Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2024-06-26

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Jun 26
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
265 head
374 vs last sale 639 920 vs year ago 1,185 · 77.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
102 vs last sale 64 194 vs year ago 360 · 53.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
34 head
27 vs last sale 7 6 vs year ago 40 · 15.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No sale July 3 due to the 4th of July Holidays

Compared to last week, steer and heifers sold 4.00-8.00 lower in a light test and lower than average quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand lower and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $291.51/cwt on 27 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 180.52 against this barn's trailing median of $472.02.
Average price
$291.51
27 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,599
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.31
vs MO average
7.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541304.611,64712thin
Medium and Large 1-2555281.031,55915thin
One grade step is worth $23.58/cwt here — about $88 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
526477427377median 472.0212/1702/1804/0806/0308/19
Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.44, low $390.88, median $472.02 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale27 hd
291.51
MO average14 barns · 2,154 hd
309.82
−18.31
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
−7.75
This barn, trailing median27 sales
472.02
−180.52
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
BullsLow1,725154.442,66513
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,490146.482,18335
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,302136.651,77939
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,035125.711,30110

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,271$2,14512
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,360$1,8754thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,228$1,7245
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,275$2,3694thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,093$2,1348

Every lot, as filed

51 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 28251,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9253
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0002,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,1502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0002
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2752,368.75/head2,325.00–2,500.002,3694
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,3222,433.33/head2,275.00–2,750.002,4333
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,575130.44/cwt126.00–134.002,0544
Bulls1,438132.42/cwt125.00–136.001,9043
CowsLean 85-90%915118.35/cwt114.00–122.001,0832
Bulls1,350156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,1061
CowsLean 85-90%1,065127.55/cwt123.00–134.001,3588
CowsBoner 80-85%1,288133.52/cwt125.00–138.001,72026
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600574293.90/cwt275.00–300.001,6874
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524309.96/cwt300.00–327.001,6248
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426292.18/cwt275.00–297.001,24511
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650621278.16/cwt275.00–295.001,72711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500459321.60/cwt305.00–326.001,4767
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600555269.59/cwt266.00–272.001,4965
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350319318.32/cwt312.00–325.001,0156
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423333.41/cwt322.00–348.001,41012
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479284.50/cwt284.00–288.001,3638
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700663282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,8705
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400360277.57/cwt275.00–280.009992
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500481324.00/cwt322.00–332.001,5585
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400380337.18/cwt327.00–340.001,28110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550526264.40/cwt240.00–272.001,3914
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750718242.38/cwt241.00–247.001,7405
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505282.07/cwt277.00–290.001,42410
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400369314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,1595
Bulls1,863161.60/cwt150.00–173.003,0119
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,479148.55/cwt137.00–160.002,19731
CowsBoner 80-85%1,330142.91/cwt138.00–147.001,90113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2712,145.34/head1,975.00–2,375.002,14512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2281,723.75/head1,400.00–1,900.001,7245
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,3601,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8754
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511282.50/cwt280.00–285.001,4444
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619237.25/cwt235.00–241.001,4698
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400353313.99/cwt312.00–315.001,1083
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550520253.83/cwt245.00–262.001,3202
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400378300.21/cwt285.00–317.001,1355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700674235.45/cwt230.00–241.001,5874
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600564257.60/cwt252.00–265.001,4537
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350315271.25/cwt265.00–290.008544
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800760222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,6873
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440257.35/cwt237.00–267.001,1326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350309325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750733228.52/cwt227.00–230.001,6752
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500482266.15/cwt252.00–282.001,2837
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550538283.05/cwt280.00–284.001,5238
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574278.72/cwt260.00–288.001,6007
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700660210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3863
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450430280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2043

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.