Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2026-02-10

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Feb 10
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
280 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 219▲ 186 vs year ago 94 · +197.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 41▲ 39 vs year ago 65 · +60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold 30.00-60.00 higher, heifers sold 15.00-40.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows sold 6.00 higher , bulls sold steady; Demand good 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 $457.40/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 21 of 27 comparable sales and sits +12.26 against this barn's trailing median of $445.14.
Average price
$457.40
35 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,547
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$237
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$51.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−26.29
vs MO average
−20.99 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551488.142,68814thin
Medium and Large 1-2561436.912,45121
One grade step is worth $51.24/cwt here — about $237 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 sale35 hd
457.40
—
MO average19 barns · 4,883 hd
483.69
−26.29
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
−20.99
This barn, trailing median27 sales
445.14
+12.26
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—High1,481178.232,6397thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,435166.652,39125
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,228157.461,93343
CowsLean 85-90%High1,070122.731,3134thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1274609.42/cwt540.00–625.001,6706
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1342566.77/cwt557.00–570.001,9384
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2360427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,5372
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1379535.28/cwt502.00–562.002,02911
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427543.16/cwt505.00–570.002,31911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460445.85/cwt432.00–460.002,0512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474508.72/cwt490.00–552.002,4118
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy515515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,6524
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520487.00/cwt487.00–487.002,5322
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535431.00/cwt395.00–465.002,3068
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576475.00/cwt450.00–500.002,7368
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577440.54/cwt402.00–462.002,54213
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1608410.99/cwt409.00–415.002,4993
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1691378.83/cwt370.00–400.002,61817
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1733360.22/cwt353.00–368.002,64014
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,97313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1260532.40/cwt530.00–535.001,3842
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6542
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362500.67/cwt490.00–507.001,8126
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415509.44/cwt475.00–517.002,11412
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2434402.48/cwt400.00–410.001,7474
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474493.33/cwt462.00–510.002,3388
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481432.28/cwt375.00–457.002,0796
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520426.67/cwt385.00–452.002,2194
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562407.34/cwt370.00–467.002,2898
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635379.27/cwt350.00–390.002,40811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,3292
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy685462.00/cwt462.00–462.003,1654
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723331.83/cwt322.00–342.002,3992
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1768325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4963
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821303.36/cwt299.00–310.002,49110
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1364532.74/cwt495.00–552.001,9396
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1430507.00/cwt507.00–507.002,1801
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1468485.60/cwt455.00–497.002,2739
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1510471.00/cwt462.00–480.002,4022
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523398.56/cwt397.00–400.002,0842
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1563434.68/cwt412.00–472.002,44710
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1624373.79/cwt370.00–385.002,3324
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1732347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,5402
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,260150.82/cwt147.50–154.501,9002
Bulls——1,560194.12/cwt185.00–199.503,0284
Bulls——1,605169.50/cwt169.50–169.502,7201
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%915100.00/cwt100.00–100.009151
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,122130.30/cwt130.00–131.001,4623
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,160154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,7861
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185132.59/cwt129.50–135.001,5712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230164.63/cwt156.00–174.002,02525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230149.37/cwt140.00–154.001,83716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,446167.18/cwt159.00–175.002,41724

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.