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Show-Me-Select (Fruitland, MO)

Replacement Cattle · Fruitland, Missouri · Fri, May 2
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1791
Receipts
85 head
30 vs last sale 55 2 vs year ago 87 · 2.3%
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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 September to mid Novemberl. Within the offering, 25 head of Registered Angus, Registered Simmentals and one Hereford.

Heifers were graded and sorted into uniform lots according to projected calving dates and body type similarity. Demand was higher than our December sale with a good attendance of cattle producers. Supply consisted of 85 bred heifers from 15 producers, in 54 lots selling to 29 different buyers, with a sale average of $3,746.00 per head, which was $259.00 higher than the sale in December. The highest heifer sold for $4,950.00.

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 Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,300$4,0002thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,261$3,76175
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)1,269$3,5508

Every lot, as filed

8 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 HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,3563,600.00/head3,300.00–4,500.003,6004
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 21,1753,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,2753,752.08/head3,200.00–4,950.003,75248
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 21,2363,477.78/head3,400.00–3,800.003,4789
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Registered1,1833,633.33/head3,600.00–3,650.003,6333
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Registered1,2394,006.25/head3,300.00–4,500.004,00616
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2Registered1,2133,275.00/head3,050.00–3,500.003,2752
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Registered1,3004,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0002

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.