Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2025-11-04

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Nov 4
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
494 head
▲ 194 vs last sale 300▲ 147 vs year ago 347 · +42.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 138▲ 41 vs year ago 88 · +46.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 19▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 15.00-45.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower and bulls sold 5.00 lower; Demand was good to very 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 $390.43/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 6 of 27 comparable sales and sits −54.71 against this barn's trailing median of $445.14.
Average price
$390.43
47 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,179
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$318
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$45.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.36
vs MO average
−28.67 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561398.232,23439
Medium and Large 1-2544352.411,9168thin
One grade step is worth $45.82/cwt here — about $318 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 sale47 hd
390.43
—
MO average16 barns · 1,981 hd
398.79
−8.36
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−28.67
This barn, trailing median27 sales
445.14
−54.71
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—Low1,587162.822,58411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,517151.152,29222
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,186144.241,71151
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,097127.421,39722

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,285$2,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,040$1,8001thin

Every lot

63 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 1-2252400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0083
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283463.45/cwt460.00–475.001,3124
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317457.15/cwt435.00–477.001,4495
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy360455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6383
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374416.25/cwt400.00–452.001,5575
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3703
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431428.86/cwt397.00–447.001,84819
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477402.61/cwt382.00–412.001,92022
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479355.59/cwt342.00–365.001,70319
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy484446.00/cwt446.00–446.002,1596
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy520424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,2054
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533389.94/cwt375.00–410.002,0785
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540353.85/cwt350.00–370.001,9115
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9253
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added567395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,24019
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578398.19/cwt380.00–400.002,30211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621369.06/cwt360.00–380.002,29215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0384
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2875
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added675370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,49831
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1685348.00/cwt342.00–365.002,3845
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712354.61/cwt340.00–360.002,52517
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2742325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4123
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,7043
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,7903
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1331400.72/cwt362.00–422.001,3264
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,4072
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385401.07/cwt375.00–417.001,54418
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422395.57/cwt372.00–400.001,66917
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429338.01/cwt325.00–365.001,45010
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469378.68/cwt372.00–390.001,77620
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471347.09/cwt345.00–350.001,6358
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy515384.66/cwt380.00–387.001,9819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523328.79/cwt300.00–340.001,72016
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540360.13/cwt345.00–380.001,94520
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565360.25/cwt342.00–390.002,0359
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578328.59/cwt300.00–340.001,8994
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617366.71/cwt340.00–380.002,2633
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678314.88/cwt300.00–325.002,1354
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2740300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2203
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1795310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,46512
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4905
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1385430.05/cwt417.00–447.001,6568
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1413421.67/cwt390.00–437.001,7416
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1481398.72/cwt380.00–427.001,9187
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1527375.89/cwt370.00–385.001,9816
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1562371.96/cwt362.00–380.002,09012
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2571338.90/cwt330.00–342.001,9354
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2640305.04/cwt300.00–310.001,9522
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1662326.39/cwt302.00–335.002,1614
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1734304.42/cwt300.00–310.002,2345
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,228145.66/cwt140.00–150.001,7893
Bulls——1,659166.24/cwt150.00–171.002,7586
Bulls——1,910178.28/cwt176.00–180.003,4052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,092137.95/cwt125.00–154.001,50612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,102114.79/cwt106.00–122.001,26510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181154.57/cwt153.00–159.501,8256
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185143.82/cwt135.00–155.001,70441
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,208133.11/cwt130.00–135.001,6084
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455145.90/cwt135.00–150.502,12311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,578156.39/cwt153.50–163.002,46811
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2852,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501

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.