Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2024-01-30

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Jan 30
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
369 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 408▲ 164 vs year ago 205 · +80.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 136▲ 22 vs year ago 95 · +23.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 15▼ 5 vs year ago 9 · −55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 300-400 lbs steers and heifers sold 9.00-15.00 higher, the rest of the offering sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady and bulls sold 2.00 higher; Demand uneven 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 $245.93/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$245.93
143 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,230
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.70
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1477252.281,203117
Medium and Large 1-2606217.341,31626
One grade step is worth $34.94/cwt here — about −$113 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 sale143 hd
245.93
—
MO average19 barns · 14,996 hd
236.23
+9.70
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—Average1,841112.682,07415
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,401101.111,41711
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28399.541,27737
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01985.9287511

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)1,213$1,6492thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,235$1,3552thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1318313.55/cwt288.00–322.509978
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377254.63/cwt247.50–262.509606
Steers—Medium and Large 1380305.19/cwt285.00–325.001,1609
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy385337.63/cwt327.50–347.501,3002
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy429373.26/cwt325.00–400.001,60116
Steers—Medium and Large 1435281.80/cwt270.00–287.501,2268
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy466317.50/cwt310.00–320.001,4807
Steers—Medium and Large 1469284.91/cwt270.00–297.501,3369
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy525297.37/cwt290.00–303.001,5617
Steers—Medium and Large 1528265.00/cwt262.50–277.501,3998
Steers—Medium and Large 1569265.10/cwt255.00–277.501,5089
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581236.39/cwt231.00–242.601,3738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625222.58/cwt220.00–225.001,3912
Steers—Medium and Large 1634245.18/cwt236.00–257.001,5549
Steers—Medium and Large 1658245.57/cwt240.00–249.001,6168
Steers—Medium and Large 1814214.15/cwt209.00–217.001,7436
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1288275.00/cwt275.00–275.007924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364263.03/cwt250.00–275.0095716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy395272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy412275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435256.24/cwt243.50–270.001,11517
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476257.16/cwt247.00–269.001,22430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy478277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516243.21/cwt235.00–250.001,25512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567241.14/cwt236.00–243.001,36711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573223.41/cwt217.00–227.501,28016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623217.57/cwt210.00–221.001,35511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639202.18/cwt190.00–206.001,2924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670211.27/cwt210.00–212.501,4166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,4163
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1365278.91/cwt262.50–285.001,0184
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427277.40/cwt275.00–285.001,1844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1477257.68/cwt250.00–265.001,2296
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2520220.50/cwt216.00–225.001,1476
Bulls—Medium and Large 1531255.55/cwt252.00–258.001,3577
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583246.05/cwt238.00–252.001,43421
Bulls—Medium and Large 1769183.48/cwt179.00–185.001,4114
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,800103.35/cwt99.00–106.501,8605
Bulls——1,861117.34/cwt110.00–129.002,18410
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93281.11/cwt70.00–87.007566
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12391.69/cwt90.00–94.501,0305
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17590.65/cwt85.00–98.501,06512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335103.81/cwt98.00–110.501,38625
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight1,355120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6261
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,382106.11/cwt101.50–111.001,4665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43092.34/cwt88.00–96.001,3205
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2131,648.97/head1,550.00–1,750.001,6492
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2351,355.20/head1,350.00–1,360.001,3552

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.