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Show-Me-Select (Fruitland, MO)

Replacement Cattle · Fruitland, Missouri · Fri, May 1
● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1791
Dec 5May 1latest
Receipts
73 head
73 vs last sale 0 73 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 September to mid Novemberl. graded and sorted into uniform lots according to projected calving dates and body type similarity. Demand was much higher than our December sale with a good attendance of cattle producers. Supply consisted of 73 bred heifers from 11 producers, in 47 lots selling to 18 different buyers, with a sale average of $5811.00 per head, which was $1370.00 higher than the sale in December. The highest heifer sold was a Register Angus for $7,200.00. The offering consisted 18 register Angus, Sim-Angus and Red White face.

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,253$5,89962
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,225$5,4758
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,375$5,1003thin

Every lot, as filed

7 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 1-21,3755,100.00/head5,100.00–5,100.005,1003
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1676,533.33/head6,000.00–7,200.006,5333
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,2645,800.00/head4,700.00–6,900.005,80045
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,2585,333.33/head4,600.00–5,500.005,3336
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Registered1,2006,950.00/head6,900.00–7,000.006,9502
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Registered1,2445,937.50/head5,400.00–6,900.005,93812
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Registered1,1255,900.00/head5,900.00–5,900.005,9002

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.