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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

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

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← Mar 17Mar 24Mar 31 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

505 head

▼ 437 vs last sale 942▲ 168 vs year ago 337 · +49.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

88 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 70▲ 46 vs year ago 42 · +109.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 20▼ 2 vs year ago 18 · −11.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher; Demand good and supply light.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.24/cwt on 242 head.

Average price

$135.24

242 head · 515 lb average

Value per head Derived

$697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$180

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

$18.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.85

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	140.85	753	170
Medium and Large 1-2	470	121.98	573	72

One grade step is worth $18.87/cwt here — about $180 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 sale242 hd

135.24

—

MO average16 barns · 7,445 hd

137.08

−1.85

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	1,822	85.70	1,561	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,493	62.72	936	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,226	59.18	725	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	968	48.13	466	5thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	346	180.87/cwt	175.00–182.00	626	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	372	180.43/cwt	170.00–187.50	671	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	656	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	176.39/cwt	173.00–185.00	748	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	465	186.51/cwt	186.00–187.00	867	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	177.38/cwt	167.00–183.00	850	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	156.06/cwt	142.00–165.50	763	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	148.69/cwt	146.00–155.00	775	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	166.36/cwt	160.00–176.00	878	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	162.77/cwt	157.00–169.00	920	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	146.22/cwt	145.00–147.00	850	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	144.90/cwt	135.00–148.00	910	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	634	130.58/cwt	130.00–132.00	828	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	129.72/cwt	129.00–132.00	877	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	133.33/cwt	125.00–136.50	943	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	119.86/cwt	119.00–125.00	907	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	878	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,054	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	161.17/cwt	147.00–165.00	532	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	138.04/cwt	135.00–141.00	462	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	120.45/cwt	120.00–137.00	461	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	155.37/cwt	145.00–163.00	600	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	153.73/cwt	140.00–160.00	640	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	418	160.46/cwt	160.00–162.00	671	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	128.18/cwt	119.00–137.00	538	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	455	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	739	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	151.01/cwt	140.00–157.50	723	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	132.44/cwt	120.00–139.00	638	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	140.00/cwt	133.00–146.00	735	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	128.90/cwt	127.50–130.00	742	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	130.55/cwt	127.00–133.00	762	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	126.07/cwt	125.00–127.50	779	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	115.74/cwt	110.00–120.00	722	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	122.91/cwt	119.00–127.50	827	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	119.31/cwt	105.00–124.00	853	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	782	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	880	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	910	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	433	157.42/cwt	150.00–165.00	682	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	478	154.78/cwt	150.00–156.00	740	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	129.51/cwt	129.00–130.00	684	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	532	143.17/cwt	142.00–147.00	762	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	666	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	581	142.66/cwt	130.00–156.00	829	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	624	126.74/cwt	125.00–128.00	791	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	723	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	853	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	104.02/cwt	100.00–108.00	764	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,518	78.41/cwt	70.50–83.00	1,190	2
Bulls	—	—	1,889	87.32/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,649	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	968	48.13/cwt	42.00–55.00	466	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,159	54.99/cwt	51.00–58.00	637	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	62.98/cwt	59.00–69.50	810	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,310	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	721	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,519	63.82/cwt	60.50–67.50	969	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	950	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	6,508	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,291	881.80/cwt	725.00–1,025.00	11,384	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,423	855.03/cwt	850.00–860.00	12,167	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,443	837.56/cwt	825.00–850.00	12,086	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,695	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	15,679	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,000	1,400.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,475.00	14,000	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,030	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	9,013	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,100	1,035.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,035.00	11,385	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,400	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	17,500	1

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 Mar 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 505Last week 942Year ago 337

Slaughter CattleReceipts 88Last week 70Year ago 42

Replacement CattleReceipts 16Last week 20Year ago 18

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher; Demand good and supply light.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	330	147.00–165.00	161.17
10	—	386	145.00–163.00	155.37
4	—	788	115.50	115.50
15	—	416	140.00–160.00	153.73
15	—	618	125.00–127.50	126.07
35	—	479	140.00–157.50	151.01
21	—	525	133.00–146.00	140.00
12	—	715	105.00–124.00	119.31
18	—	673	119.00–127.50	122.91
11	—	584	127.00–133.00	130.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	782	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	418	160.00–162.00	160.46
4	—	455	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	135.00–141.00	138.04
3	—	830	100.00	100.00
36	—	383	120.00–137.00	120.45
12	—	624	110.00–120.00	115.74
4	—	420	119.00–137.00	128.18
10	—	482	120.00–139.00	132.44
5	—	576	127.50–130.00	128.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	723	118.00	118.00
7	—	624	125.00–128.00	126.74
4	—	532	142.00–147.00	143.17
13	—	581	130.00–156.00	142.66
8	—	433	150.00–165.00	157.42
9	—	478	150.00–156.00	154.78
3	—	380	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	528	129.00–130.00	129.51
6	—	734	100.00–108.00	104.02
3	—	550	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	628	135.00–148.00	144.90
30	—	528	160.00–176.00	166.36
27	—	479	167.00–183.00	177.38
25	—	707	125.00–136.50	133.33
8	—	424	173.00–185.00	176.39
15	—	372	170.00–187.50	180.43
14	—	565	157.00–169.00	162.77
6	—	878	120.00	120.00
6	—	346	175.00–182.00	180.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	489	142.00–165.50	156.06
2	—	410	160.00	160.00
10	—	521	146.00–155.00	148.69
5	—	581	145.00–147.00	146.22
8	—	676	129.00–132.00	129.72
7	—	634	130.00–132.00	130.58
7	—	757	119.00–125.00	119.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	465	186.00–187.00	186.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,443	825.00–850.00	837.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,695	925.00	925.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,423	850.00–860.00	855.03
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,291	725.00–1,025.00	881.80

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	950	685.00	685.00

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	3	—	1,000	1,250.00–1,475.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	875.00	875.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,400	1,250.00	1,250.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,035.00	1,035.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,519	60.50–67.50	63.82
1	—	1,310	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,286	59.00–69.50	62.98
20	—	1,159	51.00–58.00	54.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	968	42.00–55.00	48.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,518	70.50–83.00	78.41
9	—	1,889	84.00–89.00	87.32

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.