Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2023-09-12

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Sep 12
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
540 head
▲ 203 vs last sale 337▼ 191 vs year ago 731 · −26.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 91▼ 73 vs year ago 213 · −34.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 8▼ 16 vs year ago 26 · −61.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago 300-400 lbs steers and heifers sold steady to 4.00 lower, the rest of the offering sold 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $237.61/cwt on 148 head.
Average price
$237.61
148 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,208
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$287
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.02
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538242.841,30699
Medium and Large 1-2449227.041,01949
One grade step is worth $15.80/cwt here — about $287 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 sale148 hd
237.61
—
MO average16 barns · 10,409 hd
249.63
−12.02
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—High1,726119.102,05514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,523108.271,64924
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,193101.131,20741
CowsLean 85-90%Low99683.1582823

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)1,453$1,7052thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,127$1,3875
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$1,0001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)963$1,8002thin

Every lot

60 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy305340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,0374
Steers—Medium and Large 1322303.91/cwt280.00–310.009797
Steers—Medium and Large 1365300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0953
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,0473
Steers—Medium and Large 1418307.72/cwt290.00–327.501,2868
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2447242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0823
Steers—Medium and Large 1474310.24/cwt300.00–320.001,47119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy507296.15/cwt290.00–298.001,50111
Steers—Medium and Large 1527278.01/cwt275.00–285.001,46510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2529246.35/cwt240.00–252.001,30310
Steers—Medium and Large 1570277.44/cwt268.00–288.001,5813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574234.90/cwt220.00–240.001,3484
Steers—Medium and Large 1622256.44/cwt248.00–263.001,5959
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663232.53/cwt230.00–234.001,5428
Steers—Medium and Large 1711233.20/cwt219.00–239.001,6588
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2752196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,4743
Steers—Medium and Large 1775234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,81717
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328252.10/cwt235.00–265.008276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2339232.53/cwt225.00–235.007884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376256.71/cwt248.00–260.009655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382232.73/cwt220.00–247.508899
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415224.88/cwt210.00–231.0093310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430251.78/cwt235.00–257.501,08312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470236.02/cwt230.00–241.001,1098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474229.57/cwt225.00–237.501,08820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy505260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517229.95/cwt221.00–240.001,18919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585246.97/cwt230.00–259.001,44527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2592200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2600220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1604235.01/cwt232.00–236.001,4194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1681241.65/cwt238.00–243.001,6465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added754237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,78710
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy378332.18/cwt315.00–345.001,2567
Bulls—Medium and Large 1419256.60/cwt250.00–275.001,0756
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy427311.01/cwt296.00–322.501,32813
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2444225.00/cwt225.00–225.009997
Bulls—Medium and Large 1479267.67/cwt250.00–282.501,28211
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2498230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1453
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2517250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy525284.70/cwt279.00–290.001,4959
Bulls—Medium and Large 1538244.96/cwt240.00–260.001,31811
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3723
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2582226.43/cwt225.00–235.001,3187
Bulls—Medium and Large 1623225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,40210
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,592105.51/cwt100.00–112.001,6803
Bulls——1,762122.81/cwt115.00–130.502,16411
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%72560.00/cwt60.00–60.004352
Cows—Lean 85-90%87979.49/cwt70.00–85.0069910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15190.68/cwt86.00–96.001,04411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17697.78/cwt90.00–100.501,15023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215105.42/cwt103.00–110.001,28118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,305103.49/cwt101.00–106.001,3513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,554108.95/cwt102.50–130.001,69321
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 29051,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred Cows—Medium 29251,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1831,440.12/head925.00–1,725.001,4404
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,4531,705.37/head1,700.00–1,710.001,7052
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 29001,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0251,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501

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.