Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2024-07-17

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Jul 17
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
470 head
4 vs last sale 474 461 vs year ago 931 · 49.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
10 vs last sale 51 245 vs year ago 286 · 85.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light test of steer and heifer calves weighing under 600 lbs sold mostly steady to firm on comparable sales with last week, a couple groups of good quality steers weighing 660-730 lbs and a few 600-650 lb heifers all sold with a higher undertone on a light test. Demand was moderate to good on a light supply. Slaughter cows sold steady on a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $300.97/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 171.05 against this barn's trailing median of $472.02.
Average price
$300.97
67 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,685
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.47
vs MO average
+9.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559309.951,73345
Medium and Large 1-2561282.601,58622
One grade step is worth $27.35/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale67 hd
300.97
MO average14 barns · 1,220 hd
311.44
−10.47
National average156 barns · 5,844 hd
291.09
+9.88
This barn, trailing median27 sales
472.02
−171.05
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
BullsLow1,748150.122,62312
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,388141.281,9613thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,810139.002,5161thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,207134.141,61810
CowsLean 85-90%High962123.931,1927thin

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1-2Fleshy650–700682222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,1922
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650609256.70/cwt250.00–260.001,56314
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400391347.89/cwt345.00–367.001,3608
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600568254.70/cwt240.00–270.001,44718
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800760248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,8851
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572303.39/cwt298.00–315.001,73529
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700674232.19/cwt217.00–240.001,56513
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750728270.33/cwt260.00–272.001,96814
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4992
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700660257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6962
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450422324.81/cwt305.00–342.001,3718
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4422
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450431298.75/cwt292.00–307.001,2886
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600575276.79/cwt273.00–285.001,59210
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500467300.62/cwt295.00–307.001,4047
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1561
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500474321.80/cwt315.00–327.001,52511
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650614291.34/cwt285.00–300.001,7897
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700663278.30/cwt265.00–285.001,84516
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383326.14/cwt312.00–337.001,2495
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,375133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,8291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175129.05/cwt127.00–130.001,5164
CowsBoner 80-85%1,220114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,3911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229142.23/cwt138.00–148.001,7485
Bulls1,508132.66/cwt130.00–135.002,0012
CowsLean 85-90%972132.26/cwt124.00–137.001,2863
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550536330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7698
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,810139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,5161
Bulls1,785165.96/cwt162.00–169.002,9622
Bulls1,798150.52/cwt144.00–156.002,7068
CowsLean 85-90%954117.68/cwt112.00–122.001,1234
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,395145.42/cwt143.00–148.002,0292
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800759236.50/cwt232.00–244.001,7954
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700658240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5796
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550526290.42/cwt282.00–297.001,5285
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450438321.11/cwt320.00–327.001,40612
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550535313.67/cwt300.00–325.001,6788
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550524288.76/cwt279.00–300.001,51326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578281.42/cwt272.00–285.001,62714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450416305.05/cwt300.00–310.001,2694
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380282.57/cwt280.00–290.001,0744
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523265.61/cwt250.00–270.001,3898
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650626241.82/cwt230.00–248.001,5143
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750718241.56/cwt232.00–250.001,7348
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650625233.20/cwt230.00–240.001,4583
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350300342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,0262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622270.00/cwt257.00–275.001,67921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467270.34/cwt260.00–280.001,2628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750708227.72/cwt225.00–235.001,6126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400362333.27/cwt330.00–340.001,2063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532284.67/cwt280.00–293.001,5148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500471305.17/cwt300.00–310.001,4377
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500480269.03/cwt260.00–272.001,2914
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600555256.70/cwt250.00–260.001,4253

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.