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SEMO Livestock Sales

Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Apr 2

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

673 head

▲ 361 vs last sale 312▼ 82 vs year ago 755 · −10.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

141 head

▲ 37 vs last sale 104▲ 41 vs year ago 100 · +41.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

9 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 7▲ 7 vs year ago 2 · +350.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00 - 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 higher; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.56/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −128.27 against this barn's trailing median of $395.83.

Average price

$267.56

51 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,454

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$127

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$36.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.13

vs MO average

−3.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	279.75	1,494	34
Medium and Large 1-2	562	243.18	1,367	17thin

One grade step is worth $36.56/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale51 hd

267.56

—

MO average16 barns · 1,594 hd

269.69

−2.13

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−3.03

This barn, trailing median29 sales

395.83

−128.27

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $453.97, low $335.72, median $395.83 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,713	157.41	2,696	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,500	130.83	1,962	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,219	122.60	1,494	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,162	106.11	1,232	14

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,699	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$1,525	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,063	$1,264	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,250	$2,450	1thin

Every lot

72 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	322.41/cwt	320.00–325.00	919	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	310	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	930	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	335.51/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,097	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	364	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,299	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	336.61/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,229	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	320.23/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,387	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	286.01/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,241	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	438	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,568	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	313.15/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,456	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	282.65/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,371	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	319.94/cwt	319.00–322.00	1,651	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	263.96/cwt	250.00–274.00	1,383	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	287.23/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,511	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	280.49/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,571	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	264.27/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,525	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	263.16/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,637	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	246.33/cwt	237.00–252.50	1,690	26
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	237.49/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,748	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	235.29/cwt	225.00–241.00	1,793	36
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,834	14
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	224.89/cwt	220.00–229.00	2,071	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Fancy	275	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	942	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	332.50/cwt	325.00–335.00	914	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	321.14/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,060	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	378	325.21/cwt	323.00–327.50	1,229	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	279.77/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,058	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	312.47/cwt	292.00–322.50	1,216	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,100	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	418	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,150	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	297.99/cwt	287.50–315.00	1,266	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	431	313.87/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,353	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	282.74/cwt	270.00–297.50	1,351	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	268.15/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,292	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	492	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,316	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	279.72/cwt	272.50–286.00	1,471	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	253.61/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,349	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	279.83/cwt	275.00–284.00	1,556	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	240.31/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,379	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	229.66/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,433	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	221.94/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,602	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	220.40/cwt	210.00–227.50	1,726	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,842	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,808	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	968	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,839	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	321.22/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,208	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	315.28/cwt	270.00–332.50	1,321	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	460	311.87/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,435	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	287.31/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,342	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	276.45/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,415	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,465	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	246.45/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,422	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	242.49/cwt	229.00–247.00	1,499	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	232.31/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,559	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	208.29/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,512	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	209.50/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,645	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	312	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	764	3
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	372	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	977	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,685	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,359	1
Bulls	—	—	1,716	159.34/cwt	151.00–167.00	2,734	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	770	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	524	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,187	112.24/cwt	105.00–120.50	1,332	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	115.26/cwt	103.50–123.00	1,383	35
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,207	98.37/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,187	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	129.55/cwt	123.00–138.50	1,601	37
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,489	131.32/cwt	125.00–141.50	1,955	32
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,840	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	2,116	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,063	1,264.25/head	1,165.00–1,355.00	1,264	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,100	1,699.48/head	1,375.00–1,975.00	1,699	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,100	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,250	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

SEMO Livestock Sales Cattle Auction - Jackson, MO

Tue Apr 2, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 673Last week 312Year ago 755

Slaughter CattleReceipts 141Last week 104Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 7Year ago 2

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00 - 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 higher; Demand good and supply moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	275	325.00–335.00	332.50
18	300–350	330	305.00–335.00	321.14
32	350–400	389	292.00–322.50	312.47
24	400–450	425	287.50–315.00	297.99
32	450–500	478	270.00–297.50	282.74
25	500–550	526	272.50–286.00	279.72
9	550–600	556	275.00–284.00	279.83
18	600–650	624	225.00–236.00	229.66
19	700–750	722	220.00–226.00	221.94
7	750–800	783	210.00–227.50	220.40
2	800–850	845	218.00	218.00
3	850–900	882	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	275.00–285.00	279.77
3	400–450	415	265.00	265.00
7	450–500	482	250.00–275.00	268.15
6	500–550	532	250.00–267.50	253.61
8	550–600	574	235.00–248.00	240.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	275.00	275.00
9	450–500	492	267.50	267.50
3	950–1000	968	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	275	342.50	342.50
2	350–400	378	323.00–327.50	325.21
11	400–450	431	312.50–315.00	313.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	590	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	285	320.00–325.00	322.41
5	300–350	327	335.00–337.50	335.51
12	350–400	365	320.00–345.00	336.61
17	400–450	433	300.00–335.00	320.23
11	450–500	465	300.00–327.50	313.15
7	500–550	526	280.00–300.00	287.23
2	550–600	560	280.00–281.00	280.49
21	600–650	622	240.00–275.00	263.16
26	650–700	686	237.00–252.50	246.33
12	700–750	736	230.00–240.00	237.49
36	750–800	762	225.00–241.00	235.29
14	800–850	815	225.00	225.00
9	900–950	921	220.00–229.00	224.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	364	357.00	357.00
4	400–450	438	358.00	358.00
15	500–550	516	319.00–322.00	319.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	310	300.00	300.00
7	400–450	434	270.00–295.00	286.01
2	450–500	485	275.00–290.00	282.65
9	500–550	524	250.00–274.00	263.96
9	550–600	577	250.00–275.00	264.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	312	245.00	245.00
3	350–400	372	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	520	250.00	250.00
9	550–600	577	238.00–250.00	246.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	376	300.00–327.50	321.22
15	400–450	419	270.00–332.50	315.28
9	450–500	467	275.00–292.50	287.31
8	500–550	512	265.00–287.50	276.45
4	550–600	555	264.00	264.00
7	600–650	618	229.00–247.00	242.49
5	650–700	671	230.00–233.00	232.31
4	700–750	726	200.00–211.00	208.29
2	750–800	785	209.00–210.00	209.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	460	310.00–312.50	311.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,200	103.50–123.00	115.26
37	—	1,236	123.00–138.50	129.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	770	68.00	68.00
10	—	1,187	105.00–120.50	112.24
3	—	1,207	96.00–100.00	98.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,489	125.00–141.50	131.32
1	—	1,840	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,716	151.00–167.00	159.34
1	—	1,685	140.00	140.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,100	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,100	1,375.00–1,975.00	1,699.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,063	1,165.00–1,355.00	1,264.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	2,450.00	2,450.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.