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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Feb 24

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← Feb 10Feb 24Mar 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,252 head

▲ 1,010 vs last sale 242▲ 890 vs year ago 362 · +245.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

117 head

▲ 63 vs last sale 54▲ 65 vs year ago 52 · +125.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

51 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 6▲ 39 vs year ago 12 · +325.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold 4.00-13.00 higher with value added calves selling as much as 20.00 higher with good qualilty in the offering. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 lower and bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand good and supply moderate to heavy.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.56/cwt on 694 head.

Average price

$146.56

694 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$958

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$188

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$12.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.93

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	664	148.32	985	599
Medium and Large 1-2	588	135.48	797	95

One grade step is worth $12.84/cwt here — about $188 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 sale694 hd

146.56

—

MO average15 barns · 13,472 hd

149.49

−2.93

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,750	80.93	1,416	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,436	60.68	871	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,183	55.17	652	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	991	38.66	383	28

Every lot

74 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	290	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	522	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	586	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	476	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	184.09/cwt	170.00–192.00	683	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	568	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	173.02/cwt	162.00–182.00	721	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	418	187.65/cwt	184.00–190.00	784	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	465	185.94/cwt	182.00–190.00	865	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	149.52/cwt	140.00–160.00	700	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	176.90/cwt	162.00–181.00	849	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	138.39/cwt	130.00–145.00	724	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	526	182.00/cwt	178.00–186.00	957	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	167.36/cwt	155.00–176.00	885	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	137.12/cwt	126.00–147.00	786	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	583	169.53/cwt	166.00–180.00	988	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	159.55/cwt	148.00–166.00	930	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	619	163.90/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,015	74
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	127.99/cwt	112.00–130.00	801	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	150.01/cwt	140.00–158.00	953	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	129.85/cwt	117.00–137.00	874	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	139.62/cwt	133.00–156.00	945	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	722	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	993	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	128.41/cwt	128.00–130.00	930	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	133.31/cwt	125.50–140.00	977	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	761	138.22/cwt	136.00–142.00	1,052	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	130.85/cwt	127.50–133.00	1,005	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	961	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	793	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,011	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	801	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,013	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	814	124.18/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,011	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	835	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,119	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,056	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	116.72/cwt	115.00–118.00	1,082	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	275	147.53/cwt	147.00–149.00	406	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	313	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	491	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	153.56/cwt	140.00–160.00	577	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	415	151.14/cwt	150.00–158.00	627	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	145.28/cwt	135.00–149.00	631	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	142.48/cwt	130.00–147.00	660	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	127.98/cwt	122.00–136.00	594	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	128.81/cwt	115.00–139.00	670	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	137.54/cwt	130.00–142.00	721	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	124.10/cwt	115.00–132.50	719	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	133.79/cwt	130.00–136.00	776	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	132.68/cwt	126.00–133.00	816	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	115.73/cwt	112.00–120.00	727	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	130.22/cwt	123.00–145.00	869	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	119.80/cwt	108.00–126.50	813	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	713	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	895	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	122.69/cwt	118.00–125.00	876	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	913	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	542	139.84/cwt	135.00–155.00	758	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	558	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	720	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	624	127.53/cwt	125.00–130.00	796	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	685	116.99/cwt	116.00–118.00	801	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	748	117.17/cwt	117.00–118.00	876	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,403	69.19/cwt	65.00–72.00	971	2
Bulls	—	—	1,815	86.72/cwt	81.00–90.00	1,574	7
Bulls	—	—	1,830	75.23/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,377	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	943	51.19/cwt	49.00–53.00	483	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	987	28.37/cwt	20.00–35.00	280	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	997	40.50/cwt	32.00–48.00	404	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,137	52.50/cwt	47.00–58.00	597	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,310	62.65/cwt	59.00–69.00	821	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,436	60.68/cwt	58.00–64.50	871	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	773	810.00/cwt	775.00–850.00	6,261	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,000	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	10,750	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	799	710.46/cwt	675.00–750.00	5,677	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	848	721.88/cwt	650.00–825.00	6,122	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	886	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,626	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,112	808.99/cwt	535.00–925.00	8,996	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,113	741.29/cwt	500.00–835.00	8,251	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,125	672.16/cwt	600.00–735.00	7,562	4

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmington Regional Stockyards - Farmington, MO

Wed Feb 24, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,252Last week 242Year ago 362

Slaughter CattleReceipts 117Last week 54Year ago 52

Replacement CattleReceipts 51Last week 6Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	768	127.50–133.00	130.85
40	—	583	148.00–166.00	159.55
12	—	480	162.00–181.00	176.90
12	—	417	162.00–182.00	173.02
95	—	733	125.50–140.00	133.31
55	—	814	120.00–127.00	124.18
6	—	862	122.50	122.50
3	—	335	175.00	175.00
7	—	927	115.00–118.00	116.72
3	—	290	180.00	180.00
24	—	677	133.00–156.00	139.62
13	—	371	170.00–192.00	184.09
37	—	529	155.00–176.00	167.36
54	—	635	140.00–158.00	150.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	583	166.00–180.00	169.53
8	—	526	178.00–186.00	182.00
13	—	835	134.00	134.00
12	—	722	137.50	137.50
11	—	465	182.00–190.00	185.94
74	—	619	161.00–167.00	163.90
32	—	761	136.00–142.00	138.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	801	126.50	126.50
5	—	793	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	673	117.00–137.00	129.85
19	—	573	126.00–147.00	137.12
5	—	376	151.00	151.00
5	—	724	128.00–130.00	128.41
3	—	340	140.00	140.00
16	—	626	112.00–130.00	127.99
15	—	468	140.00–160.00	149.52
3	—	788	122.00	122.00
3	—	523	130.00–145.00	138.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	418	184.00–190.00	187.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	667	123.00–145.00	130.22
32	—	524	130.00–142.00	137.54
27	—	434	135.00–149.00	145.28
33	—	463	130.00–147.00	142.48
8	—	774	118.00	118.00
25	—	615	126.00–133.00	132.68
20	—	714	118.00–125.00	122.69
89	—	580	130.00–136.00	133.79
6	—	376	140.00–160.00	153.56
4	—	275	147.00–149.00	147.53
3	—	313	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	713	125.50	125.50
7	—	415	150.00–158.00	151.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	628	112.00–120.00	115.73
12	—	679	108.00–126.50	119.80
17	—	520	115.00–139.00	128.81
37	—	579	115.00–132.50	124.10
6	—	464	122.00–136.00	127.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	685	116.00–118.00	116.99
4	—	542	135.00–155.00	139.84
3	—	558	129.00	129.00
6	—	748	117.00–118.00	117.17
7	—	624	125.00–130.00	127.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	125.00	125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	943	49.00–53.00	51.19
6	—	987	20.00–35.00	28.37
20	—	997	32.00–48.00	40.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,436	58.00–64.50	60.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,137	47.00–58.00	52.50
10	—	1,310	59.00–69.00	62.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,830	70.00–79.00	75.23
2	—	1,403	65.00–72.00	69.19
7	—	1,815	81.00–90.00	86.72

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	1,075.00	1,075.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	773	775.00–850.00	810.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	848	650.00–825.00	721.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	886	635.00	635.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	799	675.00–750.00	710.46

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,125	600.00–735.00	672.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,112	535.00–925.00	808.99
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,113	500.00–835.00	741.29

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.