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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-24

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Apr 24

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

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Feeder Cattle receipts

394 head

▼ 278 vs last sale 672▼ 369 vs year ago 763 · −48.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

153 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 179▲ 12 vs year ago 141 · +8.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 27▼ 7 vs year ago 15 · −46.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400 lbs heifers sold 2.00 lower, the rest of the offering sold 3.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 lower and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply light.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.20/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −148.25 against this barn's trailing median of $405.44.

Average price

$257.20

55 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,385

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$20.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.71

vs MO average

−12.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	261.35	1,403	44
Medium and Large 1-2	546	240.58	1,314	11thin

One grade step is worth $20.77/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale55 hd

257.20

—

MO average16 barns · 2,240 hd

270.91

−13.71

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−12.99

This barn, trailing median26 sales

405.44

−148.25

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $444.59, low $345.01, median $405.44 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	1,624	140.34	2,279	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,495	122.43	1,831	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,231	118.17	1,455	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,050	102.07	1,071	28

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)	1,162	$1,640	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,053	$1,608	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,265	$1,583	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,500	$2,500	1thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	269	352.26/cwt	345.00–355.00	948	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	303	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	985	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	365.51/cwt	340.00–382.00	1,217	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	344	389.12/cwt	382.00–400.00	1,339	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,374	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	361	396.65/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,432	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	378.81/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,576	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	418	389.97/cwt	387.00–395.00	1,630	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	297.79/cwt	270.00–320.00	1,280	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	321.13/cwt	302.00–337.00	1,548	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	296.40/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,435	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	304.16/cwt	285.00–327.00	1,554	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	534	268.08/cwt	225.00–280.00	1,432	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	300.45/cwt	290.00–312.00	1,746	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	262.03/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,525	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,607	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	277.80/cwt	257.00–290.00	1,761	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	276.75/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,818	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	237.53/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,587	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	225.05/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,616	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	319.06/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,008	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	281.51/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,058	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	310.79/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,190	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	408	322.87/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,317	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	303.85/cwt	285.00–317.00	1,279	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	442	266.58/cwt	247.00–275.00	1,178	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	302.24/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,381	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	270.63/cwt	262.00–280.00	1,302	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	265.88/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,375	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	246.71/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,293	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	252.59/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,452	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	229.85/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,345	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	242.96/cwt	227.00–260.00	1,521	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	219.05/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,406	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	188.59/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,271	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	219.50/cwt	212.00–227.00	1,569	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,816	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	379	385.02/cwt	382.00–395.00	1,459	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	412	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,594	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	307.17/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,281	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	303.67/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,476	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	242.07/cwt	225.00–260.00	1,242	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	281.92/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,483	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	259.87/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,481	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	258.23/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,503	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	250.14/cwt	230.00–267.00	1,528	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,481	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,245	126.88/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,580	3
Bulls	—	—	1,766	145.39/cwt	140.00–152.00	2,568	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	65.60/cwt	60.00–70.00	656	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	112.62/cwt	107.00–120.00	1,163	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	98.24/cwt	80.00–106.00	1,052	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,185	113.84/cwt	106.00–119.00	1,349	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,273	122.08/cwt	119.00–129.00	1,554	31
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,476	125.58/cwt	120.00–144.00	1,854	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,544	114.54/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,768	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,500	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	925	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,053	1,608.14/head	1,350.00–1,875.00	1,608	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,221	1,787.28/head	1,475.00–2,100.00	1,787	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,265	1,583.17/head	1,300.00–1,750.00	1,583	3

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 Apr 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 394Last week 672Year ago 763

Slaughter CattleReceipts 153Last week 179Year ago 141

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 27Year ago 15

Compared to last week, 400 lbs heifers sold 2.00 lower, the rest of the offering sold 3.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00 lower and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply light.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	300.00–325.00	319.06
11	350–400	383	300.00–321.00	310.79
19	400–450	421	285.00–317.00	303.85
9	450–500	457	300.00–310.00	302.24
29	500–550	517	255.00–275.00	265.88
15	550–600	575	240.00–265.00	252.59
10	600–650	626	227.00–260.00	242.96
3	650–700	665	210.00	210.00
2	700–750	715	212.00–227.00	219.50
3	850–900	873	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	270.00–285.00	281.51
5	400–450	442	247.00–275.00	266.58
10	450–500	481	262.00–280.00	270.63
7	500–550	524	230.00–252.00	246.71
4	550–600	585	220.00–245.00	229.85
3	600–650	642	210.00–227.00	219.05
7	650–700	674	180.00–190.00	188.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	408	320.00–325.00	322.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	269	345.00–355.00	352.26
7	300–350	333	340.00–382.00	365.51
4	350–400	355	387.00	387.00
6	400–450	416	355.00–385.00	378.81
10	450–500	482	302.00–337.00	321.13
18	500–550	511	285.00–327.00	304.16
12	550–600	581	290.00–312.00	300.45
13	600–650	634	257.00–290.00	277.80
5	650–700	657	270.00–287.00	276.75
2	700–750	718	220.00–230.00	225.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	325.00	325.00
4	400–450	430	270.00–320.00	297.79
4	450–500	484	292.00–302.00	296.40
7	500–550	534	225.00–280.00	268.08
7	550–600	582	260.00–270.00	262.03
3	600–650	630	255.00	255.00
4	650–700	668	235.00–245.00	237.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	382.00–400.00	389.12
10	350–400	361	390.00–400.00	396.65
7	400–450	418	387.00–395.00	389.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	417	295.00–330.00	307.17
8	450–500	486	300.00–320.00	303.67
9	500–550	526	265.00–300.00	281.92
4	550–600	582	256.00–259.00	258.23
7	600–650	611	230.00–267.00	250.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	225.00–260.00	242.07
2	550–600	570	255.00–265.00	259.87
3	750–800	788	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	382.00–395.00	385.02
5	400–450	412	387.00	387.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,476	120.00–144.00	125.58
4	—	1,544	110.00–118.00	114.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,273	119.00–129.00	122.08
28	—	1,185	106.00–119.00	113.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,071	80.00–106.00	98.24
2	—	1,000	60.00–70.00	65.60
12	—	1,033	107.00–120.00	112.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,766	140.00–152.00	145.39
3	—	1,245	120.00–130.00	126.88

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	—	1,500	2,500.00	2,500.00

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)	1	—	925	1,050.00	1,050.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,053	1,350.00–1,875.00	1,608.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,221	1,475.00–2,100.00	1,787.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,265	1,300.00–1,750.00	1,583.17

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.