Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2020-10-21

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Oct 21
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
773 head
▼ 141 vs last sale 914▼ 240 vs year ago 1,013 · −23.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
91 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 117▼ 47 vs year ago 138 · −34.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 31▲ 26 vs year ago 20 · +130.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week, Feeder steers under 650 lbs 2.00 to 10.00 lower, Over 650 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, Over 500 lbs 2.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand moderate. Supply moderate. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.93/cwt on 315 head.
Average price
$135.93
315 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$137
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.45
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1629139.14875249
Large 1559135.007556thin
Medium and Large 1-2601122.7373860
One grade step is worth $16.41/cwt here — about $137 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 sale315 hd
135.93
—
MO average15 barns · 8,610 hd
138.38
−2.45
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—Low1,45470.761,0298thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52758.078877thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16849.7658120
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07539.0642010

Every lot

61 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340135.00/cwt135.00–135.004592
Steers—Medium and Large 1352158.00/cwt158.00–158.005563
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370130.00/cwt130.00–130.004812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419133.20/cwt127.00–139.005584
Steers—Medium and Large 1445160.80/cwt160.00–161.007165
Steers—Medium and Large 1463156.10/cwt146.00–160.0072319
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490118.00/cwt118.00–118.005782
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521117.97/cwt108.00–122.0061510
Steers—Medium and Large 1530146.95/cwt138.00–158.0077946
Steers—Large 1559135.00/cwt135.00–135.007556
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577120.11/cwt110.00–125.0069311
Steers—Medium and Large 1578144.78/cwt139.00–151.0083738
Steers—Medium and Large 1626133.51/cwt125.00–138.5083631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626125.96/cwt124.00–129.0078910
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2655120.03/cwt116.00–124.007866
Steers—Medium and Large 1680134.94/cwt120.00–138.5091864
Steers—Medium and Large 1736130.47/cwt128.00–137.0096014
Steers—Medium and Large 1753129.32/cwt126.00–131.009749
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2756123.00/cwt123.00–123.009306
Steers—Medium and Large 1814130.00/cwt122.00–131.001,0589
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2816120.90/cwt118.00–130.009877
Steers—Medium and Large 1920121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1135
Steers—Medium and Large 11,034100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0346
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332133.00/cwt133.00–133.004429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1357137.00/cwt137.00–137.004893
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412133.99/cwt132.00–135.005523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423116.35/cwt116.00–117.004926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476114.14/cwt106.00–121.0054319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484131.82/cwt127.50–141.0063813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy490144.00/cwt142.00–146.0070610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517109.53/cwt100.00–116.005665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529129.07/cwt120.00–136.0068338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573123.11/cwt115.00–128.0070530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613107.96/cwt102.50–112.006628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637116.37/cwt115.00–120.0074112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661117.00/cwt117.00–117.007735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2757101.00/cwt101.00–101.007657
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2307116.00/cwt116.00–116.003563
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2416130.14/cwt126.00–139.0054110
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485133.67/cwt133.00–135.006486
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514113.89/cwt106.00–120.005859
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-258699.76/cwt96.00–120.005856
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007193
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-266795.95/cwt93.00–103.006407
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-272692.82/cwt90.00–95.006747
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-281285.78/cwt80.00–88.0069711
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32354.51/cwt49.00–58.007212
Bulls——1,34170.30/cwt68.00–72.009434
Bulls——1,81087.91/cwt84.00–92.001,5912
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,01744.00/cwt44.00–44.004473
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07036.53/cwt34.00–37.503917
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08744.96/cwt43.50–46.504893
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18649.07/cwt45.00–54.0058213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22156.30/cwt55.00–59.006874
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,26853.81/cwt53.00–54.506822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63059.78/cwt55.50–63.509745
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,058800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,4642
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,218732.18/cwt600.00–875.008,91821
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,292992.81/cwt900.00–1,075.0012,8279
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,318628.64/cwt550.00–725.008,2855
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1841,186.25/cwt1,035.00–1,325.0014,0454

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.