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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Sep 20

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← Sep 13Sep 20Sep 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

927 head

▼ 82 vs last sale 1,009▼ 180 vs year ago 1,107 · −16.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

113 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 185▲ 30 vs year ago 83 · +36.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

11 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 15▼ 3 vs year ago 14 · −21.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 300-500 lbs heifers sold 12.00-25.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold 3.00-6.00 higher with good quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 lower; 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 $280.22/cwt on 335 head.

Average price

$280.22

335 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$6.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.28

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	280.86	1,728	300
Medium and Large 1-2	469	274.74	1,290	35

One grade step is worth $6.12/cwt here — about $439 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 sale335 hd

280.22

—

MO average14 barns · 8,519 hd

271.94

+8.28

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	1,608	119.38	1,920	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,515	102.22	1,549	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,205	100.04	1,205	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,000	82.24	823	21

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$1,541	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,005	$1,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,225	$2,450	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,138	$2,013	2thin

Every lot

70 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	260	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	871	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	317.23/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,025	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	331	359.72/cwt	342.00–379.00	1,191	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	288.18/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,063	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	313.80/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,205	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,148	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	302.24/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,300	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	298.95/cwt	292.00–310.00	1,417	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	276.79/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,345	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	508	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,549	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	288.56/cwt	272.00–300.00	1,526	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	266.67/cwt	264.50–271.00	1,453	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	287.22/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,617	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	608	282.82/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,720	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	246.58/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,512	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	271.67/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,682	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	267.02/cwt	262.00–271.50	1,784	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	254.45/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,817	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	746	264.60/cwt	264.60–264.60	1,974	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,857	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,017	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	976	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,440	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	273	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	838	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	329	277.99/cwt	275.00–290.00	915	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	259.64/cwt	232.00–270.00	953	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	381	316.24/cwt	310.00–322.00	1,205	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	290.26/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,115	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	414	249.28/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,032	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	417	313.95/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,309	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	293.74/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,281	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	286.66/cwt	267.00–297.00	1,356	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	248.21/cwt	242.00–262.00	1,181	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	489	298.41/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,459	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	512	281.26/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,440	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	228.72/cwt	217.00–240.00	1,201	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	267.61/cwt	257.00–276.00	1,418	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	246.84/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,385	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	265.70/cwt	254.00–270.00	1,499	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	610	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,739	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	220.96/cwt	218.00–222.00	1,366	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	248.39/cwt	233.00–251.00	1,545	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,492	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	245.86/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,677	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	238.45/cwt	234.00–239.00	1,755	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	791	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,811	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,874	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	355	287.32/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,020	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	409	296.39/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,212	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	463	305.98/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,417	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	480	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,272	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	518	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,321	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	238.55/cwt	225.00–247.00	1,374	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	616	235.18/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,449	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	725	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,537	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,513	110.46/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,671	2
Bulls	—	—	1,635	121.93/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,994	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	875	60.80/cwt	50.00–66.00	532	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	986	88.65/cwt	86.00–94.00	874	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,076	81.37/cwt	70.00–96.00	876	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,199	105.84/cwt	102.00–110.00	1,269	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,211	94.24/cwt	85.00–98.00	1,141	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,332	95.03/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,266	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,653	107.61/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,779	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	960	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,005	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,235	1,501.92/head	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,502	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,025	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,225	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,250	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	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 Sep 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 927Last week 1,009Year ago 1,107

Slaughter CattleReceipts 113Last week 185Year ago 83

Replacement CattleReceipts 11Last week 15Year ago 14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	622	233.00–251.00	248.39
21	—	564	254.00–270.00	265.70
7	—	329	275.00–290.00	277.99
14	—	682	245.00–247.00	245.86
42	—	473	267.00–297.00	286.66
20	—	530	257.00–276.00	267.61
5	—	384	270.00–300.00	290.26
3	—	273	307.00	307.00
9	—	736	234.00–239.00	238.45
4	—	852	220.00	220.00
9	—	436	292.00–300.00	293.74
3	—	791	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	367	232.00–270.00	259.64
4	—	618	218.00–222.00	220.96
7	—	561	245.00–250.00	246.84
6	—	525	217.00–240.00	228.72
3	—	663	225.00	225.00
8	—	414	240.00–262.00	249.28
6	—	476	242.00–262.00	248.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	417	290.00–320.00	313.95
4	—	610	285.00	285.00
11	—	381	310.00–322.00	316.24
11	—	512	280.00–287.00	281.26
19	—	489	295.00–310.00	298.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	312.00–320.00	317.23
26	—	563	280.00–290.00	287.22
17	—	474	292.00–310.00	298.95
11	—	976	250.00	250.00
14	—	668	262.00–271.50	267.02
8	—	714	250.00–258.00	254.45
4	—	810	249.00	249.00
3	—	790	235.00	235.00
11	—	384	300.00–320.00	313.80
19	—	430	300.00–310.00	302.24
25	—	619	260.00–282.00	271.67
22	—	529	272.00–300.00	288.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	369	285.00–297.00	288.18
3	—	422	272.00	272.00
13	—	486	271.00–280.00	276.79
3	—	613	240.00–250.00	246.58
3	—	560	260.00	260.00
3	—	545	264.50–271.00	266.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	508	305.00	305.00
3	—	260	335.00	335.00
6	—	331	342.00–379.00	359.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	746	264.60	264.60
44	—	608	281.00–286.00	282.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	725	212.00	212.00
8	—	409	280.00–302.00	296.39
2	—	355	275.00–300.00	287.32
3	—	480	265.00	265.00
7	—	616	230.00–242.00	235.18
4	—	518	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	576	225.00–247.00	238.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	300.00–310.00	305.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	986	86.00–94.00	88.65
7	—	1,076	70.00–96.00	81.37
3	—	875	50.00–66.00	60.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,653	102.00–112.00	107.61
3	—	1,332	93.00–97.00	95.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,199	102.00–110.00	105.84
12	—	1,211	85.00–98.00	94.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,513	110.00–111.00	110.46
7	—	1,635	118.00–125.00	121.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	960	1,600.00	1,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,005	1,400.00	1,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,235	1,400.00–1,575.00	1,501.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,025	1,875.00	1,875.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,225	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,150.00	2,150.00

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.