Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2024-11-20

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Nov 20
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
973 head
257 vs last sale 716 336 vs year ago 637 · +52.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
16 vs last sale 99 9 vs year ago 92 · 9.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
3 vs last sale 5 10 vs year ago 12 · 83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No Sale Nov. 27 due to Thanksgiving*

Compared to last week, 600 and 700 lbs steers sold 16.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold steady to 6.00 higher with good quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $293.49/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 178.53 against this barn's trailing median of $472.02.
Average price
$293.49
180 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$43.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.24
vs MO average
15.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545301.281,642148
Medium and Large 1-2561257.491,44532
One grade step is worth $43.79/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale180 hd
293.49
MO average16 barns · 3,183 hd
295.73
−2.24
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
−15.77
This barn, trailing median27 sales
472.02
−178.53
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
BullsHigh1,608143.972,31510
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,476114.981,69711
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,221112.691,37617
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08091.3598712

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)1,535$1,8062thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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 1-2450–500470235.13/cwt225.00–245.001,1055
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700655211.68/cwt210.00–215.001,3873
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450407252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,0263
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700673220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4813
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469309.89/cwt291.00–325.001,45324
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000963213.49/cwt210.00–217.002,0562
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550513314.14/cwt305.00–327.001,61244
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600557306.65/cwt300.00–312.001,70836
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500458329.61/cwt325.00–342.001,51022
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400393318.02/cwt312.00–330.001,2504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725227.90/cwt224.00–235.001,65212
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676262.74/cwt248.00–268.001,77650
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625272.14/cwt255.00–281.001,70170
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730265.34/cwt253.00–268.501,93756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469273.17/cwt262.00–282.001,2815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350315295.00/cwt295.00–295.009292
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800769249.62/cwt231.00–257.001,92026
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523288.42/cwt280.00–302.001,50818
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850840240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,01610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570258.51/cwt240.00–276.001,47426
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572290.72/cwt277.00–298.001,66350
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522253.07/cwt245.00–267.001,3216
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5215
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600–650603292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,76115
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550537275.51/cwt267.00–280.001,4795
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500465292.53/cwt289.00–296.001,36026
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500490273.67/cwt267.00–277.001,3413
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600590247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,4572
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650612240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4694
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600587242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4213
CowsLean 85-90%995110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0951
CowsLean 85-90%1,05993.62/cwt78.00–100.0099110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,512119.41/cwt115.00–124.001,8057
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,413107.24/cwt106.00–108.001,5154
CowsBoner 80-85%1,305117.99/cwt115.00–122.001,5407
CowsLean 85-90%1,37550.00/cwt50.00–50.006881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,163108.98/cwt104.00–112.001,26710
Bulls1,633148.03/cwt142.00–158.002,4178
Bulls1,508127.72/cwt120.00–136.001,9262
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,5351,806.35/head1,650.00–1,950.001,8062
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532244.35/cwt230.00–252.001,3006
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000966195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,8843
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400386276.78/cwt270.00–280.001,06820
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700655217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,4213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450422255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0762
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420297.00/cwt287.00–307.001,2476
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450424273.43/cwt260.00–285.001,15932
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400358350.99/cwt340.00–367.001,25715
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625237.01/cwt225.00–245.001,48116
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685232.53/cwt220.00–245.001,59314
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566267.31/cwt261.00–275.001,51334
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476274.19/cwt260.00–282.001,30512
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850815217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7696
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350325370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2033
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530268.16/cwt257.00–277.001,42142
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750706225.90/cwt220.00–232.001,59513
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800766239.11/cwt222.00–245.001,8324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579237.07/cwt220.00–247.001,37315
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450423328.13/cwt327.00–335.001,38821
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425308.00/cwt302.00–315.001,3093
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400386256.48/cwt240.00–267.0099012

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.