Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2021-08-11

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Aug 11
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
323 head
▼ 500 vs last sale 823▲ 1 vs year ago 322 · +0.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 109▲ 28 vs year ago 73 · +38.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 22▼ 18 vs year ago 37 · −48.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 4.00-8.00 higher, heifers sold uneven, from 2.00 lower to 6.00 higher on very light feeder test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower; Demand uneven 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 $146.15/cwt on 144 head.
Average price
$146.15
144 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$128
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.64
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571148.81850119
Medium and Large 1-2541133.4872225
One grade step is worth $15.33/cwt here — about $128 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 sale144 hd
146.15
—
MO average16 barns · 5,171 hd
148.79
−2.64
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—High1,69792.191,56411
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45373.861,0739thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15768.6179441
CowsLean 85-90%Low92149.794596thin

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273185.73/cwt180.00–205.005074
Steers—Medium and Large 1323194.43/cwt190.00–198.006289
Steers—Medium and Large 1374186.01/cwt177.00–195.0069610
Steers—Medium and Large 1430188.65/cwt187.00–191.008117
Steers—Medium and Large 1478180.38/cwt177.00–187.008628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492145.13/cwt135.00–155.007146
Steers—Medium and Large 1515176.63/cwt172.00–183.009107
Steers—Medium and Large 1574166.69/cwt162.00–172.5095716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584142.94/cwt135.00–148.0083512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605125.00/cwt125.00–125.007563
Steers—Medium and Large 1629159.24/cwt145.00–165.001,00210
Steers—Medium and Large 1676152.17/cwt144.00–157.001,02926
Steers—Medium and Large 1707149.32/cwt140.00–152.501,0568
Steers—Medium and Large 1773143.60/cwt139.50–149.001,1106
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331167.02/cwt160.00–170.005537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374141.65/cwt132.00–145.005304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375155.00/cwt155.00–155.005813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423157.93/cwt150.00–162.006684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435143.32/cwt142.00–144.006233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479148.85/cwt142.00–156.0071314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509130.50/cwt130.00–132.006644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525149.85/cwt143.00–156.0078715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562135.78/cwt129.00–140.007635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571146.12/cwt140.00–153.0083426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614146.71/cwt141.00–148.0090118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618128.00/cwt128.00–128.007915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664150.41/cwt138.00–153.0099917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675129.00/cwt129.00–129.008711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1703141.60/cwt140.00–142.009955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705123.50/cwt123.50–123.508713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy744147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768134.22/cwt131.00–136.501,0315
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380182.50/cwt182.50–182.506943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405155.00/cwt155.00–155.006283
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415175.00/cwt175.00–175.007263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2490142.00/cwt142.00–142.006963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536146.70/cwt140.00–155.007866
Bulls—Medium and Large 1617142.36/cwt137.00–151.008788
Bulls—Medium and Large 1705130.57/cwt130.00–131.009217
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,69296.61/cwt92.50–102.001,6357
Bulls——1,70584.45/cwt80.00–88.501,4404
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%53550.00/cwt50.00–50.002681
Cows—Lean 85-90%89535.62/cwt33.50–38.003192
Cows—Lean 85-90%93456.87/cwt53.00–62.005314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13766.40/cwt61.00–71.0075527
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24674.64/cwt71.00–79.0093013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45373.86/cwt70.00–78.501,0739
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2975960.00/cwt960.00–960.009,3601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,010685.00/cwt685.00–685.006,9191
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,060850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,0101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,160975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,3101
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1971,005.76/cwt925.00–1,075.0012,0393
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2571,295.94/cwt1,100.00–1,375.0016,2909
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 2850950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,0752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0001,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,4501,635.00/cwt1,635.00–1,635.0023,7081

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.