Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-09-09

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Sep 9
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
427 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 385▼ 366 vs year ago 793 · −46.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 105▼ 84 vs year ago 130 · −64.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 70▼ 3 vs year ago 17 · −17.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 3.00 lower to 6.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.62/cwt on 158 head.
Average price
$135.62
158 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$706
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$104
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.29
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525136.89718140
Medium and Large 1-2489125.7361518thin
One grade step is worth $11.16/cwt here — about $104 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 sale158 hd
135.62
—
MO average11 barns · 3,402 hd
136.91
−1.29
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—Low1,73380.181,3896thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31662.328209thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25356.3370619
CowsLean 85-90%Average94442.5940212

Every lot

56 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 1-2260150.00/cwt150.00–150.003903
Steers—Medium and Large 1275173.00/cwt173.00–173.004763
Steers—Medium and Large 1329162.63/cwt162.00–164.005353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340141.00/cwt141.00–141.004793
Steers—Medium and Large 1374162.83/cwt160.00–166.006096
Steers—Medium and Large 1421169.28/cwt168.00–169.5071314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429130.33/cwt129.00–138.005597
Steers—Medium and Large 1456156.50/cwt150.00–166.007148
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481127.02/cwt125.00–130.006115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518142.48/cwt138.00–147.007384
Steers—Medium and Large 1519154.37/cwt151.00–159.5080122
Steers—Medium and Large 1574153.13/cwt148.00–156.0087916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585131.48/cwt126.00–133.007697
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2603129.00/cwt128.00–130.007789
Steers—Medium and Large 1619145.87/cwt137.00–148.0090316
Steers—Medium and Large 1671146.36/cwt138.00–149.009828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715126.50/cwt126.00–127.009042
Steers—Medium and Large 1736143.97/cwt132.00–148.001,06017
Steers—Medium and Large 1762129.00/cwt129.00–129.009833
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2323126.58/cwt125.00–128.004092
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341142.24/cwt142.00–143.004854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2355142.00/cwt140.00–144.005042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374144.95/cwt138.00–152.0054213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434145.49/cwt140.00–148.0063113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474122.88/cwt120.00–132.005824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478141.81/cwt139.00–146.0067834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529121.10/cwt110.00–129.006415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533135.76/cwt126.00–142.0072431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577137.42/cwt134.00–138.5079313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2581125.78/cwt122.00–128.007315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619128.90/cwt124.00–133.0079810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677124.79/cwt121.50–129.0084515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1713120.34/cwt118.00–123.508587
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380156.67/cwt149.00–164.005959
Bulls—Medium and Large 1416148.25/cwt140.00–156.0061710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2439136.02/cwt130.00–138.005974
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463142.93/cwt140.00–146.006626
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2508129.00/cwt129.00–129.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1535133.79/cwt130.00–135.007164
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564133.03/cwt129.50–145.0075010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600125.33/cwt120.00–128.007523
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2653113.00/cwt113.00–113.007383
Bulls—Medium and Large 1706124.00/cwt124.00–124.008754
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,09052.00/cwt52.00–52.005671
Bulls——1,86185.82/cwt84.50–87.501,5975
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94442.59/cwt35.00–50.0040212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,14555.00/cwt55.00–55.006301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21851.27/cwt47.00–54.0062411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30063.28/cwt60.00–64.508238
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33763.23/cwt62.00–64.508458
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2835536.75/cwt525.00–550.004,4822
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0701,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0010,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,086677.33/cwt550.00–800.007,3564
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,166866.86/cwt585.00–1,210.0010,1084
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,535910.00/cwt910.00–910.0013,9691
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,7101,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0020,5201

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.