Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2024-06-18

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Jun 18
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 101 vs last sale 159▼ 347 vs year ago 607 · −57.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 71▼ 68 vs year ago 114 · −59.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 0▲ 3 vs year ago 6 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No sale July 2 due to the 4th of July Holiday*

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows and few bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.86/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −130.97 against this barn's trailing median of $395.83.
Average price
$264.86
18 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,401
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.08
vs MO average
−2.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531270.831,43815thin
Medium and Large 1-2520235.001,2223thin
One grade step is worth $35.83/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale18 hd
264.86
—
MO average15 barns · 1,844 hd
280.93
−16.08
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−2.36
This barn, trailing median29 sales
395.83
−130.97
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
468419370322median 395.8303/0304/2106/1608/1811/03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,635157.822,5802thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,498133.071,99312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,265126.991,60614
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,070105.241,12617

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)1,150$1,8601thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,278$1,5603thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,019$1,4874thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,040$1,3001thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323338.43/cwt325.00–342.501,0934
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365302.60/cwt300.00–305.001,1042
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419301.91/cwt297.50–315.001,2655
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added425344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,4623
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added484356.91/cwt344.00–367.001,72714
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4853
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514298.97/cwt295.00–305.001,5375
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,4713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5763
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy568310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7613
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2598275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6454
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy616303.13/cwt300.00–305.001,8678
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633278.87/cwt263.00–295.001,7656
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,7697
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8533
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367267.10/cwt251.00–280.009803
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1373308.26/cwt290.00–320.001,15013
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy377317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1973
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425252.59/cwt250.00–255.001,0742
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428296.68/cwt290.00–300.001,27018
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added441329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,4514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480271.39/cwt265.00–285.001,3033
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1489291.63/cwt270.00–300.001,42621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy504293.45/cwt290.00–298.001,4797
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518263.15/cwt250.00–275.001,3633
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2223
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576243.76/cwt239.00–246.001,4045
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617241.74/cwt225.00–259.001,4928
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628228.76/cwt225.00–230.001,4374
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668235.44/cwt230.00–241.001,5732
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5723
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1368304.42/cwt300.00–320.001,1205
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1424313.93/cwt285.00–325.001,3316
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476297.52/cwt275.00–310.001,41610
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510280.51/cwt270.00–285.001,4318
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1568273.97/cwt268.00–276.001,5564
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2583255.32/cwt250.00–260.001,4896
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1604250.65/cwt245.00–258.001,5145
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1672237.19/cwt233.00–250.001,5949
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1725224.90/cwt220.00–230.001,6316
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers300–350Large 3317200.00/cwt200.00–200.006343
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,635157.82/cwt150.00–165.002,5802
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96398.38/cwt90.00–105.009478
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,165111.34/cwt105.00–120.001,2979
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3571
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,222121.21/cwt119.00–125.001,4813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286129.92/cwt127.00–134.501,67110
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460133.80/cwt128.00–146.001,95311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,915125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,3941
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 29531,512.47/head1,500.00–1,525.001,5122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0401,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0851,462.50/head1,300.00–1,625.001,4632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1501,860.00/head1,860.00–1,860.001,8601
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2781,559.92/head1,425.00–1,750.001,5603

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.