Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 300-500 lbs steers and heifers sold 15.00-22.00 higher, the offering over 600 lbs sold 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00 higher; Demand good and supply light to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.52/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −85.61 against this barn's trailing median of $415.14.

Average price

$329.52

71 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$39.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.80

vs MO average

−0.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	334.59	1,775	62
Medium and Large 1-2	549	294.63	1,618	9thin

One grade step is worth $39.96/cwt here — about $157 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 sale71 hd

329.52

—

MO average14 barns · 1,404 hd

328.72

+0.80

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−0.43

This barn, trailing median27 sales

415.14

−85.61

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	—	High	1,690	174.37	2,947	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,451	148.96	2,161	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,136	147.63	1,677	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	966	121.70	1,176	8thin

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	993	$2,511	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,390	$2,305	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,170	$2,137	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,113	$2,087	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,135	$1,802	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	630	$1,250	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,219	$3,013	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,394	$2,700	3thin

Every lot, as filed

70 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	591	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	133.46/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,626	2
Bulls	—	—	1,732	179.79/cwt	170.00–195.00	3,114	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	964	138.30/cwt	128.00–149.00	1,333	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	111.03/cwt	100.00–118.00	1,069	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	148.96/cwt	141.00–159.00	2,161	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	149.12/cwt	141.00–158.00	1,681	19
Bulls	—	—	1,543	155.41/cwt	155.00–156.00	2,398	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,503	2,700.00/head	2,550.00–2,850.00	2,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,175	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	630	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,170	2,136.60/head	1,700.00–2,450.00	2,137	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,390	2,304.56/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,305	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,135	1,801.87/head	1,450.00–2,200.00	1,802	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,113	2,087.25/head	1,975.00–2,200.00	2,087	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	895	2,510.06/head	2,400.00–2,700.00	2,510	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,140	2,511.84/head	2,400.00–2,600.00	2,512	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,175	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,350	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	263.00/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	333.36/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,193	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	259.86/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,884	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,797	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	403.18/cwt	367.00–427.00	1,536	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	382.67/cwt	377.00–402.00	1,791	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	316.99/cwt	292.00–340.00	1,791	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	290.06/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	394.50/cwt	380.00–402.00	1,479	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	278.88/cwt	272.00–292.00	1,760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	298.29/cwt	267.00–335.00	1,569	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	335.19/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,086	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	342.97/cwt	312.00–357.00	1,763	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	415.66/cwt	412.00–422.00	1,126	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	276.50/cwt	274.00–280.00	1,808	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,930	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	415	410.28/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,703	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	396.95/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,290	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	523	410.84/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,149	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	325	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	337.31/cwt	336.00–340.00	2,085	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	437	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,054	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	256.91/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	278.27/cwt	267.00–290.00	1,748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	333.18/cwt	280.00–390.00	1,759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	284.91/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	426.13/cwt	420.00–427.00	1,534	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	381.34/cwt	342.00–392.00	1,621	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	365.86/cwt	335.00–405.00	1,752	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	320.11/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,847	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	317.98/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,943	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	268.01/cwt	262.00–270.00	2,045	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	443.53/cwt	420.00–456.00	1,889	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	732	302.59/cwt	297.00–310.00	2,215	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	286.32/cwt	275.00–307.00	1,764	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	419.58/cwt	392.00–447.00	1,997	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	384.51/cwt	350.00–395.00	2,015	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	448.67/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,413	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	303.51/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,037	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,263	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	252.53/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	263.97/cwt	257.00–268.00	2,167	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,730	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,605	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	353.99/cwt	345.00–362.00	1,681	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	358.57/cwt	287.00–390.00	1,822	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	387.36/cwt	365.00–440.00	1,600	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,938	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.

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