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Show-Me-Select (Farmington, MO)

Replacement Cattle · Farmington, Missouri · Fri, May 8
● Final6 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1793
← Dec 12May 8latest
Receipts
99 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 0▲ 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Coordinated by Show Me Select Board with University Extension, Commercial Agriculture Program, MU College of Veterinary Medicine, Missouri Cattlemen Association and Missouri Dept of Agriculture. Heifers in this sale have met minimum standards for reproductive soundness, pelvic size, frame size, muscle thickness, body condition, and weight. They have undergone a comprehensive health program, and are guaranteed bred. All heifers are expected to calve from late August to mid November. The offering includes 10 Registered Angus. Heifers were graded and sorted into uniform lots according to projected calving dates and body type similarity. Demand higher compared to last December sale and the offering moderate with a very good attendance. Supply consisted of 99 bred heifers from 11 producers, in 46 lots selling to 24 different buyers with a sale average of $4655.00 per head, $299.00 higher than the December sale. The highest selling heifers was a Register Angus for $5,700.00..

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,230$4,66496
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,175$4,4003thin

Every lot

6 lots · USDA AMS · Show-Me-Select Special - 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 21,0464,414.29/head4,200.00–4,600.004,4147
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 21,1754,400.00/head4,400.00–4,400.004,4003
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 21,2214,565.71/head4,000.00–5,500.004,56635
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1Registered1,2505,350.00/head5,000.00–5,700.005,3502
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,2554,695.56/head4,200.00–5,000.004,69645
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Registered1,2935,000.00/head4,800.00–5,200.005,0007

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.