Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2023-08-08

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Aug 8
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
256 head
▼ 124 vs last sale 380▲ 70 vs year ago 186 · +37.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 133▲ 16 vs year ago 105 · +15.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 0▲ 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00-12.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 higher and bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand good and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $234.29/cwt on 107 head.
Average price
$234.29
107 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,271
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$88
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.60
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538236.831,27494
Large 1647225.001,4563thin
Medium and Large 1-2556213.201,18610thin
One grade step is worth $23.63/cwt here — about $88 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 sale107 hd
234.29
—
MO average14 barns · 5,750 hd
246.89
−12.60
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—High1,579118.861,87612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,416115.411,63521
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,159112.561,30441
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04694.6699126

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,150$1,4974thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,188$1,4593thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)930$1,0001thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330302.76/cwt290.00–311.0099910
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy367329.99/cwt315.00–345.001,21120
Steers—Medium and Large 1375306.17/cwt300.00–312.501,1482
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382259.97/cwt250.00–272.509937
Steers—Medium and Large 1412277.44/cwt265.00–290.001,1435
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy426304.84/cwt300.00–310.001,2996
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431256.73/cwt250.00–259.001,1074
Steers—Medium and Large 1471282.17/cwt277.50–288.001,32910
Steers—Medium and Large 1522274.16/cwt264.00–283.001,4316
Steers—Medium and Large 1562256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,4393
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568245.07/cwt240.00–250.001,3922
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4653
Steers—Medium and Large 1720225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6203
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1277265.84/cwt264.00–271.007364
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305267.50/cwt267.50–267.508163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363247.27/cwt242.50–250.008987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy382277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy408267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425245.19/cwt235.00–250.001,04212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440222.00/cwt222.00–222.009773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478236.93/cwt235.00–242.501,1335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490223.99/cwt223.00–225.001,0982
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514233.26/cwt219.00–240.001,19914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562222.47/cwt220.00–228.001,2506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634231.66/cwt217.00–235.001,46916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2763
Heifers—Large 1647225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1666231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,5427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675209.01/cwt208.00–210.001,4112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738220.11/cwt217.00–222.001,6248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7853
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0263
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy365312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,1413
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430280.14/cwt275.00–296.001,2055
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2442225.00/cwt225.00–225.009953
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2455200.00/cwt200.00–200.009103
Bulls—Medium and Large 1456250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy484280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3554
Bulls—Medium and Large 1506264.56/cwt249.00–270.001,3394
Bulls—Medium and Large 1564246.72/cwt236.00–251.001,3927
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2595186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,1073
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625213.25/cwt210.00–221.001,3335
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3301
Bulls——1,393111.78/cwt105.00–117.501,5575
Bulls——1,775127.90/cwt123.00–132.002,2706
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00272.50/cwt65.50–85.007265
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,057110.17/cwt104.50–117.001,1646
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05795.84/cwt90.00–105.501,01315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,152115.99/cwt110.00–124.001,33623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167108.17/cwt104.00–110.501,26218
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388119.15/cwt115.00–129.501,65414
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,473107.92/cwt102.00–110.501,5907
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 29301,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1501,497.47/head1,200.00–1,625.001,4974
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1881,458.94/head1,400.00–1,500.001,4593

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.