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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Sep 25

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← Sep 18Sep 25Oct 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

379 head

▼ 1,123 vs last sale 1,502▼ 186 vs year ago 565 · −32.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

92 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 109▼ 13 vs year ago 105 · −12.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 2▲ 2 vs year ago 6 · +33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower with lower than average quality and most unweaned. slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand lower 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 $247.29/cwt on 52 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −158.16 against this barn's trailing median of $405.44.

Average price

$247.29

52 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,350

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

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

$20.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.04

vs MO average

+7.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	250.10	1,368	45
Medium and Large 1-2	539	229.18	1,234	7thin

One grade step is worth $20.92/cwt here — about $134 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 sale52 hd

247.29

—

MO average17 barns · 1,634 hd

256.33

−9.04

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

+7.20

This barn, trailing median26 sales

405.44

−158.16

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	1,740	141.46	2,462	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,283	117.54	1,508	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,414	114.19	1,614	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,102	96.09	1,059	12

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,180	$1,547	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,072	$1,383	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,350	$2,100	1thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	299.86/cwt	290.00–305.00	825	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	290.37/cwt	282.00–295.00	923	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	259.78/cwt	250.00–270.00	878	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,196	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	271.51/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,303	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	236.72/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,226	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	262.97/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,383	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	259.92/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,497	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	260.98/cwt	248.00–264.00	1,608	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	229.49/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,432	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	220.92/cwt	210.00–232.00	1,469	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	228.80/cwt	217.00–240.00	1,643	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,725	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	292	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	818	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	305	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	906	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	811	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	261.36/cwt	257.00–280.00	883	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	261.35/cwt	250.00–280.00	962	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	258.72/cwt	240.00–273.00	1,123	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	916	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	265.43/cwt	240.00–277.00	1,255	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	253.71/cwt	237.00–262.00	1,322	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	233.37/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,228	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	218.72/cwt	210.00–227.00	1,247	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	246.33/cwt	232.00–252.00	1,414	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	233.45/cwt	227.00–239.00	1,440	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	195.55/cwt	180.00–207.00	1,330	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	220.19/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,499	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	217.26/cwt	217.00–218.00	1,540	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	265.10/cwt	257.00–280.00	1,026	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	262.82/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,141	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	253.44/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,191	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	230.99/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,120	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	214.22/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,105	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	240.99/cwt	231.00–257.00	1,272	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	233.06/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,324	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	236.59/cwt	226.00–250.00	1,377	21
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	604	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,419	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	209.65/cwt	207.00–215.00	1,285	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,468	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,588	134.92/cwt	130.00–138.00	2,143	6
Bulls	—	—	1,923	149.30/cwt	142.00–163.00	2,871	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,063	110.29/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,172	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	88.28/cwt	74.00–100.00	995	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,227	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,215	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	608	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,270	119.36/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,516	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,283	111.26/cwt	110.00–113.00	1,427	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,363	112.22/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,530	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,459	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,471	118.95/cwt	116.00–121.00	1,750	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	940	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,138	1,324.18/head	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,324	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,180	1,547.32/head	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,547	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,300	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,350	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	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 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 379Last week 1,502Year ago 565

Slaughter CattleReceipts 92Last week 109Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 2Year ago 6

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower with lower than average quality and most unweaned. slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand lower and supply light.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	245.00	245.00
3	450–500	458	200.00	200.00
5	500–550	526	225.00–236.00	233.37
2	550–600	570	210.00–227.00	218.72
3	650–700	680	180.00–207.00	195.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	292	280.00	280.00
5	300–350	338	257.00–280.00	261.36
16	350–400	368	250.00–280.00	261.35
24	400–450	434	240.00–273.00	258.72
27	450–500	473	240.00–277.00	265.43
23	500–550	521	237.00–262.00	253.71
22	550–600	574	232.00–252.00	246.33
7	600–650	617	227.00–239.00	233.45
6	650–700	681	217.00–222.00	220.19
4	700–750	709	217.00–218.00	217.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	275	290.00–305.00	299.86
3	300–350	318	282.00–295.00	290.37
3	450–500	480	260.00–277.00	271.51
7	500–550	526	260.00–265.00	262.97
18	550–600	576	250.00–270.00	259.92
13	600–650	616	248.00–264.00	260.98
2	650–700	660	250.00	250.00
5	700–750	718	217.00–240.00	228.80
6	750–800	760	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	400	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	250.00–270.00	259.78
3	500–550	518	230.00–240.00	236.72
8	600–650	624	228.00–230.00	229.49
2	650–700	665	210.00–232.00	220.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	230.00–232.00	230.99
6	500–550	516	200.00–220.00	214.22
3	550–600	568	225.00–237.00	233.06
3	600–650	613	207.00–215.00	209.65
3	650–700	683	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	300.00	300.00
5	350–400	387	257.00–280.00	265.10
11	400–450	434	260.00–267.00	262.82
9	450–500	470	240.00–260.00	253.44
14	500–550	528	231.00–257.00	240.99
21	550–600	582	226.00–250.00	236.59
6	600–650	604	235.00	235.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	101.00	101.00
4	—	1,471	116.00–121.00	118.95
2	—	1,283	110.00–113.00	111.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,180	104.00	104.00
22	—	1,270	117.00–124.00	119.36
5	—	1,363	108.00–115.00	112.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,127	74.00–100.00	88.28
1	—	1,215	50.00	50.00
6	—	1,063	106.00–115.00	110.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,588	130.00–138.00	134.92
5	—	1,923	142.00–163.00	149.30

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)	3	—	1,180	1,500.00–1,600.00	1,547.32
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,300	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,138	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,324.18

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)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	940	1,500.00	1,500.00

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	—	1,350	2,100.00	2,100.00

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.