Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2024-11-19

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Nov 19
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
523 head
▲ 142 vs last sale 381▲ 275 vs year ago 248 · +110.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 135▼ 72 vs year ago 174 · −41.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 10▼ 19 vs year ago 23 · −82.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No Sale Nov. 26 due to Thanksgiving

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 8.00-20.00 higher with good quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $289.83/cwt on 68 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −157.08 against this barn's trailing median of $446.91.
Average price
$289.83
68 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,608
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$39.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.53
vs MO average
−19.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553296.751,64156
Medium and Large 1-2562257.521,44812thin
One grade step is worth $39.24/cwt here — about $193 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 sale68 hd
289.83
—
MO average17 barns · 3,163 hd
293.36
−3.53
National average182 barns · 24,645 hd
309.26
−19.43
This barn, trailing median26 sales
446.91
−157.08
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

26 sales
497453408364median 446.9103/0304/1406/0908/1110/20
Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.11, low $377.91, median $446.91 across 26 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—Average1,733137.252,3789thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,510115.451,74327
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,316114.711,51041
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,21490.211,09515

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)1,040$1,8001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,037$1,7593thin

Every lot

71 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260324.49/cwt307.50–330.008444
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy285370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0554
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy319358.08/cwt347.50–362.001,1424
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325323.18/cwt300.00–340.001,0503
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375328.73/cwt327.50–330.001,2332
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy383336.90/cwt330.00–347.001,2908
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383280.87/cwt277.00–285.001,0762
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422320.70/cwt308.00–327.501,3536
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy426343.80/cwt338.00–350.001,4656
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473307.50/cwt290.00–320.001,45411
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy520304.46/cwt300.00–314.001,58314
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521258.11/cwt255.00–267.001,3454
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4924
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy564307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,73117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570286.51/cwt275.00–297.001,63321
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583257.22/cwt250.00–277.001,5008
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2626237.30/cwt220.00–252.001,4856
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630265.40/cwt257.50–281.001,67230
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1661265.12/cwt254.00–268.001,75213
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669235.46/cwt220.00–250.001,57511
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724252.18/cwt225.00–257.001,82622
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772249.29/cwt244.00–255.001,92518
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1844244.92/cwt244.00–247.002,06726
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8923
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1950225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1383
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2284250.00/cwt250.00–250.007103
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1288290.26/cwt280.00–300.008362
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343298.51/cwt297.00–300.001,0242
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374278.44/cwt275.00–283.001,0414
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375260.00/cwt260.00–260.009751
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy381295.66/cwt290.00–297.001,1265
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy414289.74/cwt286.00–295.001,2005
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1434279.19/cwt260.00–300.001,21213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473277.20/cwt271.00–285.001,31117
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492239.68/cwt225.00–250.001,1793
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510261.54/cwt244.00–271.001,33413
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530241.45/cwt240.00–243.001,2806
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564257.57/cwt249.00–280.001,45323
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576233.38/cwt225.00–240.001,3449
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy586236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3834
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623252.81/cwt244.00–255.001,57519
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631233.29/cwt220.00–240.001,4727
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658219.32/cwt210.00–225.001,4438
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668228.90/cwt220.00–237.001,5294
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,7792
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1793222.34/cwt221.00–225.001,7633
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813223.34/cwt208.00–229.001,81617
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1855220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8812
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1439292.54/cwt270.00–305.001,2844
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy455327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,4903
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468293.19/cwt265.00–305.001,3725
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1522267.06/cwt265.00–272.001,3948
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1565249.52/cwt240.00–261.001,41010
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1619228.84/cwt220.00–234.001,4179
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1664233.13/cwt220.00–235.001,5488
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2669224.31/cwt223.00–225.001,5013
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1715216.79/cwt210.00–221.001,5507
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815208.55/cwt200.00–217.001,7002
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,573130.52/cwt125.00–140.002,0536
Bulls——2,053150.70/cwt146.00–155.503,0943
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07563.00/cwt63.00–63.006771
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17590.01/cwt71.00–101.001,05812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,299110.41/cwt106.00–115.001,43420
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333118.80/cwt115.00–125.001,58421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,355100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,515118.28/cwt115.00–125.001,79220
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,518108.60/cwt104.00–113.001,6496
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,520105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5962
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 29151,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0981,775.51/head1,700.00–1,850.001,7762

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.