Sale reports / Missouri / Farmington Regional Stockyards / 2024-06-19

Farmington Regional Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Jun 19
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812
Feeder Cattle receipts
639 head
▲ 212 vs last sale 427▼ 835 vs year ago 1,474 · −56.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
▼ 13 vs last sale 77▼ 164 vs year ago 228 · −71.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 43▼ 9 vs year ago 16 · −56.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No sale July 3rd due to the 4th of july Holidays*

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 6.00-11.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 7.00 higher; Demand higher and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $311.54/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −143.64 against this barn's trailing median of $455.18.
Average price
$311.54
110 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,713
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.12
vs MO average
+10.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548319.621,75389
Medium and Large 1-2555277.261,54021
One grade step is worth $42.37/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale110 hd
311.54
—
MO average15 barns · 2,191 hd
311.66
−0.12
National average144 barns · 7,865 hd
300.66
+10.88
This barn, trailing median26 sales
455.18
−143.64
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
526475424372median 455.1803/0404/1506/1709/1610/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $512.44, low $386.16, median $455.18 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,793158.002,8329thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,523146.942,2377thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,234138.791,71228
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,040106.441,10711

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,127$1,8444thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)965$1,4751thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,025$2,8002thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1320351.07/cwt335.00–367.001,1233
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376302.43/cwt280.00–310.001,1374
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379361.15/cwt342.00–372.001,36910
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415310.30/cwt300.00–330.001,2883
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435344.08/cwt335.00–370.001,49712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Fancy438327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465344.92/cwt330.00–355.001,60431
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476297.80/cwt275.00–310.001,41816
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516274.30/cwt257.00–287.001,4156
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522321.85/cwt300.00–345.001,68022
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy524341.37/cwt335.00–350.001,78911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy560329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,8429
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added560327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565309.02/cwt300.00–327.001,74640
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571278.44/cwt252.00–292.001,59015
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5861
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621288.42/cwt275.00–300.001,79119
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670275.85/cwt265.00–284.001,84826
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688250.70/cwt232.00–262.001,72510
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added722269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,9427
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725250.70/cwt235.00–262.001,8185
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741226.78/cwt220.00–229.001,6804
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780230.20/cwt225.00–235.001,7967
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1874229.54/cwt220.00–239.002,0062
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312264.97/cwt250.00–275.008273
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1381301.31/cwt295.00–320.001,1484
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386289.59/cwt270.00–310.001,1186
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416301.19/cwt280.00–315.001,25311
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy424323.29/cwt320.00–327.001,3718
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426258.33/cwt256.00–267.001,10010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472298.38/cwt270.00–305.001,40838
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479263.29/cwt250.00–285.001,26110
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added481321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,5444
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511286.11/cwt270.00–295.001,46220
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521258.45/cwt255.00–260.001,3477
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added523292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,52714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy533307.02/cwt300.00–308.001,6368
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563264.41/cwt262.00–265.001,4895
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy565292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,6506
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579251.78/cwt227.00–270.001,45815
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added605266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,6097
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616250.59/cwt240.00–260.001,54416
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630219.70/cwt210.00–225.001,3843
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679237.50/cwt233.00–253.001,61316
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766232.94/cwt229.00–235.001,7848
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382328.29/cwt327.00–332.001,2544
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1400314.00/cwt305.00–332.001,2563
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463304.91/cwt290.00–315.001,4125
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480261.89/cwt250.00–270.001,2573
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522254.77/cwt240.00–260.001,3305
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2578257.04/cwt240.00–268.001,4868
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2665239.55/cwt220.00–250.001,5933
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,350142.27/cwt138.00–146.001,9212
Bulls——1,919162.50/cwt149.00–176.003,1187
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93550.00/cwt50.00–50.004681
Cows—Lean 85-90%978104.72/cwt93.00–110.001,0245
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,123119.45/cwt111.00–128.001,3415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222139.49/cwt129.00–155.001,70525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,330132.98/cwt132.00–134.001,7693
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,508144.76/cwt139.00–157.002,1836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight1,610160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,5761
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0002,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0503,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 29651,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium 29731,874.55/head1,850.00–1,900.001,8752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2801,812.79/head1,775.00–1,850.001,8132

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.