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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2023-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Sep 27

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← Sep 20Sep 27Oct 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

565 head

▼ 362 vs last sale 927▼ 418 vs year ago 983 · −42.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

105 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 113▲ 7 vs year ago 98 · +7.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 11▲ 4 vs year ago 2 · +200.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00-10.00 lower with some weight 20.00 lower with a lot of unwean calves in the offering and the month of October right around the corner. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand lower and supply light to 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 $272.16/cwt on 188 head.

Average price

$272.16

188 head · 518 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,410

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$39.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.29

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	499	288.73	1,442	110
Medium and Large 1-2	544	248.80	1,355	78

One grade step is worth $39.94/cwt here — about $88 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 sale188 hd

272.16

—

MO average18 barns · 8,871 hd

267.87

+4.29

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	1,733	112.81	1,955	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,489	108.13	1,610	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,193	103.55	1,235	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,047	79.34	831	17

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,290	$1,475	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,195	$1,438	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$1,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,030	$1,075	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$1,200	1thin

Every lot

72 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	260	302.69/cwt	295.00–315.00	787	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,055	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	374	324.21/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,213	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	303.57/cwt	290.00–317.00	1,151	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	407	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,290	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	294.01/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,232	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	256.87/cwt	230.00–270.00	1,110	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	482	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,494	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	264.10/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,273	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	287.89/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,391	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	517	308.48/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,595	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	252.68/cwt	225.00–265.00	1,314	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	269.47/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,404	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	268.41/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,551	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	245.08/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,424	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	614	239.03/cwt	227.00–242.00	1,468	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	263.41/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,628	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	232.80/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,546	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	245.27/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,638	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	228.79/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,654	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	208.40/cwt	197.00–212.00	1,532	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,946	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	259	273.40/cwt	267.00–275.00	708	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	258.79/cwt	252.00–265.00	831	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	288.55/cwt	277.00–292.00	929	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	243.88/cwt	222.00–255.00	893	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	371	261.16/cwt	250.00–272.00	969	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	984	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	435	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,270	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	270.95/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,184	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	266.06/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,258	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	476	295.69/cwt	290.00–297.00	1,407	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	236.07/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,138	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	511	289.30/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,478	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	525	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,297	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	261.04/cwt	257.00–275.00	1,381	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	229.92/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,225	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	226.56/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,291	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	617	210.66/cwt	195.00–215.00	1,300	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	229.54/cwt	222.00–242.00	1,430	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	197.78/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,327	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	828	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,788	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	963	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	929	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	271.85/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,169	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	456	292.48/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,334	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	477	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,288	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	482	245.08/cwt	225.00–252.00	1,181	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	513	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,334	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,265	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	562	245.15/cwt	222.00–252.00	1,378	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	216.37/cwt	207.00–230.00	1,277	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,255	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	205.51/cwt	205.00–207.00	1,387	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	705	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,459	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	709	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,453	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,400	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,388	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,430	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,502	1
Bulls	—	—	1,685	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,432	1
Bulls	—	—	1,772	116.77/cwt	110.00–126.00	2,069	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	915	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	412	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	996	92.23/cwt	92.00–93.00	919	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	77.90/cwt	70.00–87.00	837	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,093	95.65/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,045	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,235	106.88/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,320	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,489	108.13/cwt	101.00–119.00	1,610	14
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,030	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,150	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,195	1,438.49/head	1,200.00–1,675.00	1,438	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,290	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,050	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	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 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 565Last week 927Year ago 983

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 113Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 11Year ago 2

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	321	252.00–265.00	258.79
11	—	366	222.00–255.00	243.88
10	—	533	220.00–245.00	229.92
7	—	671	185.00–200.00	197.78
11	—	617	195.00–215.00	210.66
3	—	410	240.00	240.00
12	—	570	215.00–240.00	226.56
12	—	482	220.00–255.00	236.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	623	222.00–242.00	229.54
8	—	371	250.00–272.00	261.16
5	—	259	267.00–275.00	273.40
8	—	322	277.00–292.00	288.55
7	—	529	257.00–275.00	261.04
6	—	473	262.00–270.00	266.06
3	—	828	216.00	216.00
14	—	437	260.00–282.00	270.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	511	287.00–295.00	289.30
3	—	435	292.00	292.00
15	—	476	290.00–297.00	295.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	517	295.00–317.00	308.48
3	—	482	310.00	310.00
3	—	407	317.00	317.00
4	—	374	322.00–325.00	324.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	618	250.00–270.00	263.41
4	—	788	247.00	247.00
3	—	260	295.00–315.00	302.69
18	—	578	260.00–270.00	268.41
5	—	483	285.00–300.00	287.89
4	—	723	225.00–240.00	228.79
4	—	521	265.00–275.00	269.47
4	—	668	240.00–247.00	245.27
15	—	419	287.00–300.00	294.01
14	—	379	290.00–317.00	303.57
4	—	315	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	735	197.00–212.00	208.40
11	—	614	227.00–242.00	239.03
9	—	432	230.00–270.00	256.87
26	—	520	225.00–265.00	252.68
6	—	581	242.00–250.00	245.08
15	—	482	250.00–275.00	264.10
7	—	664	230.00–240.00	232.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	413	225.00	225.00
3	—	527	240.00	240.00
3	—	750	185.00	185.00
9	—	482	225.00–252.00	245.08
4	—	718	195.00	195.00
4	—	675	205.00–207.00	205.51
12	—	590	207.00–230.00	216.37
3	—	393	245.00	245.00
2	—	612	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	562	222.00–252.00	245.15
5	—	430	250.00–277.00	271.85
3	—	705	207.00	207.00
6	—	513	260.00	260.00
3	—	477	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	456	290.00–295.00	292.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	709	205.00	205.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	915	45.00	45.00
4	—	996	92.00–93.00	92.23
12	—	1,075	70.00–87.00	77.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,489	101.00–119.00	108.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,235	101.00–112.00	106.88
8	—	1,093	92.00–98.00	95.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	105.00	105.00
9	—	1,772	110.00–126.00	116.77
1	—	1,685	85.00	85.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,290	1,475.00	1,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,030	1,075.00	1,075.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,195	1,200.00–1,675.00	1,438.49

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	1,200.00	1,200.00

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.