Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2024-10-01

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Oct 1
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
363 head
▲ 210 vs last sale 153▲ 79 vs year ago 284 · +27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 78▼ 9 vs year ago 110 · −8.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 6▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the better quality steers and heifers sold 5.00-10..00 higher, part of the offering contain unwean and lower quality feeders. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $267.55/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −177.59 against this barn's trailing median of $445.14.
Average price
$267.55
26 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,475
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$71
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.04
vs MO average
−19.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547271.141,48223
Medium and Large 1-2588240.001,4113thin
One grade step is worth $31.14/cwt here — about $71 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 sale26 hd
267.55
—
MO average15 barns · 1,638 hd
279.59
−12.04
National average167 barns · 15,497 hd
286.82
−19.27
This barn, trailing median27 sales
445.14
−177.59
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

27 sales
497453408364median 445.1403/0304/1406/0908/1811/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.11, low $377.91, median $445.14 across 27 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—Average1,644135.832,2337thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,475116.521,71910
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,228108.351,33039
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02280.1981920

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)870$1,1382thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,263$1,7132thin

Every lot

53 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 1275320.00/cwt320.00–320.008803
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1335300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0054
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy363331.80/cwt330.00–332.001,20410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375307.20/cwt300.00–315.001,1526
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy428318.39/cwt310.00–327.501,3636
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2454250.50/cwt249.00–255.001,1374
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1478286.62/cwt280.00–290.001,3703
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528273.64/cwt265.00–287.001,44513
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571267.90/cwt250.00–275.001,53010
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2588240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4113
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622250.94/cwt241.00–260.001,56111
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5044
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677249.65/cwt240.00–259.001,6909
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added741245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,81516
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1752235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7672
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added833241.25/cwt241.25–241.252,01059
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1844235.87/cwt230.00–237.001,9916
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374253.26/cwt247.00–262.509475
Heifers400–450Medium 2402200.00/cwt200.00–200.008043
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434236.10/cwt230.00–243.001,02514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472227.86/cwt225.00–234.001,0753
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2507217.43/cwt210.00–220.001,1024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519228.92/cwt224.00–235.001,18818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy545249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,35710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568214.57/cwt201.00–219.001,2197
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586243.73/cwt235.00–249.001,4288
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635234.77/cwt231.00–236.001,4914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1652231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5062
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4482
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy722239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7263
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5913
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1416269.72/cwt268.00–275.001,1224
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465235.10/cwt225.00–241.001,0935
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1476246.00/cwt244.00–247.501,1717
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1515244.16/cwt240.00–252.001,2573
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1933
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4553
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1654230.12/cwt226.00–235.001,50511
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2720202.55/cwt200.00–205.001,4582
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,521129.90/cwt120.00–140.001,9764
Bulls——1,808143.74/cwt140.00–150.002,5993
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90557.52/cwt50.00–65.005216
Cows—Lean 85-90%930105.14/cwt101.00–110.009782
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09587.36/cwt75.00–100.0095712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,217107.61/cwt100.00–110.001,31017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22396.97/cwt90.00–100.001,1866
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241113.41/cwt110.00–124.001,40716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470118.74/cwt110.00–130.001,7458
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495107.62/cwt105.00–110.001,6092
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 18151,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred Cows—Medium 29251,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 29001,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,6252,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251

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.