Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold steady to 13.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand lower and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.36/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −102.66 against this barn's trailing median of $472.02.

Average price

$369.36

106 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$280

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

$54.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.93

vs MO average

−9.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	378.55	2,106	88
Medium and Large 1-2	563	324.40	1,826	18thin

One grade step is worth $54.15/cwt here — about $280 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

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 sale106 hd

369.36

—

MO average16 barns · 5,035 hd

382.29

−12.93

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−9.22

This barn, trailing median27 sales

472.02

−102.66

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	1,616	173.61	2,806	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	153.83	1,939	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	153.16	2,261	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	959	134.93	1,294	6thin

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)	1,610	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,028	$2,026	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,182	$1,934	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	805	$1,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	863	$1,811	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,063	$3,100	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,204	$2,893	7

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	383.85/cwt	362.00–390.00	1,877	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	366.75/cwt	327.00–385.00	1,742	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	436.94/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	344.32/cwt	317.00–367.00	1,828	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,288	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,062	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	381.62/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,465	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	516.33/cwt	510.00–535.00	1,477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	377.97/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,535	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	332.48/cwt	320.00–357.00	1,918	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,912	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	360.59/cwt	357.00–367.00	2,200	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	336.86/cwt	297.00–350.00	2,240	66
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	284.49/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,770	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	865	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	865	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	141.92/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,388	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	155.57/cwt	150.00–167.00	2,318	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,412	141.92/cwt	135.00–147.00	2,004	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	156.19/cwt	148.00–175.00	1,965	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,238	3,041.67/head	2,400.00–3,700.00	3,042	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,350	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	775	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	837	1,850.70/head	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,851	3
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	863	1,810.94/head	1,800.00–1,825.00	1,811	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	805	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	805	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bulls	—	—	1,632	167.01/cwt	150.00–173.00	2,726	5
Bulls	—	—	1,600	180.21/cwt	175.00–185.00	2,883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	346.65/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,452	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	282.70/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	292.82/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,531	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,171	2,158.27/head	1,800.00–2,350.00	2,158	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,610	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,370	2,051.64/head	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,052	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	366.87/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,416	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	265.24/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,684	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	313.94/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,598	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	322.62/cwt	307.00–330.00	1,574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	391.75/cwt	365.00–425.00	1,638	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	370.61/cwt	335.00–385.00	1,779	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	286.91/cwt	267.00–315.00	1,658	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	394.89/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	321.88/cwt	280.00–345.00	1,831	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	420.27/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,352	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	296.09/cwt	287.00–305.00	1,871	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	297.84/cwt	270.00–322.00	1,850	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	374.60/cwt	337.00–402.00	2,128	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,323	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	246.56/cwt	232.00–277.00	1,689	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	343.08/cwt	312.00–355.00	2,124	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	392.00/cwt	375.00–417.00	2,027	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,448	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	280.62/cwt	277.00–285.00	2,183	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	409.87/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,963	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	365.88/cwt	350.00–382.00	1,229	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	140.88/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	369.97/cwt	342.00–390.00	1,569	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	430.24/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,824	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	451.18/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,669	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	270.25/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,962	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	498.50/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	246.79/cwt	242.00–250.00	2,485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	307.61/cwt	302.00–320.00	2,178	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	393.90/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,280	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	287.41/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,949	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	326.96/cwt	292.00–339.00	1,873	58

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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