Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2024-01-17

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Jan 17
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
179 vs last sale 424 573 vs year ago 818 · 70.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
33 head
53 vs last sale 86 41 vs year ago 74 · 55.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the weather there was too small of an offering to determine a trend. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 higher, no slaughter bulls in the offering; Demand not determine and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $262.42/cwt on 117 head.
Average price
$262.42
117 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,325
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$25
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.44
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1489269.041,31691
Medium and Large 1-2560239.261,34026
One grade step is worth $29.78/cwt here — about −$25 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 sale117 hd
262.42
MO average4 barns · 1,102 hd
236.98
+25.44
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
BullsAverage1,09090.009811thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,43591.721,3166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22389.611,0958thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08363.5768810

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1-2671196.59/cwt180.00–225.001,3198
HeifersMedium and Large 1730200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4603
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2643185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1903
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2531193.65/cwt193.00–200.001,02811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2580204.18/cwt185.00–220.001,18411
HeifersMedium and Large 1424259.34/cwt247.00–267.001,10010
SteersMedium and Large 1386291.01/cwt278.00–305.001,12318
SteersMedium and Large 1511270.75/cwt260.00–280.001,3849
SteersMedium and Large 1709215.60/cwt210.00–220.001,5299
SteersMedium and Large 1323295.00/cwt295.00–295.0095312
SteersMedium and Large 1613250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,53312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2408252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0284
SteersMedium and Large 1-2666215.12/cwt210.00–220.001,4336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577241.92/cwt225.00–255.001,39612
SteersMedium and Large 1428271.51/cwt257.00–277.001,1626
SteersMedium and Large 1479278.44/cwt270.00–287.001,3347
SteersMedium and Large 1-2503254.73/cwt242.00–259.001,2814
HeifersMedium and Large 1386276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,0654
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2456205.00/cwt205.00–205.009354
HeifersMedium and Large 1287240.00/cwt240.00–240.006893
HeifersMedium and Large 1625210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3134
HeifersMedium and Large 1575218.27/cwt212.00–225.001,2558
SteersMedium and Large 1285300.00/cwt300.00–300.008553
HeifersMedium and Large 1693186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,2893
HeifersMedium and Large 1477250.98/cwt232.00–257.001,1974
HeifersMedium and Large 1763175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3353
HeifersMedium and Large 1532234.84/cwt230.00–247.001,24910
HeifersMedium and Large 1343252.45/cwt250.00–260.008664
SteersMedium and Large 1571256.62/cwt250.00–275.001,46515
Bulls1,09090.00/cwt90.00–90.009811
CowsLean 85-90%1,21080.00/cwt80.00–80.009681
CowsLean 85-90%1,12468.69/cwt60.00–78.007725
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23380.52/cwt79.00–82.009932
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21992.64/cwt89.00–98.001,1296
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3371
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41192.86/cwt90.00–95.001,3105
CowsLean 85-90%1,00053.05/cwt50.00–58.005314

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.