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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Nov 20

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← Nov 13Nov 20Dec 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

973 head

▲ 257 vs last sale 716▲ 336 vs year ago 637 · +52.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

83 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 99▼ 9 vs year ago 92 · −9.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

2 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 5▼ 10 vs year ago 12 · −83.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No Sale Nov. 27 due to Thanksgiving*

Compared to last week, 600 and 700 lbs steers sold 16.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold steady to 6.00 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 $293.49/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −161.68 against this barn's trailing median of $455.18.

Average price

$293.49

180 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$43.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.24

vs MO average

−15.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	301.28	1,642	148
Medium and Large 1-2	561	257.49	1,445	32

One grade step is worth $43.79/cwt here — about $197 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 sale180 hd

293.49

—

MO average16 barns · 3,183 hd

295.73

−2.24

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−15.77

This barn, trailing median26 sales

455.18

−161.68

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	—	High	1,608	143.97	2,315	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	114.98	1,697	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,221	112.69	1,376	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,080	91.35	987	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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,535	$1,806	2thin

Every lot

61 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	929	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	325	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,203	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	358	350.99/cwt	340.00–367.00	1,257	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	318.02/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,250	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	423	328.13/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,388	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	308.00/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,309	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	458	329.61/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,510	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	309.89/cwt	291.00–325.00	1,453	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	273.17/cwt	262.00–282.00	1,281	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	513	314.14/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,612	44
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	253.07/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,321	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	288.42/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,508	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	557	306.65/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,708	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	258.51/cwt	240.00–276.00	1,474	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	290.72/cwt	277.00–298.00	1,663	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	603	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,761	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,521	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	272.14/cwt	255.00–281.00	1,701	70
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,481	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	262.74/cwt	248.00–268.00	1,776	50
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	227.90/cwt	224.00–235.00	1,652	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	265.34/cwt	253.00–268.50	1,937	56
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	249.62/cwt	231.00–257.00	1,920	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,016	10
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	213.49/cwt	210.00–217.00	2,056	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	276.78/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,068	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	256.48/cwt	240.00–267.00	990	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	407	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,026	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	273.43/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,159	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	465	292.53/cwt	289.00–296.00	1,360	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	235.13/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,105	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	274.19/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,305	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	268.16/cwt	257.00–277.00	1,421	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	244.35/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,300	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	267.31/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,513	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	237.07/cwt	220.00–247.00	1,373	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	237.01/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,481	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	211.68/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,387	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	232.53/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,593	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	225.90/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,595	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	239.11/cwt	222.00–245.00	1,832	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,769	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	966	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,884	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	297.00/cwt	287.00–307.00	1,247	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,076	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	273.67/cwt	267.00–277.00	1,341	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	275.51/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,479	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,421	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,457	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,469	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,421	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,508	127.72/cwt	120.00–136.00	1,926	2
Bulls	—	—	1,633	148.03/cwt	142.00–158.00	2,417	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,095	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,059	93.62/cwt	78.00–100.00	991	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,163	108.98/cwt	104.00–112.00	1,267	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,305	117.99/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,540	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,375	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	688	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,413	107.24/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,515	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,512	119.41/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,805	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,535	1,806.35/head	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,806	2

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 Nov 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 973Last week 716Year ago 637

Slaughter CattleReceipts 83Last week 99Year ago 92

Replacement CattleReceipts 2Last week 5Year ago 12

*No Sale Nov. 27 due to Thanksgiving*

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	386	240.00–267.00	256.48
3	400–450	407	252.00	252.00
5	450–500	470	225.00–245.00	235.13
6	500–550	532	230.00–252.00	244.35
15	550–600	579	220.00–247.00	237.07
3	650–700	655	210.00–215.00	211.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	465	289.00–296.00	292.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	386	270.00–280.00	276.78
32	400–450	424	260.00–285.00	273.43
12	450–500	476	260.00–282.00	274.19
42	500–550	530	257.00–277.00	268.16
34	550–600	566	261.00–275.00	267.31
16	600–650	625	225.00–245.00	237.01
14	650–700	685	220.00–245.00	232.53
13	700–750	706	220.00–232.00	225.90
4	750–800	766	222.00–245.00	239.11
6	800–850	815	217.00	217.00
3	950–1000	966	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	295.00	295.00
5	450–500	469	262.00–282.00	273.17
6	500–550	522	245.00–267.00	253.07
26	550–600	570	240.00–276.00	258.51
5	600–650	621	245.00	245.00
3	650–700	673	220.00	220.00
12	700–750	725	224.00–235.00	227.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	312.00–330.00	318.02
3	400–450	425	302.00–315.00	308.00
24	450–500	469	291.00–325.00	309.89
18	500–550	523	280.00–302.00	288.42
50	550–600	572	277.00–298.00	290.72
70	600–650	625	255.00–281.00	272.14
50	650–700	676	248.00–268.00	262.74
56	700–750	730	253.00–268.50	265.34
26	750–800	769	231.00–257.00	249.62
10	800–850	840	240.00	240.00
2	950–1000	963	210.00–217.00	213.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	370.00	370.00
15	350–400	358	340.00–367.00	350.99
21	400–450	423	327.00–335.00	328.13
22	450–500	458	325.00–342.00	329.61
44	500–550	513	305.00–327.00	314.14
36	550–600	557	300.00–312.00	306.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	603	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	420	287.00–307.00	297.00
3	450–500	490	267.00–277.00	273.67
5	500–550	537	267.00–280.00	275.51
2	550–600	590	247.00	247.00
4	600–650	612	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	422	255.00	255.00
3	550–600	587	242.00	242.00
3	650–700	655	217.00	217.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	110.00	110.00
10	—	1,059	78.00–100.00	93.62
1	—	1,375	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,512	115.00–124.00	119.41
4	—	1,413	106.00–108.00	107.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,305	115.00–122.00	117.99
10	—	1,163	104.00–112.00	108.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,633	142.00–158.00	148.03
2	—	1,508	120.00–136.00	127.72

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)	2	—	1,535	1,650.00–1,950.00	1,806.35

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.