Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2024-11-05

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Nov 5
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
347 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 348▼ 341 vs year ago 688 · −49.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 175▼ 51 vs year ago 139 · −36.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 16.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 lower and bulls sold steady; Demand uneven 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 $281.72/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −163.41 against this barn's trailing median of $445.14.
Average price
$281.72
48 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,540
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$50.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.05
vs MO average
−20.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539293.351,58237
Medium and Large 1-2572242.611,38811thin
One grade step is worth $50.74/cwt here — about $194 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 sale48 hd
281.72
—
MO average16 barns · 1,882 hd
281.68
+0.05
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
−20.13
This barn, trailing median27 sales
445.14
−163.41
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—High1,688142.342,40217
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,493121.751,81711
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,259115.211,45037
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11891.131,01910

Every lot

59 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1265321.83/cwt319.00–325.008532
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2338262.78/cwt250.00–275.008882
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy349332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,1605
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382304.28/cwt289.00–315.001,16212
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2695
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy432305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3184
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438258.89/cwt235.00–277.501,1348
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1462298.56/cwt287.50–302.501,3795
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy490310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5198
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491264.20/cwt260.00–273.001,2976
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy522312.88/cwt307.50–316.001,63313
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1539284.30/cwt271.00–288.001,53215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562271.16/cwt260.00–275.001,5244
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy566287.50/cwt287.50–287.501,6275
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572242.61/cwt235.00–265.001,38811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4885
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629268.95/cwt258.00–278.001,69220
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652263.70/cwt252.00–266.001,71914
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723243.71/cwt235.00–250.001,7627
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8362
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821237.56/cwt235.00–240.001,9506
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318275.89/cwt265.00–281.008773
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380243.18/cwt230.00–250.009245
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383267.63/cwt258.00–276.001,0259
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419265.87/cwt256.00–274.001,1149
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419238.63/cwt200.00–261.001,0009
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy429282.01/cwt280.00–283.001,2109
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474256.81/cwt245.00–263.001,21721
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484232.00/cwt230.00–240.001,1235
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy520271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,40914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521255.47/cwt247.00–261.001,3318
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Full549239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3124
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578237.65/cwt235.00–239.001,3743
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581226.46/cwt205.00–232.001,3168
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615214.18/cwt200.00–222.001,3173
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618234.34/cwt230.00–237.001,4488
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1392281.31/cwt260.00–288.001,1034
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423248.25/cwt240.00–257.001,0502
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1448264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,1832
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy456294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,3414
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2465233.61/cwt230.00–237.001,0862
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1479264.16/cwt250.00–275.001,2658
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2519236.51/cwt235.00–241.001,2276
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1523256.02/cwt255.00–257.001,3396
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy538280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,50610
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1623238.50/cwt238.00–239.001,4862
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3442
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1676220.85/cwt220.00–226.001,4937
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4813
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,640138.40/cwt125.00–144.002,27010
Bulls——1,756147.96/cwt145.00–150.002,5987
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90550.00/cwt50.00–50.004531
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10590.87/cwt80.00–100.001,0046
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214121.54/cwt115.00–132.001,47519
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,215105.37/cwt105.00–106.001,2803
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25894.16/cwt88.00–100.001,1852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,312110.32/cwt103.00–115.001,44716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,338111.13/cwt110.00–112.001,4872
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,527124.11/cwt118.00–137.001,8959

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.