Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2021-10-27

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Oct 27
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
664 head
▼ 338 vs last sale 1,002▲ 5 vs year ago 659 · +0.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
167 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 111▲ 84 vs year ago 83 · +101.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 19▼ 24 vs year ago 27 · −88.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.64/cwt on 235 head.
Average price
$137.64
235 head · 517 lb average
Value per head Derived
$712
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.68
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1507144.49733151
Medium and Large 1-2535125.3167184
One grade step is worth $19.18/cwt here — about $62 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 sale235 hd
137.64
—
MO average15 barns · 5,705 hd
145.31
−7.68
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—Average1,58576.401,21116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38657.5079716
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18052.4361952
CowsLean 85-90%Average97938.9438122

Every lot

69 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295157.50/cwt157.50–157.504653
Steers—Medium and Large 1332184.07/cwt175.00–194.006118
Steers—Medium and Large 1376182.26/cwt170.00–189.0068516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380151.54/cwt150.00–155.005763
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy390189.96/cwt187.00–194.007417
Steers—Medium and Large 1426169.56/cwt162.00–183.0072210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2436154.90/cwt150.00–157.006756
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy438188.00/cwt188.00–188.008233
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy467181.00/cwt181.00–181.008453
Steers—Medium and Large 1480169.33/cwt150.00–183.0081327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480144.90/cwt140.00–150.006962
Steers—Medium and Large 1526166.77/cwt163.00–180.0087722
Steers—Medium and Large 1563164.58/cwt153.00–170.0092736
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625132.42/cwt130.00–135.008282
Steers—Medium and Large 1631152.95/cwt141.00–160.0096528
Steers—Medium and Large 1681142.93/cwt135.00–155.0097312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690135.00/cwt135.00–135.009322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718125.00/cwt125.00–125.008983
Steers—Medium and Large 1734151.83/cwt135.00–159.001,11415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0283
Steers—Medium and Large 1802146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1713
Steers—Medium and Large 1909143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,3009
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277147.96/cwt140.00–151.004106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324155.56/cwt142.00–165.005049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368123.10/cwt121.00–125.004536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385148.22/cwt141.00–154.0057122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420123.11/cwt120.00–132.005174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426151.62/cwt142.00–159.0064625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added466149.00/cwt149.00–149.006947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475129.82/cwt120.00–139.0061724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483136.08/cwt132.00–140.006579
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy508130.00/cwt130.00–130.006603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517139.50/cwt130.00–146.0072113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521124.88/cwt118.00–130.0065115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added558148.50/cwt148.50–148.5082915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564137.95/cwt135.00–144.007783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574127.31/cwt120.00–134.0073115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624137.81/cwt119.00–141.008607
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2631121.03/cwt115.00–123.0076411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658137.46/cwt130.50–144.5090412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675119.23/cwt118.00–121.008055
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708140.50/cwt125.00–145.0099513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2730117.28/cwt115.00–118.008564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1753142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1805125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0064
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2365152.00/cwt152.00–152.005553
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380151.47/cwt140.00–160.005767
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409159.09/cwt149.00–176.006519
Bulls—Medium and Large 1454152.97/cwt147.00–156.006949
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485131.40/cwt130.00–137.006375
Bulls—Medium and Large 1514153.11/cwt152.50–155.007874
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2543116.03/cwt110.00–122.006306
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2565121.00/cwt121.00–121.006843
Bulls—Medium and Large 1580125.48/cwt125.00–127.007284
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605128.00/cwt128.00–128.007743
Bulls—Medium and Large 1675122.00/cwt122.00–122.008244
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,31862.94/cwt60.00–66.008302
Bulls——1,44172.67/cwt68.00–76.001,0477
Bulls——1,80683.98/cwt77.50–90.001,5177
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88026.41/cwt25.00–27.502322
Cows—Lean 85-90%96538.38/cwt32.00–45.0037016
Cows—Boner 80-85%98042.50/cwt42.50–42.504171
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08447.42/cwt43.50–51.505144
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18057.83/cwt55.00–63.0068216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18650.25/cwt45.00–55.0059635
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37352.24/cwt51.00–54.007176
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39460.66/cwt58.00–64.0084610
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 2805700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,6351
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,098795.56/cwt750.00–850.008,7352

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.