Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2024-04-09

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Apr 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
▼ 469 vs last sale 673▼ 159 vs year ago 363 · −43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 141▼ 61 vs year ago 153 · −39.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold uneven from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher on a light test and lower than average quality. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady except one high dressing bull; Demand uneven and supply very light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.05/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −156.39 against this barn's trailing median of $398.44.
Average price
$242.05
17 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,309
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−25.53
vs MO average
−21.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541242.051,30917thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
242.05
—
MO average17 barns · 2,621 hd
267.58
−25.53
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
−21.91
This barn, trailing median28 sales
398.44
−156.39
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

28 sales
468419370322median 398.4403/0304/2106/1608/1810/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $453.97, low $335.72, median $398.44 across 28 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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,921151.682,91411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433131.041,87720
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,273122.381,55830
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,084101.501,10012

Every lot

45 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315310.00/cwt310.00–310.009773
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1343340.61/cwt335.00–342.501,1684
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373329.54/cwt315.00–340.001,2295
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381310.99/cwt307.50–322.501,1854
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416320.82/cwt313.00–340.001,33513
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,3003
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468316.89/cwt310.00–324.001,4836
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469302.31/cwt292.50–307.501,4185
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528291.56/cwt287.50–297.501,5393
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554286.25/cwt285.00–290.001,5864
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717226.66/cwt225.00–230.001,6253
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370284.38/cwt245.00–297.501,0524
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382305.76/cwt293.00–320.001,16810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy405317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2863
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423263.84/cwt260.00–270.001,1163
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1435282.48/cwt275.00–300.001,2298
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1734
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477275.96/cwt260.00–287.501,31610
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516240.57/cwt235.00–250.001,2419
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569243.72/cwt235.00–248.001,3878
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626232.51/cwt220.00–237.501,4569
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681222.03/cwt220.00–225.001,5125
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715224.34/cwt223.00–225.001,6043
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2973
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1440299.40/cwt295.00–300.001,3178
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1496300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4887
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1525255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3393
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2943
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1580261.28/cwt250.00–265.001,5154
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580239.36/cwt234.00–245.001,3882
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2923
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1618225.98/cwt220.00–232.001,3972
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1665229.32/cwt219.00–236.001,5255
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1724230.03/cwt220.00–232.001,6656
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1774208.26/cwt200.00–219.001,6127
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,708135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,3063
Bulls——1,972154.78/cwt140.00–165.003,0527
Bulls——Heavy Weight2,205180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,9691
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91289.64/cwt80.00–102.008183
Cows—Lean 85-90%94877.61/cwt75.00–79.507362
Cows—Breaker 75-80%970119.02/cwt115.00–125.001,1542
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,197113.40/cwt105.50–120.001,3577
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,229115.45/cwt103.00–121.001,41914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,312128.44/cwt122.50–135.001,68516
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,484132.37/cwt124.00–139.001,96418

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.