Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2025-10-07

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Oct 7
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 360▲ 193 vs year ago 207 · +93.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 87▼ 22 vs year ago 100 · −22.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 10.00-20.00 lower, heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand uneven 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 $341.51/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −54.32 against this barn's trailing median of $395.83.
Average price
$341.51
40 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,828
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$62
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.78
vs MO average
−42.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531346.291,84032
Medium and Large 1-2552322.371,7788thin
One grade step is worth $23.92/cwt here — about $62 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 sale40 hd
341.51
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MO average20 barns · 1,396 hd
378.29
−36.78
National average182 barns · 15,418 hd
384.39
−42.88
This barn, trailing median29 sales
395.83
−54.32
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—High1,672172.412,88212
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,424160.532,28610
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,365155.532,12321
CowsLean 85-90%High1,126134.121,51020

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1260467.78/cwt450.00–475.001,2168
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327402.67/cwt400.00–425.001,3179
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3202
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390403.00/cwt382.00–410.001,5724
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,8474
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488394.72/cwt370.00–407.001,9268
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy500422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,1104
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1508391.93/cwt375.00–410.001,99111
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517345.93/cwt325.00–362.001,78811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563323.70/cwt320.00–325.001,8224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583397.78/cwt382.00–412.002,31922
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625355.98/cwt335.00–370.002,22513
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3703
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684303.21/cwt295.00–320.002,07411
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729332.88/cwt325.00–340.002,4278
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,6474
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834341.18/cwt330.00–344.002,8455
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1948325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,0813
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1278426.29/cwt420.00–430.001,1855
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323391.71/cwt390.00–400.001,2656
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360348.41/cwt330.00–367.001,2548
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385383.73/cwt360.00–400.001,47714
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421371.85/cwt350.00–400.001,56519
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3142
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475365.77/cwt329.00–390.001,73723
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475332.94/cwt310.00–345.001,58111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519349.89/cwt325.00–375.001,81623
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519334.66/cwt330.00–337.001,7373
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563337.10/cwt325.00–357.001,8989
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571315.00/cwt300.00–330.001,7995
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625328.58/cwt322.00–337.002,0546
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,4473
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1320396.14/cwt387.00–405.001,2682
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy366425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5564
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377397.64/cwt375.00–427.001,49911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2463342.41/cwt325.00–360.001,5852
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1467388.38/cwt375.00–412.001,8149
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy477415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9803
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy504407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,0514
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1507385.02/cwt357.00–397.001,95211
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,6644
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy551395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1764
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1566347.25/cwt311.00–380.001,96511
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568331.70/cwt325.00–340.001,8846
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2607308.26/cwt300.00–310.001,8716
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,542166.23/cwt151.00–174.002,5639
Bulls——2,060190.96/cwt190.00–192.503,9343
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,011116.62/cwt110.00–124.001,1797
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,188143.55/cwt129.00–159.001,70513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,352150.27/cwt141.00–156.002,03212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,383162.54/cwt157.00–169.002,2489
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,401165.12/cwt158.00–170.002,3136
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458153.65/cwt150.00–157.002,2404

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.