Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-07-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There was not enough feeders in the offering to establish a trend. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand not establish and supply very light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $430.80/cwt on 5 head, down $13.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 27 comparable sales and sits −41.22 against this barn's trailing median of $472.02.

Average price

$430.80

▼ 13.15 vs prior sale

5 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,345

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−43.93

vs MO average

−38.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	430.80	2,345	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale5 hd

430.80

—

MO average15 barns · 2,481 hd

474.73

−43.93

National average32 barns · 3,072 hd

468.91

−38.11

This barn, trailing median27 sales

472.02

−41.22

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	—	Low	1,709	202.89	3,467	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,135	175.00	1,986	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,437	167.26	2,404	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	870	160.00	1,392	1thin

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)	1,310	$3,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,480	$2,650	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$3,500	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	690	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,998	2
Bulls	—	—	1,460	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,044	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,955	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,356	170.89/cwt	165.00–182.00	2,317	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,443	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	424.98/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,806	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	407.25/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,939	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,480	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	332.82/cwt	310.00–355.00	2,363	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,263	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,413	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	306.02/cwt	305.00–307.00	2,675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	520.11/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,164	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	363.30/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,082	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,784	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	357.95/cwt	352.00–360.00	2,391	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	426.48/cwt	400.00–437.00	2,230	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,310	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	363.50/cwt	347.00–380.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	461.61/cwt	460.00–462.00	2,280	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,740	3
Bulls	—	—	1,710	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,249	1
Bulls	—	—	1,771	221.84/cwt	210.00–232.00	3,929	4
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	690	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,075	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	453.40/cwt	425.00–485.00	1,918	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	363.17/cwt	345.00–400.00	2,106	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,392	1

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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