–105.001,19419
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,413103.82/cwt100.00–106.001,4673
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,210110.81/cwt107.00–116.001,34124
Bulls——1,083109.08/cwt108.00–110.001,1812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,1751,372.09/head1,250.00–1,490.001,3725
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,4301,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,2751,375.98/head1,350.00–1,400.001,3762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—473217.67/cwt200.00–230.001,03029
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—671200.31/cwt198.00–207.001,3444
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—578227.42/cwt220.00–235.001,3147
HeifersMedium and Large 1—438230.90/cwt225.00–252.001,01115
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—535268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,4347
BullsMedium and Large 1—439241.98/cwt227.00–247.001,0624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—385232.00/cwt232.00–232.008933
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—324202.64/cwt195.00–225.006574
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517254.22/cwt242.00–260.001,3148
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—576208.21/cwt200.00–215.001,19914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373223.09/cwt207.00–227.008329
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626225.07/cwt212.00–239.001,4096
HeifersMedium and Large 1—825214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7667
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—730232.75/cwt232.75–232.751,69969
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—659251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,65479
HeifersMedium and Large 1—563253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4243
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674226.16/cwt220.00–230.001,5248
HeifersMedium and Large 1—484243.29/cwt240.00–252.001,17815

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.