Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-02-26

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Feb 26
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
362 head
▼ 470 vs last sale 832▲ 362 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 79▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
12 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 26▲ 12 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 4.00-8.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher, bulls sold steady; Demand lower and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.03/cwt on 165 head.
Average price
$142.03
165 head · 616 lb average
Value per head Derived
$876
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$480
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$31.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.43
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639145.15928127
Medium and Large 1-2554133.0973735
Medium 2393114.004483thin
One grade step is worth $31.15/cwt here — about $480 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 sale165 hd
142.03
—
MO average20 barns · 13,439 hd
153.45
−11.43
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—High1,77374.091,3138thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,49855.508312thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24053.3466115
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06236.123849thin

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 1262156.67/cwt154.00–159.004107
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2319150.31/cwt145.00–160.004796
Steers—Medium 2393114.00/cwt114.00–114.004483
Steers—Medium and Large 1423178.01/cwt172.50–184.007536
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434143.20/cwt138.00–157.006215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2451139.00/cwt139.00–139.006274
Steers—Medium and Large 1475175.45/cwt170.00–187.0083314
Steers—Medium and Large 1518159.52/cwt156.50–168.0082613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573140.47/cwt136.00–146.008054
Steers—Medium and Large 1589153.78/cwt152.00–162.5090610
Steers—Medium and Large 1608149.49/cwt144.00–151.0090914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625122.01/cwt116.00–130.007636
Steers—Medium and Large 1659142.41/cwt140.00–143.009385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665122.00/cwt122.00–122.008113
Steers—Medium and Large 1738134.20/cwt122.00–138.2599027
Steers—Medium and Large 1760130.00/cwt130.00–130.009884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779117.77/cwt114.50–122.009177
Steers—Medium and Large 1818122.92/cwt122.00–128.501,00521
Steers—Medium and Large 1928112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0396
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2297143.00/cwt143.00–143.004253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345150.39/cwt147.00–156.005198
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374155.24/cwt151.00–165.005819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419151.34/cwt146.00–163.0063417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485149.26/cwt139.00–154.007245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515125.35/cwt117.00–134.0064615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520130.32/cwt128.00–135.006787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576126.55/cwt122.00–131.5072914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576125.32/cwt118.00–128.5072210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-261797.50/cwt97.50–97.506025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622124.78/cwt118.00–127.007765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673112.66/cwt110.00–115.507586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675121.66/cwt118.00–125.0082110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755112.00/cwt112.00–112.008463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822107.57/cwt105.00–110.008846
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2910100.00/cwt100.00–100.009103
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1375149.25/cwt149.00–150.005604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415162.00/cwt162.00–162.006723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2431127.84/cwt122.00–140.005517
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455147.00/cwt147.00–147.006693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515141.19/cwt130.00–155.007273
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2578126.06/cwt123.00–129.007296
Bulls—Medium and Large 1597128.00/cwt128.00–128.007645
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635114.00/cwt114.00–114.007244
Bulls—Medium and Large 1657116.04/cwt112.00–120.007626
Bulls—Medium and Large 1707113.00/cwt113.00–113.007993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2768104.00/cwt104.00–104.007993
Bulls—Medium and Large 182592.00/cwt92.00–92.007593
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58557.00/cwt57.00–57.009031
Bulls——1,77764.69/cwt60.00–72.001,1503
Bulls——1,81685.42/cwt79.00–89.001,5514
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98330.01/cwt26.00–34.002952
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08537.87/cwt33.00–41.004117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20744.97/cwt43.00–46.505433
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23552.85/cwt49.00–57.006539
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28763.17/cwt61.00–64.508133
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40052.50/cwt52.50–52.507351
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59558.50/cwt58.50–58.509331
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2880600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,2801
Bred Cows—Medium 2895725.00/cwt725.00–725.006,4891
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2920550.00/cwt550.00–550.005,0601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2930485.00/cwt485.00–485.004,5111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,228733.64/cwt700.00–800.009,0095
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,305736.01/cwt610.00–885.009,6054

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.