Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2023-05-02

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, May 2
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
572 head
▲ 194 vs last sale 378▲ 54 vs year ago 518 · +10.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 97▼ 56 vs year ago 153 · −36.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 26▼ 3 vs year ago 6 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 2.00-7.00 higher, heifers sold steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.55/cwt on 222 head.
Average price
$203.55
222 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,104
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$170
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.77
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547205.571,125196
Medium and Large 1-2507188.3495526
One grade step is worth $17.23/cwt here — about $170 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale222 hd
203.55
—
MO average17 barns · 11,369 hd
216.32
−12.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
Bulls—High1,696107.691,8266thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33089.901,19518
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,10287.0395945
CowsLean 85-90%High90171.1164117

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,400$1,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,165$1,0442thin

Every lot

66 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1292293.64/cwt272.50–305.008575
Steers—Medium and Large 1326276.54/cwt260.00–283.009026
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy355290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0303
Steers—Medium and Large 1377269.80/cwt260.00–278.001,01714
Steers—Medium and Large 1414259.28/cwt252.00–280.001,0734
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2423227.91/cwt215.00–240.0096411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy425290.21/cwt281.00–297.501,2337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464221.88/cwt206.00–236.001,03010
Steers—Medium and Large 1475257.99/cwt241.00–265.001,22519
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515212.83/cwt195.00–225.001,0966
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy523261.70/cwt259.00–265.001,36928
Steers—Medium and Large 1526241.18/cwt230.00–251.001,26916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2563220.45/cwt210.00–224.001,2414
Steers—Medium and Large 1581239.79/cwt228.00–248.001,39322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0923
Steers—Medium and Large 1620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2403
Steers—Medium and Large 1691199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3756
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy703206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,44812
Steers—Medium and Large 1710186.28/cwt185.00–190.001,3234
Steers—Medium and Large 1773188.66/cwt184.00–191.001,4583
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added800189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,51624
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368223.06/cwt208.00–229.0082119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379188.71/cwt185.00–200.007154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429216.34/cwt205.00–225.0092829
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455209.38/cwt191.00–215.0095315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy475233.39/cwt226.00–236.001,1094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477196.15/cwt190.00–208.009366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy513229.85/cwt227.00–230.501,17911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516184.49/cwt182.00–185.009526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521199.83/cwt190.00–208.001,04113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy551217.91/cwt215.00–223.001,20111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562200.30/cwt180.00–206.001,12626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571185.82/cwt182.00–190.001,06110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy606205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1614187.93/cwt183.00–201.001,1544
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added624198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,23917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added672185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,2478
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689185.38/cwt179.00–186.001,27713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added737192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1746182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822171.64/cwt165.00–183.001,4115
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy335302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,0133
Bulls—Medium and Large 1369248.47/cwt237.00–287.509177
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy427292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,2473
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430232.00/cwt232.00–232.009981
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2485192.00/cwt192.00–192.009313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1486224.05/cwt212.00–239.001,0895
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy510249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,2703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517195.57/cwt188.00–200.001,0115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1520222.47/cwt210.00–233.001,15711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2572196.17/cwt185.00–200.001,1224
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574211.53/cwt200.00–235.001,2149
Bulls—Medium and Large 1618192.80/cwt180.00–196.001,1926
Bulls—Medium and Large 1800150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2003
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66599.50/cwt99.50–99.501,6571
Bulls——1,702109.33/cwt105.50–115.501,8615
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85552.14/cwt50.00–54.004462
Cows—Lean 85-90%89371.04/cwt65.00–75.0063411
Cows—Lean 85-90%94680.78/cwt79.00–83.007644
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,03070.00/cwt70.00–70.007211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,08583.08/cwt76.00–87.0090119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11489.91/cwt87.00–94.001,00226
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,23085.51/cwt85.00–86.001,0522
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36391.81/cwt89.50–94.001,25115
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1651,043.85/head885.00–1,200.001,0442
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,4001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001

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.