Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeders in the offering to establish a trend. Slaughter cows and a few bulls sold 3.00 higher; Demand not establish and supply very light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $317.15/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −97.99 against this barn's trailing median of $415.14.

Average price

$317.15

11 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$16.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−43.01

vs MO average

−30.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	324.83	1,770	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	307.93	1,737	5thin

One grade step is worth $16.89/cwt here — about $34 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 sale11 hd

317.15

—

MO average10 barns · 695 hd

360.16

−43.01

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−30.35

This barn, trailing median27 sales

415.14

−97.99

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	1,337	187.41	2,506	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,540	180.00	2,772	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	169.71	1,986	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	942	134.00	1,262	5thin

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)	1,130	$2,450	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	875	$2,200	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,220	$2,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	735	$2,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	860	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$2,800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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	400–450	423	403.83/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,708	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	323.15/cwt	312.00–332.00	2,004	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	393.74/cwt	385.00–435.00	1,823	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	323.94/cwt	320.00–327.00	1,856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	346.23/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,133	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,016	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	390.51/cwt	377.00–422.00	1,902	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	413.63/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	419.52/cwt	417.00–422.00	2,148	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,218	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,329	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	482.15/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,387	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	285.09/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	349.00/cwt	310.00–375.00	1,665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	325.71/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	301.21/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,217	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,086	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	455.23/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	327.31/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,915	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,038	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	461.01/cwt	437.00–475.00	1,922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	307.93/cwt	305.00–317.00	1,737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	411.83/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,544	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	993	162.44/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,613	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	860	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	875	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	735	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,220	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,130	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bulls	—	—	1,230	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,239	1
Bulls	—	—	1,373	189.21/cwt	185.00–197.00	2,598	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	950	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	173.35/cwt	165.00–178.00	2,182	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,540	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,772	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	144.58/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,388	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	118.13/cwt	116.00–120.00	1,081	2

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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