Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2024-01-23

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Jan 23
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
408 head
▼ 368 vs last sale 776▲ 203 vs year ago 205 · +99.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
136 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 170▲ 41 vs year ago 95 · +43.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 18▲ 6 vs year ago 9 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Jan 9 steers and heifers sold 6.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 higher and bulls where scarce; Demand good and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $251.28/cwt on 180 head.
Average price
$251.28
180 head · 611 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,536
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$310
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.05
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628252.951,589150
Medium and Large 1-2527242.901,27930
One grade step is worth $10.05/cwt here — about $310 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 sale180 hd
251.28
—
MO average14 barns · 12,655 hd
252.32
−1.05
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—High1,717108.591,8644thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,459104.971,53219
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22198.681,20552
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08485.3092512

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)1,138$1,4275
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)898$1,3353thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,351$1,3124thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,220$1,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)865$1,1922thin

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1325280.67/cwt272.50–285.009125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2342265.00/cwt265.00–265.009062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355253.00/cwt253.00–253.008983
Steers—Medium and Large 1385299.85/cwt297.50–301.001,1543
Steers—Medium and Large 1437267.56/cwt257.50–285.001,1696
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy465302.85/cwt300.00–305.001,4087
Steers—Medium and Large 1468275.52/cwt253.00–297.501,28914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,1213
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy512274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,4033
Steers—Medium and Large 1526266.15/cwt251.00–275.001,40014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526249.21/cwt240.00–252.501,3118
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy556272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5128
Steers—Medium and Large 1567259.17/cwt247.50–268.001,46911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567244.22/cwt235.00–250.001,3858
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy618257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,5885
Steers—Medium and Large 1624247.05/cwt235.00–252.501,54225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4063
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4853
Steers—Medium and Large 1723234.99/cwt234.00–237.001,6999
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy764240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,83414
Steers—Medium and Large 1786216.73/cwt211.00–235.001,7034
Steers—Medium and Large 1824205.83/cwt200.00–223.001,6964
Steers—Medium and Large 1896220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9715
Steers—Medium and Large 1972212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,06113
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327236.57/cwt235.00–240.007745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2351209.49/cwt208.00–210.007354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374244.15/cwt240.00–257.509134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419222.43/cwt220.00–225.009326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426244.60/cwt230.00–255.001,04218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy463252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,1693
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469216.17/cwt210.00–221.001,0147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474246.10/cwt230.00–265.001,16719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531246.77/cwt238.00–250.001,31014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574211.01/cwt185.00–225.001,2115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583234.69/cwt226.00–238.001,36817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616229.51/cwt210.00–235.001,4149
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2627204.41/cwt200.00–206.001,2825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,5253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2682200.88/cwt196.00–205.001,37010
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1395277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0963
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy470275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1630221.62/cwt210.00–231.001,39610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1663202.44/cwt175.00–217.001,3423
Bulls—Medium and Large 1827164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,3567
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,513100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,5132
Bulls——1,920117.18/cwt115.50–119.002,2502
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98377.72/cwt75.00–80.007642
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02050.00/cwt50.00–50.005101
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11490.91/cwt86.50–95.501,0139
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19689.98/cwt84.50–95.001,07619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235103.69/cwt95.00–121.001,28133
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459104.97/cwt95.00–113.501,53219
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 28401,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium 28651,191.91/head950.00–1,400.001,1922
Bred Cows—Medium 28981,335.00/head1,335.00–1,335.001,3353
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2131,471.34/head1,385.00–1,525.001,4714
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2201,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,3511,311.56/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3124

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.