Livestock Reports
Farmington Regional Stockyards
OCTOBER 12, 2022 • Farmington, Mo.
Receipts: 995; Last Week: 1307; Year Ago: 765
Compared to last week, 600-700 lbs steers sold $3.00-5.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold $2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold $1.00-2.00 lower, bulls sold $1.00 lower; Demand uneven and supply moderate. Supply included: 78% Feeder Cattle (31% Steers, 52% Heifers, 17% Bulls); 22% Slaughter Cattle (90% Cows, 10% Bulls); 0% Replacement Cattle (75% Bred Cows, 25% Cow-Calf Pairs). Feeder cattle supply over 600 lbs was 25%.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium and Large 1: 273 $181.00-200.00; 323 $177.00-190.00; 388 $195.00; 434 $167.00-182.00; 483 $177.00-190.00; 455 $155.00; 525 $160.00-181.00; 501 $198.00; 558 $165.00-185.00; 622 $155.00-165.00; 600 $146.00; 610 $175.00; 674 $170.00-174.00; 666 $182.50; 730 $167.50; 930 $141.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and Large 1: 327 $152.00-170.00; 368 $146.00-165.00; 422 $147.00-167.00; 420 $171.00; 485 $152.00-162.00; 469 $162.00-170.00; 468 $125.00; 532 $145.00-165.00; 521 $171.00; 576 $145.00-163.00; 587 $162.00; 580 $120.00; 624 $132.00-156.00; 638 $142.00; 671 $137.00-150.00; 670 $130.00; 721 $145.00-150.00; 815 $130.00-132.00; 911 $129.00.
FEEDER BULLS: Medium and Large 1: 375 $165.00-167.00; 428 $150.00-175.00; 483 $145.00-157.00; 512 $147.00-162.00; 607 $133.00-140.00; 673 $117.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Breaking 75-80 Percent Lean, $62.00-73.00, High Dressing $72.00-76.00; Boning 80-85 Percent Lean, $56.00-71.00, High Dressing $70.00-76.00, Low Dressing $56.00; Lean 85-90 Percent Lean, $48.00-60.00, High Dressing $60.00-62.00, Low Dressing $40.00-45.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2: $80.00-98.00, High Dressing $104.00-119.00.
REPLACEMENT COWS: BRED COWS - Medium and Large 2 1025 $650.00; 1090 $850.00-975.00.
COW-CALF PAIRS: Medium and Large 2 w/ 150-300 lbs calf 1100 $1000.00. ∆
Eastern Missouri Livestock Auction
OCTOBER 14, 2022 • Bowling Green, Mo.
Receipts: 1636; Last Week: 606; Year Ago: 804
Compared to the last special two weeks ago, 400-500 lb steer calves sold mostly steady, with 500-650 lbs selling $5.00-10.00 lower and over 650-lbs not tested. Feeder heifers on a light test weighing under 600 lbs sold with a lower undertone, over 600 lbs on a light test traded steady to firm. Slaughter cows- high dressing cows traded mostly steady with the bulk average to low dressing cows selling $2.00-4.00 lower. A nice quality offering of steer calves weighing 400-650 lbs sold with good demand, despite 5 weight steers backing off from their lofty prices remain in good demand on the long timed weaned calves with vaccination shots. A good quality offering of a pot load of 810 lb heifers and several smaller consignments of 550-750 lb heifers sold with good demand. Supply included: 88% Feeder Cattle (54% Steers, 39% Heifers, 7% Bulls); 12% Slaughter Cattle (3% Steers, 5% Heifers, 79% Cows, 13% Bulls). Feeder cattle supply over 600 lbs was 40%.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium and Large 1: 411 $210.00-222.00; 478 $203.00-215.50; 526 $200.00-211.25; 573 $192.00-200.50; 630 $184.00-194.00; 667 $191.00-192.50; 701 $188.00; 785 $175.00-182.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and Large 1: 440 $180.00; 462 $160.00; 528 $171.00-177.00; 563 $166.50-175.00; 618 $177.25; 741 $167.50; 812 $168.00; 857 $157.50; 930 $149.50.
FEEDER BULLS: Medium and Large 1: 375 $221.00; 428 $203.50-204.50.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Breaking 70-80 Percent Lean, $75.00-82.50, High Dressing $84.00-90.50, Low Dressing $61.00-70.00; Boning 80-85 Percent Lean, $71.00-80.00, High Dressing $86.50, Low Dressing $64.50-70.50; Lean 85-90 Percent Lean, $67.00-72.00, High Dressing $77.00, Low Dressing $56.00-65.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2: $102.00-111.00, High Dressing $115.00-126.00, Low Dressing $91.00-99.00. ∆
SEMO Livestock Sales LLC
OCTOBER 11, 2022 • Fruitland, Mo.
Receipts: 588; Last Week: 875; Year Ago: 426
********This is the first sale I covered in 22 years of market reporting that there were more cows in the offering than calves due to the dry conditions, they had 24 head of 2-3 year old stocker cows in the offering from one producer.***********
Too small of a feeder offering for a trend comparison, undertones of $1.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold $3.00 lower and bulls sold $2.00 lower; Demand not determined and supply light. Supply included: 46% Feeder Cattle (16% Steers, 51% Heifers, 33% Bulls); 42% Slaughter Cattle (90% Cows, 10% Bulls); 12% Replacement Cattle (36% Stock Cows, 39% Bred Cows, 21% Cow-Calf Pairs, 4% Bulls). Feeder cattle supplY over 600 lbs was 26%.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium and Large 1: 375 $184.00; 535 $186.00; 565 $150.00; 640 $150.00; 605 $157.00; 738 $153.00; 830 $138.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and Large 1: 328 $147.00-152.50; 376 $140.00-155.00; 418 $145.00-157.50; 479 $140.00-152.00; 533 $145.00-157.00; 561 $147.50-159.00; 606 $159.00; 672 $139.00; 741 $137.00-148.00; 842 $135.00; 912 $135.50.
FEEDER BULLS: Medium and Large 1: 429 $140.00-182.50; 488 $140.00-165.00; 519 $145.00-153.00; 575 $145.00-155.00; 624 $139.00-145.00; 670 $130.00-140.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Breaking 75-80 Percent Lean, $62.50-72.00, High Dressing $70.00-80.00; Boning 80-85 Percent Lean, $55.00-73.50, High Dressing $72.00-82.00, Low Dressing $45.00-56.00; Lean 85-90 Percent Lean, $50.00-64.00, Low Dressing $35.00-47.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2: $79.50-100.50, High Dressing $104.00, Low Dressing $63.00.
REPLACEMENT COWS: BRED COWS - Medium and Large 2 1173 $775.00-800.00; 1205 $800.00-1085.00; 1210 $825.00-1125.00; 1330 $900.00.
COW-CALF PAIRS: Medium and Large 2 w/ <150 lbs calf 1050 $1100.00-1150.00; 1000 $880.00. ∆