Farmington Regional Stockyards Market Report

Farmington, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 26, 2022

565 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.93/cwt -17.55 vs last sale · ≈ $936/hd at 620 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.91/cwt -14.06 vs last sale · ≈ $733/hd at 524 lb · 25 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.16/cwt -12.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,033/hd at 670 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	565	1,828	834
Feeder cattle	415	1,591	664
Slaughter cattle	140	214	167
Replacement cattle	10	23	3

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifers sold 1.00-10.00 lower on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower: Demand lower and supply light.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	192.00	$192.00	$653	+6.05
355–380	369	4	177.00–185.00	$182.30	$673	+6.29
423–444	435	15	165.00–180.00	$174.41	$759	-10.31
505–540	522	8	167.00–178.00	$176.20	$920	+6.86
565 unweaned	565	3	150.00	$150.00	$848	—
590 fancy	590	12	188.00	$188.00	$1,109	-4.67
608 value added	608	3	179.00	$179.00	$1,088	—
610–640	630	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,008	-8.14
670 unweaned	670	3	143.00	$143.00	$958	—
678	678	4	167.00	$167.00	$1,132	+1.37
700–730	723	5	156.00–162.00	$157.16	$1,136	-9.34
755–760	759	5	142.00–158.50	$155.22	$1,178	-17.12
760 value added	760	4	168.50	$168.50	$1,281	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–435	423	6	150.00–157.00	$153.40	$649	-3.60
465–490	481	7	130.00–167.00	$151.90	$731	—
528	528	4	165.00	$165.00	$871	+13.41
550–565	562	5	137.00–150.00	$144.37	$811	+2.43
602	602	3	145.00	$145.00	$873	-4.52
800	800	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,048	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	331	14	160.00–175.00	$168.55	$558	+15.25
355–393	380	12	145.00–165.00	$154.80	$588	+1.53
405–445	415	5	145.00–169.00	$155.42	$645	+0.81
450–493	469	14	146.00–155.00	$150.39	$705	-8.28
500–532	517	19	140.00–150.00	$142.72	$738	-14.16
545 unweaned	545	6	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$714	-3.64
564	564	9	152.00	$152.00	$857	-2.51
594 unweaned	594	4	142.00	$142.00	$843	—
618 fancy	618	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,020	—
618 value added	618	6	155.00	$155.00	$958	-17.27
609–640	622	16	130.00–156.00	$144.12	$896	-13.30
654 unweaned	654	4	140.00	$140.00	$916	—
675 value added	675	3	163.50	$163.50	$1,104	-3.28
675–676	676	9	150.00–161.00	$157.34	$1,064	-6.39
715–725	720	2	137.00–145.00	$141.03	$1,015	-7.27
810	810	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,110	-3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–438	428	4	135.00–140.00	$137.56	$589	+6.27
465–485	473	3	130.00	$130.00	$615	-11.54
500–548	529	11	132.00–139.00	$135.47	$717	-0.01
555–585	571	6	130.00–138.00	$134.64	$769	+0.11
655–693	685	5	120.00–129.00	$123.13	$843	-3.11
700	700	1	126.00	$126.00	$882	+16.00
783	783	3	102.00	$102.00	$799	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	386	4	173.00–181.00	$174.86	$675	+9.56
405–445	417	14	140.00–184.00	$159.70	$666	-1.32
450–495	482	11	140.00–167.00	$150.78	$727	-2.34
510–543	535	8	138.00–149.00	$143.67	$769	-1.28
560–572	568	6	132.00–148.00	$138.44	$786	-8.92
610–640	623	8	125.00–142.00	$130.74	$815	-7.15
652–660	654	5	127.00–137.00	$131.02	$857	+9.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–540	516	7	122.00–132.00	$127.47	$658	-2.53
588–590	589	6	132.00–135.00	$133.50	$786	+6.01
685–695	690	2	112.00	$112.00	$773	-5.35
720–725	723	2	102.00–117.00	$109.47	$791	—
865	865	3	100.00	$100.00	$865	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1375	1163	80-85%	28	51.00–68.00	$61.56	$716	-0.82
965–1420	1185	80-85%	12	68.00–71.00	$69.88	$828	+7.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1595	1333	75-80%	9	52.00–68.00	$61.09	$814	—
1250–1615	1419	75-80%	10	68.00–76.00	$71.22	$1,011	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–890	878	85-90%	2	35.00	$35.00	$307	-24.00
840–1335	1050	85-90%	16	40.00–58.00	$49.33	$518	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1980	1541	8	75.00–90.00	$84.12	$1,296	—
1510–1810	1654	4	94.00–99.00	$96.20	$1,591	+10.49

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Bred Cows

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
865	865	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
825–920	882	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	760.00–935.00	$832.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1205	1205	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00
1215	1215	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	-150.00
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	-300.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.