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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Oct 30

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← Oct 23Oct 30Nov 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

727 head

▼ 59 vs last sale 786▼ 294 vs year ago 1,021 · −28.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

94 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 99▼ 67 vs year ago 161 · −41.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 8▲ 2 vs year ago 6 · +33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00-14.00 higher with good quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.03/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −170.15 against this barn's trailing median of $455.18.

Average price

$285.03

105 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$41.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.17

vs MO average

−15.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	291.34	1,588	89
Medium and Large 1-2	544	249.96	1,359	16thin

One grade step is worth $41.37/cwt here — about $230 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 sale105 hd

285.03

—

MO average16 barns · 2,151 hd

279.86

+5.17

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−15.66

This barn, trailing median26 sales

455.18

−170.15

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,754	142.60	2,501	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,453	119.14	1,732	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,231	111.77	1,376	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,022	86.49	884	13

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)	1,365	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,455	$1,750	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,350	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,595	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	800	$1,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$2,100	1thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	320	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,184	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	329.11/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,073	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	350	279.00/cwt	270.00–285.00	977	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	364	344.97/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,256	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	314.11/cwt	302.00–325.00	1,184	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	418	336.25/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,406	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	310.19/cwt	295.00–322.00	1,306	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	277.91/cwt	257.00–285.00	1,189	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	295.98/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,418	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	275.45/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,319	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	308.10/cwt	304.00–312.00	1,590	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	254.26/cwt	230.00–265.00	1,337	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	284.86/cwt	267.00–294.00	1,521	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	244.44/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,384	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	576	290.62/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,674	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	283.80/cwt	267.00–289.00	1,635	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	606	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,739	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	230.85/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,431	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	265.92/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,659	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	258.30/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,746	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	232.26/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,577	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	244.85/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,746	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,030	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	277	289.27/cwt	280.00–307.00	801	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	253.85/cwt	240.00–260.00	838	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	280.73/cwt	270.00–295.00	929	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	276.10/cwt	262.00–285.00	1,033	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	269.33/cwt	247.00–277.00	1,010	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	409	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,166	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	273.28/cwt	250.00–287.00	1,159	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	224.67/cwt	222.00–227.00	973	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	465	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,260	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	264.88/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,277	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	227.15/cwt	212.00–240.00	1,097	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	491	273.74/cwt	272.00–275.00	1,344	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	529	272.97/cwt	272.00–274.00	1,444	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	262.81/cwt	252.00–267.00	1,390	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	233.56/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,238	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	238.29/cwt	225.00–248.00	1,356	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	254.99/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,492	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	222.58/cwt	200.00–226.00	1,384	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	240.07/cwt	228.00–250.00	1,512	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	213.60/cwt	200.00–227.00	1,399	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	238.70/cwt	222.00–244.00	1,583	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	685	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,576	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	217.98/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,596	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,624	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	303.49/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,190	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	264.19/cwt	252.00–282.00	1,273	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	266.79/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,385	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,203	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	261.95/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,454	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	237.00/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,379	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	233.38/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,459	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	213.00/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,448	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	211.98/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,660	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,716	1
Bulls	—	—	1,571	136.48/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,144	4
Bulls	—	—	1,886	150.75/cwt	147.00–159.00	2,843	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	908	54.88/cwt	50.00–60.00	498	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,032	94.86/cwt	80.00–100.00	979	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,196	109.53/cwt	102.00–114.00	1,310	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	117.34/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,478	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,270	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,346	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,307	100.35/cwt	100.00–101.00	1,312	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,365	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,365	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,451	121.40/cwt	115.00–133.00	1,762	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,515	111.80/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,694	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 2	800	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,170	1,595.09/head	1,550.00–1,650.00	1,595	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,350	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,365	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,455	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,150	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 Oct 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 727Last week 786Year ago 1,021

Slaughter CattleReceipts 94Last week 99Year ago 161

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 8Year ago 6

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00-14.00 higher with good quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply moderate.

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	277	280.00–307.00	289.27
5	300–350	331	270.00–295.00	280.73
16	350–400	374	262.00–285.00	276.10
23	400–450	424	250.00–287.00	273.28
25	450–500	482	250.00–277.00	264.88
24	500–550	529	252.00–267.00	262.81
20	550–600	585	240.00–265.00	254.99
27	600–650	630	228.00–250.00	240.07
21	650–700	663	222.00–244.00	238.70
4	700–750	745	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	240.00–260.00	253.85
7	350–400	375	247.00–277.00	269.33
3	400–450	433	222.00–227.00	224.67
4	450–500	483	212.00–240.00	227.15
10	500–550	530	215.00–240.00	233.56
21	550–600	569	225.00–248.00	238.29
11	600–650	622	200.00–226.00	222.58
2	650–700	655	200.00–227.00	213.60
5	700–750	732	210.00–225.00	217.98
3	850–900	850	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	285.00	285.00
20	450–500	491	272.00–275.00	273.74
14	500–550	529	272.00–274.00	272.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	465	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	685	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	315.00–340.00	329.11
4	350–400	377	302.00–325.00	314.11
15	400–450	421	295.00–322.00	310.19
35	450–500	479	290.00–310.00	295.98
31	500–550	534	267.00–294.00	284.86
26	550–600	576	267.00–289.00	283.80
26	600–650	624	250.00–275.00	265.92
30	650–700	676	245.00–269.00	258.30
10	700–750	713	230.00–256.00	244.85
6	850–900	879	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	370.00	370.00
7	350–400	364	340.00–352.00	344.97
19	400–450	418	320.00–345.00	336.25
24	500–550	516	304.00–312.00	308.10
8	550–600	576	290.00–291.00	290.62
8	600–650	606	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	270.00–285.00	279.00
8	400–450	428	257.00–285.00	277.91
13	450–500	479	260.00–280.00	275.45
9	500–550	526	230.00–265.00	254.26
7	550–600	566	240.00–260.00	244.44
7	600–650	620	200.00–240.00	230.85
7	650–700	679	210.00–245.00	232.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	230.00	230.00
6	550–600	582	230.00–240.00	237.00
3	650–700	680	212.00–215.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	392	302.00–305.00	303.49
11	450–500	482	252.00–282.00	264.19
5	500–550	519	265.00–270.00	266.79
2	550–600	555	257.00–267.00	261.95
11	600–650	625	220.00–245.00	233.38
2	750–800	783	210.00–214.00	211.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,451	115.00–133.00	121.40
2	—	1,515	110.00–114.00	111.80
1	—	1,365	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,032	80.00–100.00	94.86
3	—	908	50.00–60.00	54.88
1	—	1,270	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,307	100.00–101.00	100.35
13	—	1,260	114.00–125.00	117.34
17	—	1,196	102.00–114.00	109.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,571	130.00–140.00	136.48
1	—	1,560	110.00	110.00
7	—	1,886	147.00–159.00	150.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	800	1,500.00	1,500.00

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	—	1,170	1,550.00–1,650.00	1,595.09
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,365	1,800.00	1,800.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,455	1,750.00	1,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	1,625.00	1,625.00

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	—	1,150	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.