Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2024-07-31

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Jul 31
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
249 head
69 vs last sale 318 492 vs year ago 741 · 66.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
62 head
4 vs last sale 66 99 vs year ago 161 · 61.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
5 vs last sale 3 31 vs year ago 39 · 79.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the heat, the offering was too small for a trend comparison, under tones of 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand not established and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $285.41/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 129.72 against this barn's trailing median of $415.14.
Average price
$285.41
55 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,607
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$306
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$41.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.57
vs MO average
+26.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568293.041,66445
Medium and Large 1-2541251.071,35810thin
One grade step is worth $41.97/cwt here — about $306 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
459418378338median 415.1412/1702/1804/0806/0308/12
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.59, low $352.06, median $415.14 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 sale55 hd
285.41
MO average13 barns · 1,204 hd
274.85
+10.57
National average139 barns · 7,218 hd
258.46
+26.95
This barn, trailing median27 sales
415.14
−129.72
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
BullsHigh1,803162.772,9356thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,438141.552,03512
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,179133.581,57521
CowsLean 85-90%High944115.601,0918thin

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)935$1,6501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,112$1,6213thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)893$1,4022thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,050$2,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)800$1,6751thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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 28001,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0502,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Bulls1,886166.32/cwt154.00–181.003,1375
CowsLean 85-90%1,003123.29/cwt118.00–130.001,2374
CowsBoner 80-85%1,177138.12/cwt131.00–147.001,62614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,182124.51/cwt122.00–127.001,4727
Bulls1,390145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,0161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,438141.55/cwt129.00–148.002,03512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400392320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2544
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550542300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6263
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450422369.48/cwt352.00–378.001,5599
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550510339.41/cwt330.00–345.001,73115
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330314.03/cwt295.00–320.001,0364
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400389307.63/cwt295.00–317.001,1979
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650606252.44/cwt245.00–255.001,5304
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300257312.00/cwt312.00–312.008025
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700664241.38/cwt235.00–245.001,6037
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350339345.92/cwt330.00–350.001,1735
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550503307.00/cwt302.00–312.001,5443
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600580292.52/cwt290.00–295.001,6972
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600554260.50/cwt260.00–262.001,4434
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485293.98/cwt292.00–295.001,4263
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435288.33/cwt280.00–300.001,2543
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850802238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,9093
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469257.15/cwt240.00–265.001,2068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600560249.29/cwt235.00–257.001,3966
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350339313.46/cwt305.00–322.001,0636
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550512253.75/cwt250.00–255.001,2994
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900882170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4993
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,5844
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650626287.66/cwt265.00–295.001,80133
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750728253.65/cwt250.00–261.001,8473
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450440248.35/cwt240.00–255.001,0933
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600586295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,72931
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750729222.88/cwt220.00–225.001,6257
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750707235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6613
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473278.71/cwt270.00–302.001,3186
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1981,856.21/head1,500.00–2,125.001,8562
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350328276.51/cwt265.00–280.009074
CowsLean 85-90%884107.91/cwt102.00–111.009544
Bred CowsMedium 28931,401.54/head1,350.00–1,450.001,4022
Bred CowsMedium 29401,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred CowsMedium 29351,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6501
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450435315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3704
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550517300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,55110

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.