Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2021-12-21

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Dec 21
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
172 head
279 vs last sale 451 172 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
149 vs last sale 194 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
8 vs last sale 13 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No sale Dec 28 due to Christmas, Next sale Jan 4

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold uneven, from 4.00 lower to 5.00 higher in a very light test.. Slaughter cows sold steady, bulls not well tested; Demand uneven and supp;y light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.08/cwt on 65 head.
Average price
$141.08
65 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$838
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.85
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1598142.0684959
Medium and Large 1-2558131.457336thin
One grade step is worth $10.61/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale65 hd
141.08
MO average15 barns · 6,799 hd
151.93
−10.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsHigh1,81085.971,5562thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23653.2965919
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05144.184645thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1490160.02/cwt158.00–162.007842
BullsMedium and Large 1655130.00/cwt130.00–130.008523
BullsMedium and Large 1740127.45/cwt124.00–128.009437
BullsMedium and Large 1584150.78/cwt135.00–168.0088111
BullsMedium and Large 1870112.00/cwt112.00–112.009743
BullsMedium and Large 1423180.51/cwt180.00–181.007646
SteersMedium and Large 1723136.91/cwt131.00–146.009905
SteersMedium and Large 1369183.57/cwt177.00–190.006776
SteersMedium and Large 1468168.33/cwt155.00–173.007884
SteersMedium and Large 1679151.24/cwt140.00–155.001,0274
SteersMedium and Large 1424174.59/cwt170.00–179.007406
SteersMedium and Large 1515160.00/cwt160.00–160.008243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2684141.86/cwt135.00–144.009704
SteersMedium and Large 1633149.06/cwt140.00–155.0094411
SteersMedium and Large 1575159.00/cwt159.00–159.009143
SteersMedium and Large 1-2375162.63/cwt160.00–165.006102
HeifersMedium and Large 1495156.00/cwt156.00–156.007723
HeifersMedium and Large 1732131.00/cwt131.00–131.009593
HeifersMedium and Large 1684136.43/cwt135.00–145.009337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2558131.45/cwt128.00–135.007336
HeifersMedium and Large 1583145.09/cwt138.00–149.5084610
SteersMedium and Large 1768142.99/cwt141.00–144.001,0983
HeifersMedium and Large 1425142.47/cwt140.00–145.006052
HeifersMedium and Large 1615138.01/cwt134.00–145.008499
HeifersMedium and Large 1335155.00/cwt155.00–155.005192
HeifersMedium and Large 1814132.21/cwt124.00–137.001,0768
HeifersMedium and Large 1517148.22/cwt140.00–153.0076612
HeifersMedium and Large 1395147.00/cwt147.00–147.005813
Bred CowsMedium 2920750.00/cwt750.00–750.006,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,332875.00/cwt875.00–875.0011,6552
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,110675.00/cwt675.00–675.007,4931
Bred HeifersMedium 2825825.00/cwt825.00–825.006,8061
Bulls1,81085.97/cwt85.00–87.501,5562
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20251.55/cwt47.00–55.0062014
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33058.18/cwt57.00–60.007745
CowsLean 85-90%1,05144.18/cwt43.00–48.004645

How this sale compares

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.