Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2021-01-27

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Jan 27
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
322 head
▼ 403 vs last sale 725▼ 52 vs year ago 374 · −13.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 73▼ 6 vs year ago 52 · −11.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 21▼ 14 vs year ago 18 · −77.8%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 300 higher on a light test due to weather. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good 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 $125.82/cwt on 136 head.
Average price
$125.82
136 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$687
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.80
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556127.24707112
Medium and Large 1-2498119.2159424
One grade step is worth $8.03/cwt here — about $113 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 sale136 hd
125.82
—
MO average15 barns · 7,350 hd
131.62
−5.80
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—High1,61777.781,2585thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37953.187345thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20952.1863121
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02638.563968thin

Every lot

50 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 1263162.00/cwt162.00–162.004263
Steers—Medium and Large 1322177.22/cwt167.00–185.005717
Steers—Medium and Large 1388174.55/cwt166.00–183.006776
Steers—Medium and Large 1421170.80/cwt165.00–182.0071915
Steers—Medium and Large 1461156.20/cwt155.00–160.007205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473138.17/cwt130.00–141.006545
Steers—Large 1508140.00/cwt140.00–140.007113
Steers—Medium and Large 1548148.00/cwt148.00–148.008113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566132.38/cwt120.00–137.007498
Steers—Medium and Large 1574152.34/cwt141.00–161.0087424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618126.73/cwt120.00–129.0078311
Steers—Medium and Large 1624143.47/cwt130.00–149.0089512
Steers—Medium and Large 1668134.40/cwt132.00–143.0089816
Steers—Medium and Large 1718126.29/cwt124.00–128.009077
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364140.02/cwt132.00–142.005105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430124.14/cwt124.00–125.005347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432133.16/cwt130.00–137.5057512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470121.63/cwt120.00–125.005723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484132.21/cwt127.00–136.0064014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518117.46/cwt110.00–121.0060811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524128.85/cwt123.00–135.5067518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568129.07/cwt126.00–133.0073320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613111.68/cwt106.00–115.006853
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629124.30/cwt113.00–129.0078221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676115.35/cwt111.00–120.0078010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1745116.34/cwt113.00–118.008679
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1390147.56/cwt140.00–150.005754
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433142.87/cwt140.00–145.006198
Bulls—Medium and Large 1474144.28/cwt135.00–157.0068414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483131.00/cwt131.00–131.006333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1544138.00/cwt138.00–138.007517
Bulls—Medium and Large 1558131.74/cwt131.00–132.007354
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623123.29/cwt118.00–126.007689
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2635110.00/cwt110.00–110.006993
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663116.50/cwt116.50–116.507724
Bulls—Medium and Large 1772100.00/cwt100.00–100.007723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1830103.00/cwt103.00–103.008553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1853100.00/cwt100.00–100.008533
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,49070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0431
Bulls——1,64979.72/cwt77.00–83.501,3154
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96344.49/cwt44.00–45.004282
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04736.58/cwt32.00–39.503836
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10947.43/cwt40.00–52.0052610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30056.49/cwt52.00–63.5073411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31854.23/cwt53.00–55.507154
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62449.00/cwt49.00–49.007961
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2650835.00/cwt835.00–835.005,4281
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,000900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2925698.30/cwt610.00–775.006,4592

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.