Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2024-07-16

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Jul 16
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
310 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 324▼ 212 vs year ago 522 · −40.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 26 vs last sale 101▼ 57 vs year ago 132 · −43.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 12▲ 4 vs year ago 9 · +44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady and bulls sold 3.00 lower; 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 $264.05/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −131.78 against this barn's trailing median of $395.83.
Average price
$264.05
36 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,430
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$72
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.46
vs MO average
+6.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538267.371,43732
Medium and Large 1-2575237.431,3654thin
One grade step is worth $29.94/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale36 hd
264.05
—
MO average15 barns · 2,203 hd
278.50
−14.46
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
+6.25
This barn, trailing median29 sales
395.83
−131.78
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—High1,833156.572,8698thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,368138.231,8918thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,263132.961,68021
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,169101.711,18912

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)1,151$1,7405
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)803$1,3615
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,183$2,2253thin

Every lot

55 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260307.00/cwt307.00–307.007983
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy315385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2133
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1324328.40/cwt324.00–345.001,0645
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy368377.50/cwt377.50–377.501,3893
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370265.00/cwt265.00–265.009813
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378336.14/cwt329.00–347.501,2715
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0483
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478280.03/cwt275.00–290.001,33913
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1512306.41/cwt292.50–315.001,56917
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578267.53/cwt260.00–275.001,5462
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1588299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,7583
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613259.85/cwt250.00–265.001,59318
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629271.01/cwt265.00–275.001,7055
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677244.44/cwt240.00–247.001,6555
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718250.50/cwt235.00–257.001,7998
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769236.49/cwt235.00–238.001,8196
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1816235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9186
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328297.35/cwt277.00–320.009752
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2361275.00/cwt275.00–275.009934
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382303.15/cwt300.00–310.001,15816
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423298.20/cwt280.00–310.001,26112
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2448260.55/cwt260.00–265.001,1679
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1461280.64/cwt275.00–287.501,29411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476257.19/cwt243.00–275.001,2244
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526270.04/cwt255.00–282.501,42023
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567260.56/cwt255.00–265.001,4779
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575237.43/cwt235.00–245.001,3654
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626242.74/cwt235.00–247.001,52012
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6464
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1719223.66/cwt214.00–227.001,6084
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6775
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1376309.08/cwt300.00–317.501,1626
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1425320.97/cwt305.00–337.501,36410
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478317.95/cwt307.50–320.001,5206
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2480278.41/cwt270.00–287.001,3362
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2505251.88/cwt250.00–257.501,2724
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1529292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5456
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2579281.31/cwt270.00–285.001,6294
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1644250.17/cwt249.00–255.001,6115
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1657237.40/cwt230.00–241.001,5609
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1740230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7023
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,620140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,2681
Bulls——1,863158.94/cwt150.00–165.002,9617
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79550.00/cwt50.00–50.003981
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07095.01/cwt90.00–104.001,0174
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,259121.73/cwt120.00–125.001,5336
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,265137.45/cwt130.00–150.001,73915
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,279112.93/cwt108.00–117.001,4447
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,368138.23/cwt130.00–145.001,8918
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 27251,282.44/head1,225.00–1,325.001,2824
Bred Cows—Medium 28051,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1151,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2381,837.20/head1,700.00–2,040.001,8374
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,1502,337.50/head2,000.00–2,675.002,3382
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001

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.