Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to June 18th sale. steers and heifers sold 4.00-16.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 higher 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 $394.56/cwt on 312 head. That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits −77.47 against this barn's trailing median of $472.02.

Average price

$394.56

312 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$365

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

$51.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.47

vs MO average

+15.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	401.70	2,291	269
Medium and Large 1-2	550	349.85	1,926	43

One grade step is worth $51.86/cwt here — about $365 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 sale312 hd

394.56

—

MO average11 barns · 2,852 hd

396.02

−1.47

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

+15.43

This barn, trailing median27 sales

472.02

−77.47

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	1,682	199.23	3,351	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,352	162.29	2,195	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,122	160.45	1,801	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	955	153.09	1,462	24

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)	1,225	$3,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,177	$2,603	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	905	$2,423	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,145	$2,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	850	$2,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	461	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	424.27/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,345	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,939	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	435	404.24/cwt	400.00–407.00	1,758	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	380.77/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,614	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	342.72/cwt	325.00–372.00	1,977	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	426.59/cwt	400.00–433.00	2,065	53
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,177	2,602.83/head	2,000.00–3,100.00	2,603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	342	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,710	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	417.38/cwt	412.00–425.00	1,611	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	491	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,195	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	711	310.75/cwt	310.75–310.75	2,209	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	291.21/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,400	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	422.99/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,629	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	404.60/cwt	380.00–417.00	2,108	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	360.91/cwt	340.00–387.00	2,252	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	800–850	830	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,189	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	167.80/cwt	153.00–183.00	1,957	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,055	149.15/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,574	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	946	154.18/cwt	140.00–158.00	1,459	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,155	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,478	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,394	163.33/cwt	157.00–170.00	2,277	7
Bulls	—	—	1,682	199.23/cwt	180.00–218.00	3,351	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	850	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,398	41
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,145	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	835	2,384.43/head	2,150.00–2,600.00	2,384	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,060	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	292.69/cwt	265.00–302.00	1,583	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	308.53/cwt	280.00–330.00	2,052	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,904	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,225	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,008	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	314.49/cwt	232.00–350.00	1,494	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	294.47/cwt	285.00–304.00	2,094	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	348.83/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,041	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	286.15/cwt	280.00–292.00	2,218	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,387	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	586	403.50/cwt	403.50–403.50	2,365	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	313.50/cwt	312.00–315.00	2,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	376.52/cwt	355.00–407.00	1,600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	350.39/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,864	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	331.85/cwt	315.00–377.00	1,417	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	344.66/cwt	330.00–390.00	1,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	375.88/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,195	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	364.67/cwt	335.00–387.00	1,867	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	313.44/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,997	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	827	294.01/cwt	287.00–295.25	2,431	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	315.47/cwt	315.00–316.00	2,227	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	432.43/cwt	400.00–460.00	1,812	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	385.04/cwt	370.00–407.00	1,802	44

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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