Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2026-11-03

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Nov 3
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
← Oct 27Nov 3latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
520 head
▲ 260 vs last sale 260▲ 26 vs year ago 494 · +5.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 104▼ 29 vs year ago 129 · −22.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to 9.00 higher, the offering over 600 lbs sold uneven under a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls not reported this week; Demand uneven and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $346.78/cwt on 42 head, up $0.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 29 comparable sales and sits −49.05 against this barn's trailing median of $395.83.
Average price
$346.78
▲ 0.24 vs prior sale
42 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,902
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$59
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−15.98
vs MO average
−14.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545349.861,90837
Medium and Large 1-2571323.971,8505thin
One grade step is worth $25.89/cwt here — about $59 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale42 hd
346.78
—
MO average17 barns · 1,718 hd
362.75
−15.98
National average45 barns · 4,335 hd
360.81
−14.03
This barn, trailing median29 sales
395.83
−49.05
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

29 sales
468419370322median 395.8303/0304/2106/1608/1811/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $453.97, low $335.72, median $395.83 across 29 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235122.001,5073thin

Every lot

53 lots · USDA AMS · SEMO Livestock Sales Cattle Auction - Jackson, 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1267588.32/cwt575.00–607.001,5715
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1309509.58/cwt492.00–555.001,5754
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375416.28/cwt395.00–447.001,5613
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378466.08/cwt450.00–480.001,7627
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427427.47/cwt400.00–450.001,82515
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475412.91/cwt390.00–440.001,9618
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475365.04/cwt340.00–390.001,7344
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518390.37/cwt385.00–397.002,02212
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523353.61/cwt330.00–377.001,8492
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572357.21/cwt325.00–365.002,04310
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581386.29/cwt375.00–400.002,24415
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1612371.70/cwt343.00–385.002,27512
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613314.24/cwt302.00–327.001,9262
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,1754
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679343.24/cwt325.00–365.002,33119
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708312.63/cwt300.00–325.002,2132
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710328.29/cwt325.00–335.002,3313
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777329.00/cwt325.00–330.002,55611
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788295.05/cwt290.00–300.002,3252
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1344440.27/cwt435.00–442.001,5154
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375426.82/cwt395.00–470.001,6017
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4742
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy425422.79/cwt417.00–427.001,7975
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425388.29/cwt355.00–410.001,65014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425358.38/cwt300.00–432.001,52312
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481384.50/cwt355.00–393.001,84918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485352.42/cwt340.00–380.001,7094
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523352.09/cwt340.00–370.001,84121
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571323.97/cwt320.00–325.001,8505
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575346.93/cwt331.00–357.001,99516
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633327.39/cwt320.00–338.002,07215
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659281.66/cwt275.00–285.001,8563
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661323.33/cwt320.00–325.002,1376
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1786291.74/cwt285.00–305.002,2933
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835282.02/cwt280.00–285.002,3555
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,5303
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1988275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,7172
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7812
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1426429.77/cwt415.00–442.001,83111
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2435325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4144
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8053
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1480385.35/cwt365.00–422.001,85018
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530342.90/cwt300.00–385.001,8177
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2540350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8903
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570367.65/cwt360.00–375.002,0964
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570330.53/cwt307.00–350.001,8844
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2623249.30/cwt225.00–275.001,5532
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1628327.45/cwt325.00–332.002,05616
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1682322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,1963
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1722271.36/cwt250.00–285.001,9594
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2745280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0863
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2860238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,0473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,5073

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.