Farmington Regional Stockyards Market Report

Farmington, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 6, 2024

1,503 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $265.05/cwt +9.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,539/hd at 581 lb · 82 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $283.61/cwt +16.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,352/hd at 477 lb · 79 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $295.99/cwt +7.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,843/hd at 623 lb · 70 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,503	571	852
Feeder cattle	1,361	476	692
Slaughter cattle	124	85	134
Replacement cattle	18	10	26

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00-11.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 higher and bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand good and supply moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–290	279	10	235.00–325.00	$301.20	$840	-25.62
330 fancy	330	3	355.00	$355.00	$1,172	+6.44
320–343	336	6	325.00–340.00	$330.82	$1,112	-5.63
355–396	381	21	320.00–342.00	$330.94	$1,261	+7.30
380–392 fancy	386	14	345.00–358.00	$352.81	$1,362	+9.61
400–441 fancy	421	32	336.00–358.00	$349.93	$1,473	+7.31
400–448	436	23	300.00–331.00	$322.95	$1,408	-2.42
455–465 fancy	462	33	330.00–345.00	$338.73	$1,565	+8.73
450–497	484	22	295.00–329.00	$314.16	$1,521	-3.83
500–542 fancy	520	43	312.00–332.00	$326.13	$1,696	+9.81
500–545	530	21	300.00–329.00	$317.67	$1,684	+19.51
550–597	580	34	270.00–312.00	$303.28	$1,759	+12.97
566–585 fancy	582	22	310.00	$310.00	$1,804	+6.24
584 thin fleshed	584	9	311.00	$311.00	$1,816	—
609 thin fleshed	609	6	304.00	$304.00	$1,851	—
600–630 fancy	612	22	298.00–310.00	$304.54	$1,864	+13.24
605–648	630	42	255.00–301.00	$290.37	$1,829	+4.47
650–680	660	8	260.00–285.00	$270.27	$1,784	+9.95
700–743	719	28	235.00–250.00	$244.59	$1,759	+2.21
751–753	751	14	228.00–237.00	$229.93	$1,727	—
817–847	844	27	225.00–235.00	$226.49	$1,912	+6.49
955–998	992	7	195.00–205.00	$196.38	$1,948	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	321	4	297.00–317.00	$309.59	$994	+24.59
350–385	359	4	275.00–290.00	$280.00	$1,005	—
405–432	420	7	289.00–300.00	$295.45	$1,241	+16.98
485–495	493	4	267.00–282.00	$278.31	$1,372	-5.06
521–536	530	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,431	—
550–590	575	12	260.00–282.00	$276.33	$1,589	—
605–645	611	8	227.00–245.00	$236.69	$1,446	-17.31
666–690	681	17	235.00–250.00	$242.42	$1,651	+1.17
785	785	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,766	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–290	275	13	295.00–332.00	$320.97	$883	+28.97
290 fancy	290	3	335.00	$335.00	$972	—
313–348	327	14	300.00–312.00	$305.92	$1,000	+5.52
355–363 fancy	358	12	320.00–340.00	$329.08	$1,178	+12.08
350–395	376	37	287.00–320.00	$308.80	$1,161	+9.57
400–447	418	23	270.00–302.00	$294.15	$1,230	+2.51
400–440 fancy	430	34	302.00–320.00	$313.13	$1,346	-6.87
453–475 fancy	470	26	292.00–302.00	$297.60	$1,399	—
463–495	480	53	267.00–287.00	$276.74	$1,328	+9.24
502–547	524	59	260.00–287.00	$272.67	$1,429	+9.69
568 thin fleshed	568	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,534	—
550–596	581	79	258.00–275.00	$264.86	$1,539	+9.10
600–640	615	47	239.00–267.00	$256.15	$1,575	+17.75
655–685	668	27	224.00–248.00	$234.38	$1,566	-5.97
715–720	719	7	230.00–231.00	$230.14	$1,655	+10.14
758–777	768	18	212.00–230.00	$216.54	$1,663	-3.06
805	805	3	217.00	$217.00	$1,747	—
870–882	874	6	202.00–210.00	$207.31	$1,812	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312–345	322	4	272.00–285.00	$278.71	$897	+3.94
360–382	371	4	260.00–282.00	$267.76	$993	+13.47
415–441	433	13	230.00–255.00	$251.30	$1,088	-15.80
455–490	471	11	245.00–265.00	$256.42	$1,208	-3.39
510–547	535	9	220.00–251.00	$240.35	$1,286	+0.35
555–585	567	6	227.00–250.00	$238.74	$1,354	+4.79
622–625	623	5	230.00–235.00	$231.00	$1,439	—
650–690	673	17	210.00–265.00	$228.01	$1,535	—
730	730	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,475	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
752	752	4	222.00	$222.00	$1,669	—

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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	383	15	300.00–325.00	$314.57	$1,205	—
380–391 fancy	387	5	320.00–329.00	$326.44	$1,263	-18.59
400–425 fancy	409	13	322.00–337.00	$329.41	$1,347	+1.85
405–447	432	8	280.00–300.00	$291.11	$1,258	—
456–485 fancy	471	6	322.00–337.00	$329.27	$1,551	—
470–488	483	11	275.00–300.00	$286.62	$1,384	-27.61
510 thin fleshed	510	7	295.00	$295.00	$1,504	—
500–545	522	12	257.00–282.00	$266.81	$1,393	—
528	528	5	299.00	$299.00	$1,579	—
534 fancy	534	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,602	—
550–586	573	16	247.00–275.00	$263.68	$1,511	+5.68
600–636	622	8	225.00–260.00	$240.89	$1,498	-3.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–545	540	4	247.00–257.00	$254.57	$1,375	—
555–590	576	11	247.00–252.00	$248.86	$1,433	—
625–630	627	3	225.00–227.00	$226.33	$1,419	—
682	682	4	207.00	$207.00	$1,412	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1325	1134	80-85%	13	91.00–105.00	$100.33	$1,138	—
1080–1605	1229	80-85%	18	106.00–114.00	$109.17	$1,342	+13.78

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$417	—
835–1310	1062	85-90%	9	70.00–89.00	$78.02	$829	—
965–1275	1088	85-90%	5	94.00–102.00	$97.17	$1,057	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1390	1338	75-80%	3	92.00–102.00	$96.49	$1,291	—
1290–1480	1384	75-80%	7	109.00–117.00	$113.23	$1,567	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1970	1598	3	110.00–111.00	$110.41	$1,764	-10.80
1005–2475	1706	5	115.00–128.00	$121.78	$2,078	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1295	1158	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,750.00	$1,419.55
1070–1295	1191	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,250.00–1,700.00	$1,419.10
1627	1627	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,825.00	$1,825.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720–895	808	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	950.00–1,550.00	$1,282.51
820	820	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–790	745	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,125.00	$1,066.28
830	830	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	3	120.00	$120.00	$948	—

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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.