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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Aug 28

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

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Feeder Cattle receipts

255 head

▼ 693 vs last sale 948▼ 312 vs year ago 567 · −55.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

45 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 82▼ 67 vs year ago 112 · −59.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

4 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 8▼ 4 vs year ago 8 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale (September 4) due to Labor Day Holiday

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 2.00 higher and heifers sold uneven , from 3.00 higher to 4.oo lower in a very light test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand uneven 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 $249.78/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −155.66 against this barn's trailing median of $405.44.

Average price

$249.78

26 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$59

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

$22.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.98

vs MO average

+7.90 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	257.50	1,391	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	566	235.19	1,332	9thin

One grade step is worth $22.31/cwt here — about $59 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 sale26 hd

249.78

—

MO average14 barns · 1,191 hd

258.76

−8.98

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

+7.90

This barn, trailing median26 sales

405.44

−155.66

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	—	Average	1,705	148.26	2,528	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,465	132.89	1,947	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	131.98	1,569	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	951	103.41	983	11

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)	1,200	$1,550	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,198	$1,495	3thin

Every lot

50 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	957	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,122	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	316.48/cwt	316.00–317.00	1,212	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	285.86/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,341	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	303.01/cwt	290.00–313.00	1,442	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,575	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	262.29/cwt	235.00–275.00	1,377	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,619	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	280.24/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,631	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	268.07/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,692	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	242.47/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,620	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,689	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	778	218.14/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,697	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	218.54/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,799	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	256	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	832	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	295.34/cwt	282.00–317.00	924	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	259.90/cwt	245.00–275.00	969	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	277.26/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,203	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	272.54/cwt	257.00–282.00	1,275	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	260.27/cwt	244.00–267.00	1,343	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,284	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	255.04/cwt	238.00–262.00	1,433	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	232.79/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,355	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	221.63/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,370	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	240.55/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,518	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	225.58/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,608	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,692	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,866	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	226.02/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,932	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	282.88/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,324	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,375	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	226.87/cwt	212.00–242.00	1,339	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	235.26/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,480	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,489	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	198.05/cwt	185.00–225.00	1,347	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,543	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,656	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,495	140.51/cwt	140.00–141.00	2,101	2
Bulls	—	—	1,915	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	2,987	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	931	105.19/cwt	98.00–110.00	979	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	542	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,013	120.49/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,221	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,181	138.84/cwt	133.00–153.00	1,640	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	125.89/cwt	123.00–132.00	1,504	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	139.91/cwt	135.00–143.00	2,026	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,482	125.86/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,865	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,198	1,494.85/head	1,350.00–1,625.00	1,495	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,200	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	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 Aug 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 255Last week 948Year ago 567

Slaughter CattleReceipts 45Last week 82Year ago 112

Replacement CattleReceipts 4Last week 8Year ago 8

No Sale (September 4) due to Labor Day Holiday

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	256	325.00	325.00
5	300–350	313	282.00–317.00	295.34
4	400–450	434	272.00–282.00	277.26
25	450–500	468	257.00–282.00	272.54
8	500–550	516	244.00–267.00	260.27
9	550–600	562	238.00–262.00	255.04
10	600–650	631	230.00–245.00	240.55
5	700–750	713	222.00–227.00	225.58
4	750–800	762	222.00	222.00
5	800–850	848	220.00	220.00
6	850–900	855	222.00–230.00	226.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	245.00–275.00	259.90
3	500–550	535	240.00	240.00
6	550–600	582	230.00–237.00	232.79
3	600–650	618	220.00–225.00	221.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	330.00	330.00
4	300–350	335	335.00	335.00
2	350–400	383	316.00–317.00	316.48
10	450–500	476	290.00–313.00	303.01
19	500–550	545	297.00	297.00
8	550–600	582	272.00–282.00	280.24
23	600–650	631	250.00–275.00	268.07
2	700–750	725	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	469	280.00–290.00	285.86
3	500–550	525	235.00–275.00	262.29
2	550–600	560	260.00	260.00
2	650–700	668	240.00–245.00	242.47
3	750–800	778	210.00–235.00	218.14
2	800–850	823	217.00–220.00	218.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	468	275.00–285.00	282.88
3	500–550	515	267.00	267.00
4	600–650	629	230.00–237.00	235.26
3	650–700	680	219.00	219.00
3	700–750	728	212.00	212.00
3	800–850	800	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	250.00	250.00
2	550–600	590	212.00–242.00	226.87
3	650–700	680	185.00–225.00	198.05

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,195	123.00–132.00	125.89
8	—	1,181	133.00–153.00	138.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	55.00	55.00
2	—	1,013	120.00–121.00	120.49
8	—	931	98.00–110.00	105.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,448	135.00–143.00	139.91
3	—	1,482	124.00–130.00	125.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,495	140.00–141.00	140.51
2	—	1,915	156.00	156.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,200	1,550.00	1,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,198	1,350.00–1,625.00	1,494.85

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.