Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2023-11-14

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Nov 14
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
248 head
440 vs last sale 688 268 vs year ago 516 · 51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
35 vs last sale 139 12 vs year ago 162 · +7.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
21 vs last sale 2 5 vs year ago 18 · +27.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No Sale next week (Nov 21) due to Thanksgiving

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold 2.00-8.00 lower, on a light test with less attractive quality in the offering. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 lower and bulls sold steady. Demand light and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $214.56/cwt on 89 head.
Average price
$214.56
89 head · 490 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,051
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.49
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480224.431,07753
Medium and Large 1-2504200.031,00936
One grade step is worth $24.40/cwt here — about $68 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 sale89 hd
214.56
MO average16 barns · 8,222 hd
221.05
−6.49
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
BullsAverage1,67298.321,64310
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47987.631,29626
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27883.231,06358
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18473.0886510

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)925$1,2501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,104$1,1775
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,230$1,1093thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,125$9622thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)875$8933thin
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,505$2,6001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,148$2,1568

Every lot, as filed

55 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1422230.32/cwt225.00–239.0097216
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2463210.00/cwt210.00–210.009723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2520201.57/cwt185.00–210.001,04810
HeifersMedium and Large 1285235.00/cwt235.00–235.006703
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688210.25/cwt210.00–211.001,4474
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576197.42/cwt190.00–200.001,1374
HeifersMedium and Large 1471227.57/cwt210.00–239.001,07213
HeifersMedium and Large 1334242.38/cwt237.00–247.008104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2411200.85/cwt200.00–210.0082512
SteersMedium and Large 1528253.21/cwt235.00–259.001,33713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320247.50/cwt247.50–247.507923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2377240.24/cwt230.00–250.009065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428222.46/cwt220.00–225.009522
HeifersMedium and Large 1369236.51/cwt226.00–240.008735
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618193.65/cwt185.00–200.001,1977
Dairy SteersLarge 388091.00/cwt91.00–91.008013
SteersMedium and Large 1372255.44/cwt247.50–275.0095012
SteersMedium and Large 1263271.39/cwt255.00–277.507144
SteersMedium and Large 1301279.94/cwt265.00–285.008434
SteersMedium and Large 1415267.32/cwt264.00–277.001,1095
SteersMedium and Large 1460247.05/cwt245.00–250.001,1365
BullsMedium and Large 1398240.00/cwt240.00–240.009553
BullsMedium and Large 1479231.01/cwt220.00–252.501,1077
BullsMedium and Large 1-2623197.19/cwt180.00–206.001,2285
BullsMedium and Large 1-2515215.10/cwt210.00–220.001,1086
BullsMedium and Large 1-2581212.00/cwt210.00–217.001,2326
BullsMedium and Large 1-2405226.00/cwt226.00–226.009153
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49390.33/cwt87.00–100.001,34914
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27982.08/cwt70.00–88.501,05051
CowsLean 85-90%1,18473.08/cwt70.00–77.0086510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46284.47/cwt80.00–88.001,23512
Bulls1,62396.96/cwt90.00–107.001,5747
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26891.60/cwt89.00–95.001,1617
Bulls1,75588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,5441
Bulls1,800108.22/cwt105.50–110.001,9482
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2321,378.69/head1,000.00–1,850.001,3793
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2301,108.54/head1,100.00–1,125.001,1093
Bred CowsMedium 2875892.62/head725.00–1,100.008933
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,125961.67/head925.00–1,000.009622
Bred CowsMedium 29251,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2382,506.25/head2,125.00–2,900.002,5064
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2251,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,0532,087.50/head2,075.00–2,100.002,0882
Bred CowsMedium 2913873.70/head850.00–900.008742
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 29001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
BullsMedium and Large 21,5052,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
HeifersMedium and Large 1600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2603
BullsMedium and Large 1558236.43/cwt236.00–239.001,3197
BullsMedium and Large 1433253.10/cwt249.00–260.001,0969
HeifersMedium and Large 1947160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5153
BullsMedium and Large 1708179.95/cwt175.00–185.001,2746
BullsMedium and Large 1-2680174.78/cwt165.00–185.001,1896
HeifersMedium and Large 1555222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2465228.50/cwt218.00–240.001,0639
HeifersMedium and Large 1737206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5183

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.