Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2025-02-11

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Feb 11
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 660 vs last sale 754▼ 285 vs year ago 379 · −75.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 101▼ 66 vs year ago 131 · −50.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 9▼ 26 vs year ago 33 · −78.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeders in the offering for trend comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand not establish and supply very light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.21/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −138.23 against this barn's trailing median of $398.44.
Average price
$260.21
18 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,395
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.15
vs MO average
−36.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1514282.441,4526thin
Medium and Large 1-2547249.101,36312thin
One grade step is worth $33.34/cwt here — about $89 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 sale18 hd
260.21
—
MO average16 barns · 2,529 hd
296.36
−36.15
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−36.79
This barn, trailing median28 sales
398.44
−138.23
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

28 sales
468419370322median 398.4403/0304/2106/1608/1810/27
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $453.97, low $335.72, median $398.44 across 28 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—High1,466159.792,3427thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,633132.142,15812
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,304122.841,60226
CowsLean 85-90%High1,16499.161,1547thin

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,273$2,2012thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,170$1,9093thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,170$1,1001thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)850$1,7751thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1605305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,8453
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2285300.00/cwt300.00–300.008553
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378267.85/cwt250.00–285.001,0122
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423257.40/cwt240.00–275.001,0892
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433286.31/cwt280.00–300.001,2403
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4203
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475271.68/cwt260.00–280.001,2903
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514282.44/cwt275.00–290.001,4526
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533242.48/cwt235.00–250.001,2926
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561255.72/cwt245.00–260.001,4356
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement605280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6943
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631232.40/cwt230.00–240.001,4664
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730232.33/cwt228.00–240.001,6963
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7963
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0243
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1373316.85/cwt300.00–325.001,1823
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2429280.80/cwt235.00–300.001,2054
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1483305.46/cwt292.00–327.001,47512
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6253
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2580254.74/cwt245.00–265.001,4772
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1585271.90/cwt270.00–278.001,5914
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1614263.96/cwt258.00–282.001,6214
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1706226.51/cwt225.00–231.001,5994
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1825220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8153
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,415149.15/cwt148.50–150.002,1103
Bulls——1,504167.77/cwt156.00–174.502,5234
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94585.00/cwt85.00–85.008031
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033112.75/cwt105.50–119.501,1652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,196118.49/cwt113.00–124.001,41717
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28495.90/cwt90.00–104.501,2314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,509131.05/cwt127.00–139.501,9789
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,560116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,8101
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,640133.61/cwt126.50–141.002,19111
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1701,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2402,063.71/head1,850.00–2,250.002,0642
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2732,201.42/head2,100.00–2,275.002,2012
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 28501,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751

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.