Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand uneven and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $433.20/cwt on 62 head, down $10.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 27 comparable sales and sits +18.07 against this barn's trailing median of $415.14.

Average price

$433.20

▼ 10.45 vs prior sale

62 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,324

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

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

$59.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.51

vs MO average

+8.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	451.46	2,379	43
Medium and Large 1-2	558	391.88	2,185	19thin

One grade step is worth $59.58/cwt here — about $194 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

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 sale62 hd

433.20

—

MO average19 barns · 2,415 hd

424.69

+8.51

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

+8.01

This barn, trailing median27 sales

415.14

+18.07

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	1,623	214.90	3,487	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	176.48	2,132	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,443	170.21	2,456	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	889	147.47	1,311	7thin

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)	960	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	916	$2,588	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	968	$2,438	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,058	$2,100	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,175	$4,400	1thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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	300–350	330	560.01/cwt	525.00–585.00	1,848	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	365.35/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,451	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	371.57/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	414.84/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,356	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,064	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	478.47/cwt	450.00–510.00	2,043	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	454.38/cwt	420.00–490.00	2,363	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	613	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	414.94/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,104	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	263	536.60/cwt	520.00–545.00	1,411	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	352.70/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	583.38/cwt	540.00–610.00	2,089	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	483.49/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,094	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	391.61/cwt	350.00–425.00	2,029	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	455.93/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,211	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	506.70/cwt	475.00–515.00	1,931	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	443.21/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,136	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	480.00/cwt	440.00–520.00	1,829	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	340.26/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,113	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	457.48/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	489.08/cwt	425.00–510.00	2,318	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	475.93/cwt	445.00–510.00	2,046	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	437.68/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,368	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	492.52/cwt	440.00–540.00	1,877	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	385.73/cwt	350.00–415.00	2,203	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	315.74/cwt	312.00–317.00	2,535	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	429.90/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,455	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,500	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,438	171.74/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,470	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	2,338	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	178.12/cwt	162.00–193.00	2,202	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,018	165.39/cwt	152.00–175.00	1,684	4
Bulls	—	—	1,328	177.10/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,352	3
Bulls	—	—	1,703	225.21/cwt	202.00–245.00	3,835	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,175	4,400.00/head	4,400.00–4,400.00	4,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	740	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	960	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	521	477.67/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,489	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	267	621.50/cwt	600.00–650.00	1,659	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	405	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,572	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	429.22/cwt	390.00–470.00	2,266	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	641	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,756	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	428	513.63/cwt	505.00–530.00	2,198	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	635	395.03/cwt	390.00–402.00	2,508	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	582.59/cwt	525.00–600.00	2,453	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	459.27/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,567	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	629.70/cwt	590.00–650.00	2,103	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	317	694.23/cwt	670.00–700.00	2,201	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	715	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	473.92/cwt	430.00–495.00	2,256	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	363.27/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,260	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	376.18/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,340	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	524.74/cwt	480.00–560.00	2,498	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	602.73/cwt	570.00–640.00	2,224	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	484.04/cwt	450.00–517.00	2,527	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	538.78/cwt	520.00–620.00	2,010	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	436.46/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,457	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	490.66/cwt	445.00–500.00	2,370	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	416.14/cwt	405.00–427.00	2,530	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	916	2,587.65/head	2,200.00–2,800.00	2,588	4
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	825	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	853	152.06/cwt	141.00–165.00	1,297	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	136.00/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,390	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	515.00/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	448.02/cwt	400.00–500.00	1,501	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	446.64/cwt	400.00–460.00	1,840	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,290	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,195	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	420	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,520	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	380	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,375	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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