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Show-Me-Select (Fruitland, MO)

Replacement Cattle · Fruitland, Missouri · Fri, Dec 6
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1791
Receipts
55 head
55 vs last sale 0 55 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Coordinated by Show Me Select Board with University Extension, Commercial Agriculture Program, MU College of Veterinary Medicine, Missouri Cattlemen Association and Missouri Dept of Agriculture. Heifers in this sale have met minimum standards for reproductive soundness, pelvic size, frame size, muscle thickness, body condition, and weight. They have undergone a comprehensive health program, and are guaranteed bred, high percentage were fetal sexed. There were many Tier 2 select heifers. This means that they have met requirements and are out high accuracy sires. Several herds have 8 to 9 generations of stacked pedigrees. Several consignors feed their cattle and get top premium at U.S. Premium Beef on steers mates. All heifers are expected to calve from Mid January to mid April. Within the offering, 20 head of Registered Angus ,Registered Simmentals.

Heifers were graded and sorted into uniform lots according to projected calving dates and body type similarity. Demand was higher than our May sale with a good attendance of cattle producers. Supply consisted of 55 bred heifers from 8 producers, in 36 lots selling to 19 different buyers, with a sale average of $3,487.00 per head, which was $282.00 higher than the sale in May. The highest heifer sold was a Register Sim-Angus for $5,900.00.

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,383$3,80813
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,340$3,44537
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,225$3,0505

Every lot, as filed

12 lots · USDA AMS · Show-Me-Select Special - Fruitland, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bred HeifersLarge 11,5503,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6002
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,3843,385.71/head3,150.00–3,750.003,38614
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,3563,312.50/head3,150.00–3,500.003,3138
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 21,3753,300.00/head3,250.00–3,400.003,3003
Bred HeifersLarge 11,5753,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5503
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,2753,450.00/head3,250.00–3,650.003,4502
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 21,2253,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0505
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Registered1,1753,937.50/head3,300.00–5,450.003,9384
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Registered1,2133,075.00/head2,800.00–3,350.003,0754
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2Registered1,2884,200.00/head3,400.00–5,000.004,2002
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Registered1,3614,092.86/head3,300.00–5,900.004,0937
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2Registered1,1753,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001

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.