Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-08-05

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Aug 5
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
692 head
▲ 149 vs last sale 543▲ 206 vs year ago 486 · +42.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
105 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 55▲ 57 vs year ago 48 · +118.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 24 vs last sale 60▲ 22 vs year ago 14 · +157.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers under 550 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher, Over 550 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 8.00 higher. Demand good. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.41/cwt on 230 head.
Average price
$149.41
230 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.44
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1602151.39911185
Medium and Large 1-2540141.2676345
One grade step is worth $10.13/cwt here — about $148 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 sale230 hd
149.41
—
MO average14 barns · 10,448 hd
148.97
+0.44
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—Average1,71390.101,54311
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,28572.439308thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,09463.6169613
CowsLean 85-90%High99453.0952815

Every lot

62 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1328177.45/cwt170.00–183.005829
Steers—Medium and Large 1370166.09/cwt162.00–170.006155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373145.00/cwt145.00–145.005412
Steers—Medium and Large 1422170.68/cwt170.00–171.007203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006022
Steers—Medium and Large 1475161.95/cwt155.00–165.5076915
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487145.58/cwt140.00–150.0070912
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed508165.00/cwt165.00–165.008382
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529141.66/cwt133.00–147.0074916
Steers—Medium and Large 1533154.55/cwt146.00–159.5082418
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed554160.14/cwt158.50–160.5088711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580139.25/cwt135.00–141.408089
Steers—Medium and Large 1583152.46/cwt147.00–154.0088926
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed618157.95/cwt155.50–158.7597616
Steers—Medium and Large 1632140.59/cwt134.50–148.0088924
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed681150.67/cwt150.00–151.001,02612
Steers—Medium and Large 1683143.35/cwt136.00–148.0097910
Steers—Medium and Large 1714140.05/cwt135.00–149.501,0007
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed721150.78/cwt150.50–151.501,0877
Steers—Medium and Large 1776135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,05012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2793130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0314
Steers—Medium and Large 1863125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0798
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1295157.50/cwt157.50–157.504653
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360142.69/cwt140.00–144.005143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381135.91/cwt128.00–143.005188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411134.67/cwt127.00–136.005537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433142.90/cwt142.50–146.006199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464140.37/cwt136.00–146.0065125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485128.00/cwt128.00–128.006213
Heifers—Large 1505125.00/cwt125.00–125.006313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518138.65/cwt131.00–142.0071828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539120.61/cwt120.00–122.506508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2559124.57/cwt122.00–126.0069613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577136.27/cwt130.00–138.0078637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612135.29/cwt128.00–138.0082829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy677118.00/cwt118.00–118.007995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679129.79/cwt124.00–133.0088122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2693129.00/cwt129.00–129.008942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717124.80/cwt120.00–128.008955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784120.12/cwt119.50–124.009427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2791102.00/cwt102.00–102.008078
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835118.50/cwt118.50–118.509893
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2406156.00/cwt156.00–156.006334
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483132.33/cwt127.00–143.0063910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2618133.21/cwt133.00–134.008235
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2674123.11/cwt122.00–126.008307
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28374.84/cwt72.50–77.509603
Bulls——1,78693.33/cwt85.50–97.001,6675
Bulls——2,02299.96/cwt99.50–100.502,0213
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86535.00/cwt35.00–35.003032
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00550.61/cwt45.00–54.505096
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02160.38/cwt58.00–64.506167
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,02664.98/cwt62.50–67.506674
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06970.37/cwt68.50–75.007525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19453.78/cwt50.00–59.006424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28068.15/cwt67.00–69.508722
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28673.85/cwt70.00–77.509506
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,044777.25/cwt750.00–825.008,1145
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3731,000.41/cwt900.00–1,125.0013,7364
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0013,0003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0831,109.67/cwt1,000.00–1,210.0012,01815
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1431,462.50/cwt1,425.00–1,500.0016,7162

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.