Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-01-29

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Jan 29
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
374 head
▼ 272 vs last sale 646▲ 374 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 55▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 20▲ 18 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 1.00 higher to 4.00 lower on a very light test with lower quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand uneven and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.61/cwt on 142 head.
Average price
$126.61
142 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$636
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$67
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.56
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505130.4965994
Medium and Large 1-2497119.0159248
One grade step is worth $11.48/cwt here — about $67 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale142 hd
126.61
—
MO average17 barns · 7,521 hd
137.17
−10.56
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,74263.321,1035thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,34653.527204thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12148.5954520
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05035.8437615

Every lot

64 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1290180.64/cwt175.00–188.005249
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy300187.00/cwt187.00–187.005613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2308146.05/cwt140.00–148.004504
Steers—Medium and Large 1313164.26/cwt160.00–170.005143
Steers—Medium and Large 1383162.93/cwt161.00–167.006243
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy395190.00/cwt190.00–190.007513
Steers—Medium and Large 1419157.14/cwt150.00–165.0065811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434143.72/cwt140.00–145.006244
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy454173.21/cwt172.00–174.007865
Steers—Medium and Large 1469161.22/cwt150.00–169.007567
Steers—Medium and Large 1522154.10/cwt145.00–165.0080412
Steers—Medium and Large 1557160.21/cwt159.00–162.008925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573139.23/cwt134.00–148.007983
Steers—Medium and Large 1619142.42/cwt136.50–153.0088212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620125.40/cwt120.00–130.007775
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665128.00/cwt128.00–128.008516
Steers—Medium and Large 1676139.61/cwt132.00–143.0094410
Steers—Medium and Large 1731129.44/cwt128.00–132.5094615
Steers—Medium and Large 1805126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,0183
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1280135.00/cwt135.00–135.003783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361125.42/cwt118.00–134.004537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373135.90/cwt128.00–144.005078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2403120.84/cwt113.50–136.004877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416138.96/cwt134.00–145.5057816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462135.09/cwt128.00–139.0062419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479118.95/cwt110.00–126.0057016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522129.04/cwt122.50–134.0067418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524116.21/cwt115.00–120.006094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557127.19/cwt125.00–130.007085
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577117.82/cwt116.00–122.006806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611121.48/cwt119.00–123.5074215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633110.00/cwt110.00–110.006963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671122.50/cwt118.00–124.008227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678116.71/cwt113.00–118.507915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723115.00/cwt115.00–115.008313
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377149.54/cwt143.00–159.0056411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427156.73/cwt148.00–161.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1458156.44/cwt153.00–160.007166
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473130.00/cwt130.00–130.006154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2511123.50/cwt123.50–123.506314
Bulls—Medium and Large 1523153.71/cwt149.00–155.008047
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2604111.99/cwt111.00–115.006764
Bulls—Medium and Large 1613129.97/cwt126.00–132.007976
Bulls—Medium and Large 1709114.26/cwt114.00–115.008104
Bulls—Medium and Large 1768112.00/cwt112.00–112.008603
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61868.89/cwt62.00–75.001,1152
Bulls——1,80050.90/cwt45.00–56.009162
Bulls——1,87577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,4441
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02934.20/cwt30.00–38.0035211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08744.69/cwt39.00–50.0048610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09545.47/cwt42.50–50.004983
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13254.44/cwt50.00–61.006169
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14525.00/cwt25.00–25.002861
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33357.03/cwt53.50–62.507603
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36535.00/cwt35.00–35.004781
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38543.00/cwt43.00–43.005961
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2785400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,1401
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,000550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,5004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,145841.00/cwt695.00–1,110.009,6295
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,250850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,6251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2701,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0013,4621
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2795520.00/cwt520.00–520.004,1341
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2955810.00/cwt810.00–810.007,7361
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,147655.58/cwt600.00–760.007,5203

This sale against other markets

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.