Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale (November 26) due to Thanksgiving

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 lower; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $356.58/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits −58.56 against this barn's trailing median of $415.14.

Average price

$356.58

67 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

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

$44.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.75

vs MO average

−7.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	359.87	1,945	62
Medium and Large 1-2	555	315.74	1,752	5thin

One grade step is worth $44.13/cwt here — about $193 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale67 hd

356.58

—

MO average20 barns · 2,935 hd

354.82

+1.75

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−7.38

This barn, trailing median27 sales

415.14

−58.56

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	1,678	187.97	3,154	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,376	150.50	2,071	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,184	141.85	1,680	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,029	123.48	1,270	26

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,610	$2,509	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,214	$2,211	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,360	$1,950	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	833	$1,802	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,100	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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	425	393.56/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,673	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	387.91/cwt	380.00–404.00	2,192	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	392.16/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,012	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	335.46/cwt	326.00–339.00	2,258	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	343.89/cwt	325.00–367.00	1,946	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	423.77/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,966	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	381.23/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,613	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,872	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	357	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,553	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	434.68/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,339	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	326.15/cwt	285.00–355.00	1,875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	374.16/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,807	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	321.46/cwt	302.00–340.00	2,012	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	760	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,371	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	392	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,686	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	340.40/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,808	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,137	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	302.43/cwt	277.00–312.00	2,211	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,494	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	314.88/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	300.95/cwt	285.00–317.00	2,281	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	460	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,895	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	516	385.57/cwt	384.00–387.00	1,990	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,117	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,961	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	613	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,250	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	347	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,457	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	388.55/cwt	365.00–405.00	1,465	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,295	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,137	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	130.20/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,516	9
Bulls	—	—	1,703	190.02/cwt	178.00–198.00	3,236	21
Bulls	—	—	1,145	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,660	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	131.52/cwt	125.00–142.00	1,365	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	119.23/cwt	99.00–125.00	1,221	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	990	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	833	1,801.95/head	1,750.00–1,850.00	1,802	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,220	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,713	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	155.13/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,959	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	143.87/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,688	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	280.99/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,908	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,610	2,508.60/head	2,450.00–2,550.00	2,509	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	633	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,469	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	324	433.99/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,406	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,360	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,270	2,314.05/head	1,875.00–2,800.00	2,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	375.63/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,765	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	375.93/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	376.46/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	320.35/cwt	307.00–335.00	1,666	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	305.04/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,745	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	355.10/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,419	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	346.80/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,807	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	306.61/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	358.24/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,383	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	329.43/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	354.66/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,990	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	354.82/cwt	327.00–377.00	2,207	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	375.04/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,211	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,563	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	309.00/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	326.48/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	322.05/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,303	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	419.24/cwt	402.00–425.00	2,008	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,205	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	415.04/cwt	380.00–430.00	1,569	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	300.99/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,152	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	353.57/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,163	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	411.38/cwt	355.00–430.00	1,720	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	403.88/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,195	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	323.97/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,504	5

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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