Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light offering of feeders sold 3.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower and bulls sold steady; Supply and Demand light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $292.24/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −122.90 against this barn's trailing median of $415.14.

Average price

$292.24

23 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,561

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$15.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.11

vs MO average

−24.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	300.51	1,563	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	547	284.65	1,558	12thin

One grade step is worth $15.86/cwt here — about $5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

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 sale23 hd

292.24

—

MO average15 barns · 1,243 hd

309.35

−17.11

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−24.31

This barn, trailing median27 sales

415.14

−122.90

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,689	156.38	2,641	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,433	136.13	1,951	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,140	131.09	1,494	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,006	109.28	1,099	11

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,238	$1,992	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,082	$1,844	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,255	$1,811	7
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,020	$1,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,400	$2,700	2thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,057	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	328.18/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,365	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	307.79/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,311	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	348.88/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,978	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	410.45/cwt	385.00–437.00	1,740	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	347.78/cwt	347.00–350.00	1,304	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	348.67/cwt	331.00–367.00	1,834	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	289.12/cwt	272.00–295.00	1,515	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	300.51/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,563	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,069	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	350.60/cwt	325.00–367.00	1,651	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	260.04/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,846	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	302.21/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	379.74/cwt	372.00–390.00	1,743	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	390.05/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,673	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,668	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	365.80/cwt	340.00–395.00	1,734	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,673	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	336.03/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,754	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	358.72/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	245.12/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,507	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	135.38/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,585	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,922	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	137.15/cwt	134.00–140.00	1,954	7
Bulls	—	—	1,425	138.24/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,970	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	127.79/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,399	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	833	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,066	120.50/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,285	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	106.85/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,024	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	118.84/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,337	3
Bulls	—	—	1,300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,560	1
Bulls	—	—	1,807	165.46/cwt	155.00–179.00	2,990	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,170	1,791.19/head	1,500.00–2,075.00	1,791	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	905	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,255	1,810.86/head	1,475.00–2,000.00	1,811	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,238	1,992.22/head	1,700.00–2,250.00	1,992	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,400	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	972	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	282.42/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	327.35/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,221	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	376.30/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,362	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	298.18/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,419	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	332.01/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,517	3

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →