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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Mar 19

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

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Feeder Cattle receipts

728 head

▲ 120 vs last sale 608▼ 437 vs year ago 1,165 · −37.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

112 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 132▲ 32 vs year ago 80 · +40.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 5 vs last sale 8▲ 4 vs year ago 9 · +44.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply moderate.

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 $306.27/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −99.18 against this barn's trailing median of $405.44.

Average price

$306.27

103 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$37.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.28

vs MO average

−8.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	315.76	1,726	77
Medium and Large 1-2	559	278.16	1,555	26

One grade step is worth $37.60/cwt here — about $171 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale103 hd

306.27

—

MO average16 barns · 2,846 hd

317.55

−11.28

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−8.31

This barn, trailing median26 sales

405.44

−99.18

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	—	High	1,587	155.20	2,463	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,531	138.13	2,114	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,193	134.54	1,605	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	985	108.25	1,066	16

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)	1,178	$1,957	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,129	$1,716	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	872	$1,607	3thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$1,700	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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	276	473.06/cwt	445.00–510.00	1,306	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	445.58/cwt	395.00–495.00	1,412	10
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	393.25/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,329	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	382.12/cwt	345.00–417.00	1,425	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	425.60/cwt	400.00–465.00	1,617	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	412.56/cwt	357.00–450.00	1,782	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	346.26/cwt	337.00–365.00	1,534	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	393.26/cwt	375.00–460.00	1,868	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	346.46/cwt	337.00–352.00	1,691	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	301.24/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,588	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	351.21/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,854	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	536	368.36/cwt	367.00–382.00	1,974	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	557	362.26/cwt	359.00–367.00	2,018	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	344.97/cwt	320.00–354.00	1,970	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	289.53/cwt	272.00–307.00	1,694	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	617	344.47/cwt	327.00–350.00	2,125	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	311.50/cwt	287.00–365.00	1,953	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	293.85/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,963	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	266.14/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,778	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	672	321.61/cwt	309.00–335.00	2,161	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	723	307.00/cwt	305.00–309.00	2,220	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	277.16/cwt	260.00–290.00	2,029	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,880	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	263.45/cwt	260.00–267.00	2,168	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	253.97/cwt	250.00–257.00	2,253	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	246.52/cwt	245.00–248.00	2,243	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,000	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,100	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	270	385.56/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,041	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	277	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,150	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	386.34/cwt	372.00–405.00	1,271	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	374.46/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,367	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	326.45/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,227	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	410	390.59/cwt	371.00–402.00	1,601	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	313.91/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,325	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	352.70/cwt	335.00–367.00	1,495	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	340.52/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,590	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	306.64/cwt	285.00–327.00	1,496	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	314.89/cwt	290.00–335.00	1,659	39
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	279.50/cwt	260.00–292.00	1,507	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	316.65/cwt	290.00–322.00	1,795	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	277.56/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,577	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	282.69/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,787	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	263.40/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,667	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	287.88/cwt	260.00–297.00	1,952	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	257.64/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,752	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,470	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	253.90/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,810	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	717	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,957	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	260.05/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,984	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,440	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	230.60/cwt	227.00–235.00	1,902	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	401.70/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,506	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	409.18/cwt	385.00–445.00	1,690	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,785	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	356.80/cwt	330.00–445.00	1,695	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	326.37/cwt	205.00–345.00	1,713	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	280.87/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,511	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	311.84/cwt	292.00–322.00	1,759	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	281.96/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,616	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,824	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	276.09/cwt	250.00–292.00	1,830	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,310	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,769	1
Bulls	—	—	1,633	158.57/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,589	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	956	101.65/cwt	85.00–112.00	972	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,048	122.77/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,287	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	123.17/cwt	110.00–131.00	1,420	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,204	137.57/cwt	128.00–156.00	1,656	30
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,443	126.88/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,831	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,548	140.38/cwt	132.00–152.00	2,173	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	870	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	872	1,606.79/head	1,400.00–1,875.00	1,607	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	930	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,194	1,832.51/head	1,800.00–1,875.00	1,833	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,260	2,092.99/head	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,093	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium 2	910	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	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 Mar 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 728Last week 608Year ago 1,165

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 132Year ago 80

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 8Year ago 9

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00-15.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	276	445.00–510.00	473.06
10	300–350	317	395.00–495.00	445.58
9	350–400	380	400.00–465.00	425.60
21	400–450	432	357.00–450.00	412.56
6	450–500	475	375.00–460.00	393.26
53	500–550	528	325.00–365.00	351.21
17	550–600	571	320.00–354.00	344.97
31	600–650	627	287.00–365.00	311.50
3	650–700	668	285.00–302.00	293.85
15	700–750	732	260.00–290.00	277.16
2	800–850	823	260.00–267.00	263.45
3	850–900	887	250.00–257.00	253.97
2	900–950	910	245.00–248.00	246.52
3	1000–1050	1,000	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	385.00–400.00	393.25
7	350–400	373	345.00–417.00	382.12
3	400–450	443	337.00–365.00	346.26
9	450–500	488	337.00–352.00	346.46
4	500–550	527	280.00–315.00	301.24
8	550–600	585	272.00–307.00	289.53
5	650–700	668	262.00–275.00	266.14
3	750–800	790	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	536	367.00–382.00	368.36
5	550–600	557	359.00–367.00	362.26
7	600–650	617	327.00–350.00	344.47
14	650–700	672	309.00–335.00	321.61
6	700–750	723	305.00–309.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	320.00–350.00	326.45
6	400–450	422	305.00–322.00	313.91
7	450–500	488	285.00–327.00	306.64
8	500–550	539	260.00–292.00	279.50
18	550–600	568	270.00–285.00	277.56
6	600–650	633	260.00–265.00	263.40
8	650–700	680	245.00–267.00	257.64
3	700–750	700	210.00	210.00
3	750–800	770	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	375.00–395.00	385.56
5	300–350	329	372.00–405.00	386.34
10	350–400	365	360.00–390.00	374.46
30	400–450	424	335.00–367.00	352.70
45	450–500	467	325.00–365.00	340.52
39	500–550	527	290.00–335.00	314.89
38	550–600	567	290.00–322.00	316.65
37	600–650	632	260.00–295.00	282.69
7	650–700	678	260.00–297.00	287.88
13	700–750	713	245.00–270.00	253.90
5	750–800	763	240.00–265.00	260.05
3	800–850	825	227.00–235.00	230.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	415.00	415.00
9	400–450	410	371.00–402.00	390.59
5	700–750	717	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	385.00–420.00	401.70
17	400–450	413	385.00–445.00	409.18
8	450–500	475	330.00–445.00	356.80
16	500–550	525	205.00–345.00	326.37
5	550–600	564	292.00–322.00	311.84
3	600–650	640	285.00	285.00
6	650–700	663	250.00–292.00	276.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	415.00	415.00
2	500–550	538	272.00–290.00	280.87
5	550–600	573	270.00–285.00	281.96

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)	3	—	872	1,400.00–1,875.00	1,606.79
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	1,550.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	870	1,250.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,260	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,092.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,194	1,800.00–1,875.00	1,832.51

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	910	1,700.00	1,700.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,204	128.00–156.00	137.57
8	—	1,153	110.00–131.00	123.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	124.00–129.00	126.88
10	—	1,548	132.00–152.00	140.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	956	85.00–112.00	101.65
5	—	1,048	115.00–127.00	122.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,633	155.00–165.00	158.57
1	—	1,310	135.00	135.00

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.