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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Feb 26

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← Feb 5Feb 26Mar 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,515 head

▲ 500 vs last sale 1,015▲ 1,039 vs year ago 476 · +218.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

95 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 50▲ 10 vs year ago 85 · +11.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

8 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 13▼ 2 vs year ago 10 · −20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to February 5th, 300-400 lbs steers sold 20.00-24.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold steady to 11.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 higher; 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 $338.62/cwt on 191 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −116.55 against this barn's trailing median of $455.18.

Average price

$338.62

191 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$228

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

$54.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.42

vs MO average

−9.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	340.92	1,890	183
Medium and Large 1-2	581	286.03	1,662	8thin

One grade step is worth $54.89/cwt here — about $228 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale191 hd

338.62

—

MO average15 barns · 2,229 hd

344.04

−5.42

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−9.62

This barn, trailing median26 sales

455.18

−116.55

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	1,514	147.69	2,236	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	128.76	1,538	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,529	127.66	1,951	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	902	98.97	893	18

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)	904	$1,505	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	695	$1,190	2thin

Every lot

74 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	323	349.33/cwt	327.00–370.00	1,128	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	440.47/cwt	435.50–445.00	1,432	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	394.72/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,472	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	418.19/cwt	405.00–424.00	1,610	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	406.92/cwt	382.00–422.00	1,693	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	347.76/cwt	310.00–375.00	1,457	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	380.38/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,746	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	349.49/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,650	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	358.47/cwt	340.00–372.00	1,864	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	331.25/cwt	300.00–342.00	1,766	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	573	349.45/cwt	342.00–360.00	2,002	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	286.03/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,662	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	327.65/cwt	302.00–335.00	1,907	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	598	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,003	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	617	327.31/cwt	319.00–337.00	2,020	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	310.55/cwt	290.00–319.00	1,981	51
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	654	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,112	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	270.29/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,792	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	299.23/cwt	287.00–321.00	1,999	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	707	293.68/cwt	290.00–296.00	2,076	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	282.48/cwt	279.00–289.00	2,017	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	723	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,111	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	251.21/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,834	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	263.49/cwt	250.00–271.00	2,045	63
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	787	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,125	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	262.12/cwt	240.00–268.00	2,144	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,074	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	938	241.18/cwt	227.00–244.00	2,262	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	369.34/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,182	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	304.44/cwt	282.00–330.00	1,017	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	319.83/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,209	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	350.63/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,343	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	418	353.19/cwt	347.00–357.00	1,476	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	303.48/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,293	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	338.59/cwt	317.00–352.00	1,446	67
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	457	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,636	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	331.26/cwt	317.00–350.00	1,560	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	290.40/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,368	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	330.37/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,705	76
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	269.29/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,435	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	304.61/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,639	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	562	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,742	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	292.38/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,672	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	263.88/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,528	34
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	247.95/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,510	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	621	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,801	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	623	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,844	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	280.51/cwt	257.00–291.00	1,756	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	274.42/cwt	247.00–279.00	1,830	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	241.80/cwt	237.00–250.00	1,642	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	681	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,900	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	705	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,999	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	243.45/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,758	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	252.48/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,974	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,059	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	376.73/cwt	355.00–412.00	1,578	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	321.07/cwt	302.00–340.00	1,512	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	260.09/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,368	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,644	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	260.04/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,584	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	252.84/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,679	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	233.66/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,685	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,873	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,196	136.80/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,636	6
Bulls	—	—	1,786	157.02/cwt	152.00–162.00	2,804	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	865	71.46/cwt	58.00–75.00	618	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	880	102.27/cwt	90.00–110.00	900	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	996	118.25/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,178	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,134	120.01/cwt	118.00–123.00	1,361	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,207	130.51/cwt	121.00–142.00	1,575	20
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,360	120.44/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,638	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,613	131.27/cwt	130.00–136.00	2,117	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	695	1,190.11/head	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,190	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	904	1,504.56/head	1,350.00–1,850.00	1,505	6

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 Feb 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,515Last week 1,015Year ago 476

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 50Year ago 85

Replacement CattleReceipts 8Last week 13Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	334	282.00–330.00	304.44
3	350–400	378	315.00–327.00	319.83
10	400–450	426	280.00–312.00	303.48
15	450–500	471	275.00–300.00	290.40
14	500–550	533	250.00–277.00	269.29
34	550–600	579	245.00–280.00	263.88
4	600–650	609	242.00–250.00	247.95
8	650–700	679	237.00–250.00	241.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	355.00–380.00	369.34
14	350–400	383	330.00–357.00	350.63
67	400–450	427	317.00–352.00	338.59
34	450–500	471	317.00–350.00	331.26
32	500–550	538	280.00–320.00	304.61
49	550–600	572	280.00–302.00	292.38
33	600–650	626	257.00–291.00	280.51
40	650–700	667	247.00–279.00	274.42
5	700–750	722	238.00–248.00	243.45
6	750–800	782	245.00–254.00	252.48
5	850–900	876	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	600–650	621	290.00	290.00
30	650–700	681	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	418	347.00–357.00	353.19
5	450–500	457	358.00	358.00
76	500–550	516	325.00–338.00	330.37
11	550–600	562	310.00	310.00
18	600–650	623	296.00	296.00
18	700–750	705	283.50	283.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	500–550	520	340.00–372.00	358.47
39	550–600	573	342.00–360.00	349.45
40	600–650	617	319.00–337.00	327.31
8	700–750	723	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	435.50–445.00	440.47
9	350–400	385	405.00–424.00	418.19
19	400–450	416	382.00–422.00	406.92
13	450–500	459	360.00–400.00	380.38
41	500–550	533	300.00–342.00	331.25
52	550–600	582	302.00–335.00	327.65
51	600–650	638	290.00–319.00	310.55
30	650–700	668	287.00–321.00	299.23
12	700–750	714	279.00–289.00	282.48
63	750–800	776	250.00–271.00	263.49
15	800–850	818	240.00–268.00	262.12
2	850–900	875	237.00	237.00
6	900–950	938	227.00–244.00	241.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	323	327.00–370.00	349.33
9	350–400	373	380.00–400.00	394.72
14	400–450	419	310.00–375.00	347.76
31	450–500	472	325.00–360.00	349.49
8	550–600	581	275.00–290.00	286.03
8	650–700	663	240.00–280.00	270.29
5	700–750	730	245.00–265.00	251.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	598	335.00	335.00
18	650–700	654	323.00	323.00
57	700–750	707	290.00–296.00	293.68
29	750–800	787	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	419	355.00–412.00	376.73
14	450–500	471	302.00–340.00	321.07
2	500–550	527	312.00	312.00
11	600–650	609	250.00–272.00	260.04
4	650–700	664	240.00–265.00	252.84
3	700–750	721	232.00–237.00	233.66
5	850–900	875	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	250.00–270.00	260.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,613	130.00–136.00	131.27
2	—	1,360	120.00–121.00	120.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,134	118.00–123.00	120.01
20	—	1,207	121.00–142.00	130.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	996	115.00–122.00	118.25
10	—	880	90.00–110.00	102.27
4	—	865	58.00–75.00	71.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,786	152.00–162.00	157.02
6	—	1,196	133.00–145.00	136.80

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	904	1,350.00–1,850.00	1,504.56
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	695	1,000.00–1,350.00	1,190.11

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.