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Farmington Regional Stockyards

Name: Farmington Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Wed, Apr 1

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1812

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

719 head

▼ 79 vs last sale 798▼ 95 vs year ago 814 · −11.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

71 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 88▼ 64 vs year ago 135 · −47.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

13 head

▲ 3 vs last sale 10▲ 1 vs year ago 12 · +8.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 11.00-30.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 higher; Demand lower 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 $455.03/cwt on 82 head, down $18.11 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 26 comparable sales and sits −0.15 against this barn's trailing median of $455.18.

Average price

$455.03

▼ 18.11 vs prior sale

82 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,467

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$569

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

$111.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.39

vs MO average

−28.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	464.55	2,515	75
Medium and Large 1-2	551	352.98	1,946	7thin

One grade step is worth $111.57/cwt here — about $569 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 sale82 hd

455.03

—

MO average19 barns · 2,820 hd

483.42

−28.39

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−28.15

This barn, trailing median26 sales

455.18

−0.15

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	1,334	201.45	2,687	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,429	174.32	2,491	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,116	168.55	1,881	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	854	143.06	1,222	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)	1,263	$3,050	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,061	$2,900	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	825	$2,435	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,205	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	665	$1,900	1thin

Every lot

67 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	282	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,650	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	620.72/cwt	585.00–670.00	1,769	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	611.91/cwt	600.00–625.00	1,958	19
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	338	649.54/cwt	640.00–655.00	2,195	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	618.45/cwt	612.00–620.00	2,301	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	534.72/cwt	500.00–580.00	1,995	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	545.89/cwt	520.00–600.00	2,309	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	492.99/cwt	480.00–520.00	2,149	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	510.13/cwt	497.00–525.00	2,352	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	485.53/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,258	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	508	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,692	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	465.46/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,416	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	348.17/cwt	325.00–440.00	1,866	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	446.15/cwt	430.00–475.00	2,539	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	585	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	3,159	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,154	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	430.66/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,649	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	402.55/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,701	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	709	368.13/cwt	345.00–377.00	2,610	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	725	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,828	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,736	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,730	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,780	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	286	504.93/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,444	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	329	520.61/cwt	480.00–550.00	1,713	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	469.62/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,550	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	509.80/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,902	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	459.54/cwt	425.00–495.00	1,732	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,066	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	477.28/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,009	44
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	459.91/cwt	425.00–485.00	2,166	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	428.57/cwt	355.00–450.00	2,061	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	456.93/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,335	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	362.71/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,959	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	390.46/cwt	350.00–410.00	2,230	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	598	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,482	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	617	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,468	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	617	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,283	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	372.92/cwt	355.00–395.00	2,308	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	333.30/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,196	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	362.81/cwt	315.00–370.00	2,434	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	673	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,692	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	682	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,523	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	335.88/cwt	315.00–357.00	2,422	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	947	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,693	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	625.05/cwt	615.00–630.00	2,206	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	526.30/cwt	490.00–550.00	2,221	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	452.30/cwt	415.00–490.00	2,072	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	488.50/cwt	475.00–520.00	2,306	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	454.79/cwt	400.00–475.00	2,329	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	418.11/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,412	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	413.04/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,540	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,404	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,060	162.41/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,722	2
Bulls	—	—	1,080	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,847	1
Bulls	—	—	1,494	223.16/cwt	212.00–245.00	3,334	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	781	118.11/cwt	92.00–133.00	922	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	911	162.46/cwt	137.00–177.00	1,480	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,101	172.41/cwt	160.00–197.00	1,898	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,197	147.96/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,771	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,429	174.32/cwt	170.00–185.00	2,491	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	665	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	730	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 2	825	2,434.55/head	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,435	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,144	3,100.44/head	2,800.00–3,400.00	3,100	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,205	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,263	3,049.90/head	3,000.00–3,100.00	3,050	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 Apr 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 719Last week 798Year ago 814

Slaughter CattleReceipts 71Last week 88Year ago 135

Replacement CattleReceipts 13Last week 10Year ago 12

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 11.00-30.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 higher; Demand lower and supply moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	338	640.00–655.00	649.54
3	500–550	508	530.00	530.00
4	550–600	585	540.00	540.00
6	700–750	725	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	285	585.00–670.00	620.72
19	300–350	320	600.00–625.00	611.91
16	350–400	372	612.00–620.00	618.45
31	400–450	423	520.00–600.00	545.89
19	450–500	461	497.00–525.00	510.13
39	500–550	519	440.00–480.00	465.46
29	550–600	569	430.00–475.00	446.15
18	600–650	615	410.00–435.00	430.66
4	650–700	671	400.00–405.00	402.55
16	700–750	709	345.00–377.00	368.13
2	750–800	793	345.00	345.00
3	800–850	840	325.00	325.00
3	850–900	850	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	282	585.00	585.00
8	350–400	373	500.00–580.00	534.72
12	400–450	436	480.00–520.00	492.99
14	450–500	465	475.00–500.00	485.53
5	500–550	536	325.00–440.00	348.17
2	550–600	590	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	286	500.00–520.00	504.93
4	300–350	330	465.00–485.00	469.62
23	350–400	377	425.00–495.00	459.54
14	450–500	481	355.00–450.00	428.57
4	500–550	540	340.00–370.00	362.71
21	550–600	571	350.00–410.00	390.46
6	650–700	659	330.00–335.00	333.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	329	480.00–550.00	520.61
2	350–400	373	500.00–520.00	509.80
44	400–450	421	455.00–495.00	477.28
37	450–500	471	425.00–485.00	459.91
8	500–550	511	440.00–460.00	456.93
3	550–600	598	415.00	415.00
10	600–650	619	355.00–395.00	372.92
11	650–700	671	315.00–370.00	362.81
8	700–750	721	315.00–357.00	335.88
3	900–950	947	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	682	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	510.00	510.00
4	600–650	617	400.00	400.00
9	650–700	673	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	617	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	353	615.00–630.00	625.05
8	400–450	422	490.00–550.00	526.30
10	450–500	472	475.00–520.00	488.50
9	500–550	512	400.00–475.00	454.79
5	550–600	577	400.00–430.00	418.11
3	600–650	615	390.00–425.00	413.04
3	700–750	707	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	415.00–490.00	452.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	911	137.00–177.00	162.46
7	—	781	92.00–133.00	118.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,429	170.00–185.00	174.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,101	160.00–197.00	172.41
3	—	1,197	142.00–152.00	147.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,080	171.00	171.00
2	—	1,060	160.00–165.00	162.41
5	—	1,494	212.00–245.00	223.16

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	665	1,900.00	1,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	825	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,434.55
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	730	2,100.00	2,100.00

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)	2	—	1,263	3,000.00–3,100.00	3,049.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,205	2,400.00	2,400.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,144	2,800.00–3,400.00	3,100.44

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.