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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, May 21

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← May 14May 21Jun 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,021 head

▲ 525 vs last sale 496▲ 541 vs year ago 480 · +112.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

104 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 101▲ 6 vs year ago 98 · +6.1%

Replacement Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 14 vs last sale 19▲ 2 vs year ago 3 · +66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale May 28 Due to Memorial Day

Compared to last week, 300 lbs steers and heifers sold 19.00 higher, the rest of the sale sold steady to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher and bulls sold 1.00 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 $389.38/cwt on 188 head. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −65.80 against this barn's trailing median of $455.18.

Average price

$389.38

188 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,136

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$41.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.29

vs MO average

+11.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	395.45	2,152	154
Large 1	576	370.93	2,137	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	353.87	1,985	18thin

One grade step is worth $41.58/cwt here — about $168 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 sale188 hd

389.38

—

MO average15 barns · 4,890 hd

383.09

+6.29

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+11.33

This barn, trailing median26 sales

455.18

−65.80

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	1,682	189.02	3,179	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,446	157.56	2,278	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,219	157.17	1,916	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	955	135.53	1,295	15

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)	1,275	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,095	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,115	$2,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,020	$2,850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$2,450	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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	509.76/cwt	470.00–530.00	1,616	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	442.61/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,611	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	474.69/cwt	462.00–500.00	1,775	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	415.41/cwt	380.00–437.00	1,757	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	460.68/cwt	457.00–465.00	1,995	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	444.84/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,051	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	408.91/cwt	390.00–417.00	1,979	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,740	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	399.48/cwt	385.00–422.00	2,101	80
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	535	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,274	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	386.39/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,195	65
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	355.04/cwt	337.00–372.00	2,034	15
Steers	550–600	Large 1	576	370.93/cwt	365.00–377.00	2,137	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	312.24/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,930	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	350.58/cwt	332.00–372.00	2,212	74
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	332.67/cwt	325.00–346.00	2,242	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	308.39/cwt	280.00–325.00	2,279	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	290.92/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,272	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,120	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,415	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	443.01/cwt	425.00–480.00	1,453	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	363.92/cwt	275.00–402.00	1,376	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	408.29/cwt	400.00–445.00	1,564	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	388.09/cwt	362.00–402.00	1,630	44
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	344.91/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,493	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	369.95/cwt	362.00–382.00	1,757	60
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	343.60/cwt	315.00–360.00	1,636	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	354.46/cwt	327.00–367.00	1,840	54
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	309.32/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,630	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	332.56/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,906	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	292.38/cwt	255.00–312.00	1,678	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	311.17/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,932	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	624	321.44/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,006	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	287.37/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,940	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,960	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,613	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,988	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,034	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,610	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	397.36/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,729	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,836	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	365.48/cwt	364.00–367.00	1,747	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	348.25/cwt	337.00–357.00	1,769	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	335.71/cwt	302.00–345.00	1,867	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,831	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	312.30/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,936	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,175	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,080	1
Bulls	—	—	1,738	190.36/cwt	177.00–205.00	3,308	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	858	114.42/cwt	101.00–119.00	982	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	149.60/cwt	130.00–164.00	1,526	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,219	159.72/cwt	148.00–174.00	1,947	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	139.85/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,706	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,446	157.56/cwt	147.00–169.00	2,278	11
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,020	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,050	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,095	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,115	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,275	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	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 May 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,021Last week 496Year ago 480

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 101Year ago 98

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 19Year ago 3

No Sale May 28 Due to Memorial Day

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	364.00–367.00	365.48
2	550–600	587	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	460.00	460.00
12	400–450	435	390.00–405.00	397.36
6	450–500	459	400.00	400.00
7	500–550	508	337.00–357.00	348.25
13	550–600	556	302.00–345.00	335.71
3	600–650	620	300.00–325.00	312.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	317	470.00–530.00	509.76
7	350–400	374	462.00–500.00	474.69
19	400–450	433	457.00–465.00	460.68
30	450–500	461	430.00–450.00	444.84
80	500–550	526	385.00–422.00	399.48
65	550–600	568	375.00–405.00	386.39
74	600–650	631	332.00–372.00	350.58
21	650–700	674	325.00–346.00	332.67
25	700–750	739	280.00–325.00	308.39
12	750–800	781	290.00–295.00	290.92
3	800–850	805	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	535	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	576	365.00–377.00	370.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	364	435.00–450.00	442.61
13	400–450	423	380.00–437.00	415.41
42	450–500	484	390.00–417.00	408.91
3	500–550	500	348.00	348.00
15	550–600	573	337.00–372.00	355.04
3	600–650	618	307.00–320.00	312.24
2	750–800	785	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	425.00–480.00	443.01
17	350–400	383	400.00–445.00	408.29
44	400–450	420	362.00–402.00	388.09
60	450–500	475	362.00–382.00	369.95
54	500–550	519	327.00–367.00	354.46
25	550–600	573	320.00–360.00	332.56
11	600–650	621	295.00–317.00	311.17
17	650–700	675	280.00–292.00	287.37
4	700–750	700	280.00	280.00
3	750–800	795	250.00	250.00
3	800–850	807	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	378	275.00–402.00	363.92
16	400–450	433	300.00–355.00	344.91
17	450–500	476	315.00–360.00	343.60
13	500–550	527	300.00–322.00	309.32
22	550–600	574	255.00–312.00	292.38
2	700–750	717	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	600–650	624	320.00–323.00	321.44

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,738	177.00–205.00	190.36
1	—	1,175	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,020	130.00–164.00	149.60
6	—	858	101.00–119.00	114.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,446	147.00–169.00	157.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,219	148.00–174.00	159.72
5	—	1,220	139.00–142.00	139.85

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	2,850.00	2,850.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	2,450.00	2,450.00

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)	1	—	1,095	2,250.00	2,250.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,275	2,600.00	2,600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,115	2,050.00	2,050.00

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.