Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-08-12

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Aug 12
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
322 head
▼ 370 vs last sale 692▼ 141 vs year ago 463 · −30.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 105▼ 27 vs year ago 100 · −27.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 36▼ 13 vs year ago 50 · −26.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-500 lbs heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold 3.00-5.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower, bulls sold 4.00 lower; 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 $133.12/cwt on 130 head.
Average price
$133.12
130 head · 513 lb average
Value per head Derived
$683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$48
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.17
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507137.8769886
Medium and Large 1-2525123.8265044
One grade step is worth $14.05/cwt here — about $48 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 sale130 hd
133.12
—
MO average18 barns · 6,861 hd
138.29
−5.17
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—Low1,82084.231,5335thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40466.529346thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13862.2770930
CowsLean 85-90%High94347.7245026

Every lot

54 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1324173.12/cwt168.00–185.005617
Steers—Medium and Large 1423165.00/cwt165.00–165.006984
Steers—Medium and Large 1456163.43/cwt163.00–164.007457
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484150.00/cwt150.00–150.007264
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518127.08/cwt124.00–131.006583
Steers—Medium and Large 1530151.32/cwt145.00–159.0080231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562138.77/cwt121.00–147.507803
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616126.74/cwt125.00–130.007817
Steers—Medium and Large 1623138.16/cwt134.00–143.0086117
Steers—Medium and Large 1667134.81/cwt130.00–136.508994
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689123.08/cwt118.00–130.008487
Steers—Medium and Large 1724125.86/cwt122.50–136.009114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775120.63/cwt118.50–127.009354
Steers—Medium and Large 1781129.22/cwt125.00–137.001,0095
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341139.53/cwt138.00–140.004764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378139.99/cwt136.00–151.005299
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433123.72/cwt120.00–131.005369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437142.06/cwt135.00–149.006218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464142.85/cwt135.00–150.0066323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470130.37/cwt123.00–137.0061310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525140.13/cwt132.00–143.007369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530125.86/cwt121.00–130.0066713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564134.25/cwt127.00–138.0075720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568121.66/cwt120.00–125.006913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614118.00/cwt118.00–118.007254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633132.24/cwt131.50–133.008376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679124.88/cwt123.00–125.508484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2691111.56/cwt110.00–118.007715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705126.00/cwt126.00–126.008883
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1407144.69/cwt142.00–146.005893
Bulls—Medium and Large 1498152.50/cwt152.50–152.507593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1522138.62/cwt137.00–143.007248
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2563127.00/cwt127.00–127.007154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585135.59/cwt135.00–136.507936
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618131.16/cwt130.00–133.008116
Bulls—Medium and Large 1670126.31/cwt125.00–129.008463
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730116.84/cwt110.00–119.008534
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2763100.00/cwt100.00–100.007633
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0401
Bulls——1,87589.04/cwt87.00–92.501,6704
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88534.46/cwt30.00–37.003053
Cows—Lean 85-90%93848.93/cwt40.00–62.0045921
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08354.95/cwt54.00–56.005952
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10858.27/cwt52.00–63.0064617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17867.51/cwt64.50–72.5079513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39167.02/cwt64.00–72.009325
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47064.00/cwt64.00–64.009411
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2900935.00/cwt935.00–935.008,4151
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1491,039.87/cwt910.00–1,235.0011,9484
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,169741.95/cwt700.00–810.008,6736
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,253836.34/cwt650.00–1,050.0010,4796
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3571,321.37/cwt1,085.00–1,400.0017,93111
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3641,171.10/cwt1,160.00–1,200.0015,9743
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,044900.00/cwt875.00–1,000.009,3965

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.