Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2023-08-22

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Aug 22
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
114 head
200 vs last sale 314 253 vs year ago 367 · 68.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
40 head
78 vs last sale 118 31 vs year ago 71 · 43.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale Sept 5 due to Labor Day*

Due to the heat there wasn't enough cattle in the offering for a trend comparison. Supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $232.85/cwt on 60 head.
Average price
$232.85
60 head · 508 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$56
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.89
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1498235.611,17351
Medium and Large 1-2566217.161,2299thin
One grade step is worth $18.46/cwt here — about −$56 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 sale60 hd
232.85
MO average13 barns · 3,716 hd
241.73
−8.89
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
BullsAverage1,31891.501,2062thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,413104.321,4745thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21291.551,10912
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07378.9284616

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1516251.51/cwt250.00–256.001,2984
BullsMedium and Large 1712203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4453
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2413
BullsMedium and Large 1435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0443
HeifersMedium and Large 1489237.02/cwt235.00–239.001,1596
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2765200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494256.05/cwt250.00–258.001,2654
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,2033
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3105
SteersMedium and Large 1506263.63/cwt258.00–273.001,3349
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435245.14/cwt240.00–250.001,0666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2597255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5227
SteersMedium and Large 1288276.36/cwt260.00–282.007964
HeifersMedium and Large 1588232.33/cwt225.00–237.001,3667
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363253.21/cwt250.00–260.009193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2280252.00/cwt252.00–252.007063
SteersMedium and Large 1-2308262.48/cwt260.00–265.008082
SteersMedium and Large 1383291.30/cwt275.00–300.001,1168
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2368238.47/cwt231.00–244.008783
HeifersMedium and Large 1528230.11/cwt220.00–239.001,21517
HeifersMedium and Large 1438240.65/cwt240.00–241.001,05411
HeifersMedium and Large 1620225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3953
HeifersMedium and Large 1384247.70/cwt240.00–250.009517
SteersMedium and Large 1412265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0923
SteersMedium and Large 1672237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,5933
Bulls1,36598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,3381
Bulls1,27085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0801
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,453108.77/cwt105.00–111.001,5803
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35397.65/cwt95.00–100.001,3212
CowsLean 85-90%1,06378.69/cwt75.00–85.0083611
CowsLean 85-90%1,17386.77/cwt85.00–88.001,0184
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21590.42/cwt85.00–98.001,09911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,175104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,2221
CowsLean 85-90%77550.00/cwt50.00–50.003881

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.