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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Dec 15

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← Dec 8Dec 15Jan 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,193 head

▲ 195 vs last sale 998▲ 466 vs year ago 727 · +64.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

105 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 121▼ 10 vs year ago 115 · −8.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

35 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 14▲ 2 vs year ago 33 · +6.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There will be no sales the next two weeks due to Christmas and New Years, the next sale will be Jan. 5*

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

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 $166.20/cwt on 473 head.

Average price

$166.20

473 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$26.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.79

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	172.52	913	361
Medium and Large 1-2	563	145.82	821	112

One grade step is worth $26.70/cwt here — about $92 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 sale473 hd

166.20

—

MO average14 barns · 14,461 hd

167.99

−1.79

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	—	High	1,756	80.60	1,416	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,521	58.69	893	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,240	55.23	685	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	39.05	415	12

Every lot

87 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 1-2	275	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	413	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	290	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	653	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	507	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	176.12/cwt	170.00–190.00	595	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	356	148.99/cwt	145.00–150.00	530	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	183.44/cwt	170.00–190.00	679	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	379	195.66/cwt	193.00–197.00	742	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	402	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	784	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	410	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	808	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	151.95/cwt	150.00–160.00	626	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	180.32/cwt	167.00–190.00	759	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	458	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	870	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	653	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	182.15/cwt	170.00–190.00	852	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	175.64/cwt	168.00–187.00	910	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	160.14/cwt	147.00–166.00	834	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	529	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,005	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	540	176.80/cwt	174.00–182.00	955	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	553	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	874	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	172.94/cwt	160.00–178.00	984	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	149.86/cwt	140.00–159.00	872	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	597	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	884	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	155.83/cwt	148.00–165.00	979	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	629	164.16/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,033	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	138.44/cwt	125.00–143.00	874	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	155.61/cwt	146.00–160.00	1,043	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	131.85/cwt	130.00–135.00	889	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	118.74/cwt	118.00–120.00	838	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	134.41/cwt	129.00–137.00	961	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,132	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,184	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	891	133.95/cwt	127.00–141.00	1,193	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	948	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,270	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	280	154.04/cwt	152.00–162.00	431	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	281	135.99/cwt	132.00–145.00	382	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	154.50/cwt	147.00–162.00	513	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	144.39/cwt	140.00–147.00	479	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	134.41/cwt	132.00–142.00	489	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	365	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	464	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	161.77/cwt	150.00–167.00	621	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	135.46/cwt	128.00–143.00	576	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	152.50/cwt	149.00–160.00	650	25
Heifers	—	Large 1	443	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	554	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	148.52/cwt	140.00–152.00	700	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	135.12/cwt	127.00–146.00	643	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	146.06/cwt	135.00–150.00	761	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	133.66/cwt	129.00–145.00	718	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	129.21/cwt	120.00–137.00	736	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	144.93/cwt	135.00–149.00	835	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	135.85/cwt	130.00–138.00	838	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	129.94/cwt	120.00–137.00	808	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	137.96/cwt	125.00–142.00	937	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	124.94/cwt	120.00–133.00	850	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	684	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,009	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	735	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,106	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	742	113.98/cwt	111.00–118.00	846	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	926	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	157.74/cwt	145.00–173.00	664	17
Bulls	—	Large 1	435	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	535	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	486	152.42/cwt	137.50–174.00	741	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	140.95/cwt	137.00–144.00	685	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	527	160.42/cwt	158.00–163.00	845	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	126.79/cwt	120.00–135.00	678	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	570	153.27/cwt	152.00–157.00	874	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	127.37/cwt	123.00–130.00	727	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	114.39/cwt	110.00–125.00	706	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	131.36/cwt	124.00–136.00	821	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	117.40/cwt	115.00–119.00	767	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	703	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	851	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	765	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	910	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	873	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	882	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,651	76.49/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,263	4
Bulls	—	—	1,897	86.07/cwt	84.00–88.00	1,633	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	910	23.90/cwt	23.00–25.00	217	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	42.08/cwt	35.00–47.00	460	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	52.89/cwt	47.00–57.00	644	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,279	59.41/cwt	57.00–66.00	760	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,373	55.92/cwt	52.00–57.00	768	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,578	59.76/cwt	57.00–64.00	943	13
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 2	900	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,075	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,050	900.00/cwt	725.00–1,050.00	9,450	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,100	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,350	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	852	741.71/cwt	575.00–825.00	6,319	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	880	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,040	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,133	709.18/cwt	500.00–950.00	8,035	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,170	849.73/cwt	700.00–975.00	9,942	7

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 Dec 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,193Last week 998Year ago 727

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 121Year ago 115

Replacement CattleReceipts 35Last week 14Year ago 33

There will be no sales the next two weeks due to Christmas and New Years, the next sale will be Jan. 5*

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	680	120.00–133.00	124.94
37	—	537	129.00–145.00	133.66
21	—	622	120.00–137.00	129.94
4	—	364	132.00–142.00	134.41
7	—	281	132.00–145.00	135.99
46	—	476	127.00–146.00	135.12
20	—	425	128.00–143.00	135.46
23	—	570	120.00–137.00	129.21
8	—	332	140.00–147.00	144.39
7	—	742	111.00–118.00	113.98
3	—	765	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	684	147.50	147.50
3	—	735	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	576	135.00–149.00	144.93
10	—	679	125.00–142.00	137.96
46	—	471	140.00–152.00	148.52
36	—	521	135.00–150.00	146.06
5	—	280	152.00–162.00	154.04
8	—	332	147.00–162.00	154.50
25	—	426	149.00–160.00	152.50
14	—	617	130.00–138.00	135.85
22	—	384	150.00–167.00	161.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	125.00	125.00
3	—	365	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	338	170.00–190.00	176.12
10	—	715	129.00–137.00	134.41
27	—	628	148.00–165.00	155.83
18	—	370	170.00–190.00	183.44
64	—	468	170.00–190.00	182.15
50	—	518	168.00–187.00	175.64
6	—	891	127.00–141.00	133.95
18	—	670	146.00–160.00	155.61
32	—	421	167.00–190.00	180.32
4	—	295	172.00	172.00
3	—	840	141.00	141.00
3	—	775	146.00	146.00
34	—	569	160.00–178.00	172.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	553	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	597	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	529	190.00	190.00
3	—	410	197.00	197.00
3	—	290	225.00	225.00
3	—	379	193.00–197.00	195.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	706	118.00–120.00	118.74
7	—	412	150.00–160.00	151.95
11	—	674	130.00–135.00	131.85
15	—	521	147.00–166.00	160.14
39	—	582	140.00–159.00	149.86
5	—	460	142.00	142.00
3	—	275	150.00	150.00
10	—	631	125.00–143.00	138.44
5	—	356	145.00–150.00	148.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	948	134.00	134.00
27	—	629	160.00–169.00	164.16
20	—	540	174.00–182.00	176.80
7	—	402	195.00	195.00
4	—	458	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	527	158.00–163.00	160.42
4	—	765	119.00	119.00
4	—	570	152.00–157.00	153.27
17	—	421	145.00–173.00	157.74
3	—	703	121.00	121.00
16	—	486	137.50–174.00	152.42
13	—	625	124.00–136.00	131.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	873	101.00	101.00
5	—	653	115.00–119.00	117.40
4	—	410	135.00	135.00
18	—	617	110.00–125.00	114.39
7	—	486	137.00–144.00	140.95
9	—	571	123.00–130.00	127.37
16	—	535	120.00–135.00	126.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,093	35.00–47.00	42.08
2	—	910	23.00–25.00	23.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,578	57.00–64.00	59.76
5	—	1,373	52.00–57.00	55.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,279	57.00–66.00	59.41
25	—	1,218	47.00–57.00	52.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,897	84.00–88.00	86.07
4	—	1,651	75.00–78.00	76.49

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	—	1,100	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,050	725.00–1,050.00	900.00

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	1	—	900	675.00	675.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,133	500.00–950.00	709.18
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,170	700.00–975.00	849.73

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	852	575.00–825.00	741.71
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	880	800.00	800.00

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.