Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2021-10-06

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Oct 6
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
919 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 818▲ 252 vs year ago 667 · +37.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 119▲ 2 vs year ago 86 · +2.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 26▼ 8 vs year ago 14 · −57.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher with the value added feeders sale very well. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand good and supply moderate to heavy.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.63/cwt on 370 head.
Average price
$160.63
370 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$899
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$9
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$27.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.85
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570164.63938307
Medium and Large 1-2502141.3770960
Large 1678137.009293thin
One grade step is worth $27.63/cwt here — about $9 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 sale370 hd
160.63
—
MO average14 barns · 6,624 hd
157.78
+2.85
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,65580.261,3289thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,39364.1389415
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20858.9171245
CowsLean 85-90%Average95342.0840111

Every lot

71 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2258140.00/cwt140.00–140.003613
Steers—Medium and Large 1275170.00/cwt170.00–170.004684
Steers—Medium and Large 1323176.04/cwt175.00–177.005692
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327155.00/cwt155.00–155.005075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355137.50/cwt135.00–140.004882
Steers—Medium and Large 1361173.85/cwt171.00–180.006288
Steers—Medium and Large 1420174.53/cwt160.00–185.0073320
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420149.08/cwt145.00–158.006266
Steers—Medium and Large 1478167.11/cwt160.00–179.0079927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478147.62/cwt135.00–157.0070610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520142.65/cwt130.00–151.0074213
Steers—Medium and Large 1525158.93/cwt150.00–168.0083429
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added558176.00/cwt176.00–176.0098298
Steers—Medium and Large 1570159.55/cwt140.00–167.0090929
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586138.49/cwt135.00–145.0081212
Steers—Medium and Large 1613147.43/cwt135.00–159.0090419
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628124.27/cwt113.00–135.007805
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added646162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,04723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662125.36/cwt120.00–136.008303
Steers—Medium and Large 1665142.77/cwt135.00–146.009494
Steers—Large 1678137.00/cwt137.00–137.009293
Steers—Medium and Large 1720137.00/cwt137.00–137.009863
Steers—Medium and Large 1758131.26/cwt130.00–135.009954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2760128.00/cwt128.00–128.009731
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added763151.25/cwt151.25–151.251,15437
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319130.67/cwt120.00–133.004177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330149.59/cwt140.00–157.004944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370144.41/cwt135.00–157.0053410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2390136.24/cwt136.00–137.005314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422128.16/cwt125.00–130.0054110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430140.00/cwt130.00–159.0060229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475139.16/cwt135.00–152.0066121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477131.05/cwt122.00–139.0062516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2509125.98/cwt125.00–127.006416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522136.12/cwt129.00–144.0071129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added540152.00/cwt152.00–152.0082118
Heifers—Large 1553115.00/cwt115.00–115.006364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2563129.67/cwt129.00–130.007306
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added564153.00/cwt153.00–153.0086394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584131.07/cwt125.00–139.0076512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616122.92/cwt115.00–130.0075720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added623146.00/cwt146.00–146.0091021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626132.02/cwt122.00–139.0082620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671122.42/cwt118.00–127.008216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675130.00/cwt130.00–130.008783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added743144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,07027
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1388161.90/cwt152.00–175.0062814
Bulls—Medium and Large 1428143.90/cwt140.00–155.006165
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467125.00/cwt125.00–125.005843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1480143.37/cwt131.00–145.0068815
Bulls—Medium and Large 1513133.53/cwt125.00–141.0068513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2541121.33/cwt110.00–125.006564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580128.77/cwt125.00–146.007479
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2584126.20/cwt126.00–128.0073710
Bulls—Medium and Large 1626127.32/cwt117.00–142.007977
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685118.00/cwt118.00–118.008083
Bulls—Medium and Large 1758113.00/cwt113.00–113.008573
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2787111.30/cwt109.00–116.008763
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53677.40/cwt70.00–82.001,1896
Bulls——1,89285.99/cwt84.00–89.501,6273
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%87330.00/cwt30.00–30.002622
Cows—Lean 85-90%96143.23/cwt37.00–50.004158
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05057.00/cwt57.00–57.005991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15554.62/cwt50.00–58.0063118
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24461.77/cwt58.00–67.5076827
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36565.46/cwt59.50–69.4089413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57855.49/cwt52.50–58.008762
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2858831.55/cwt750.00–875.007,1353
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,020650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,6301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,030650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,6951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,330960.00/cwt960.00–960.0012,7681

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.