Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2024-04-09

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Apr 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
204 head
469 vs last sale 673 159 vs year ago 363 · 43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
49 vs last sale 141 61 vs year ago 153 · 39.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold uneven from 3.00 lower to 4.00 higher on a light test and lower than average quality. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady except one high dressing bull; Demand uneven and supply very light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $242.05/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 159.90 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.
Average price
$242.05
17 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,309
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
25.53
vs MO average
21.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541242.051,30917thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
468423377332median 401.9612/1602/2404/2106/1608/18
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $453.97, low $346.19, median $401.96 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
242.05
MO average17 barns · 2,621 hd
267.58
−25.53
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
−21.91
This barn, trailing median30 sales
401.96
−159.90
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
BullsHigh1,921151.682,91411
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,433131.041,87720
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,273122.381,55830
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,084101.501,10012

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1-2550–600569243.72/cwt235.00–248.001,3878
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700681222.03/cwt220.00–225.001,5125
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750715224.34/cwt223.00–225.001,6043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469302.31/cwt292.50–307.501,4185
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400381310.99/cwt307.50–322.501,1854
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600554286.25/cwt285.00–290.001,5864
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400370284.38/cwt245.00–297.501,0524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550516240.57/cwt235.00–250.001,2419
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450416320.82/cwt313.00–340.001,33513
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717226.66/cwt225.00–230.001,6253
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350343340.61/cwt335.00–342.501,1684
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450432301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,3003
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468316.89/cwt310.00–324.001,4836
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373329.54/cwt315.00–340.001,2295
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550528291.56/cwt287.50–297.501,5393
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600580261.28/cwt250.00–265.001,5154
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550528245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650615210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2923
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600580239.36/cwt234.00–245.001,3882
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750724230.03/cwt220.00–232.001,6656
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700665229.32/cwt219.00–236.001,5255
CowsBreaker 75-80%970119.02/cwt115.00–125.001,1542
CowsLean 85-90%94877.61/cwt75.00–79.507362
CowsLean 85-90%1,197113.40/cwt105.50–120.001,3577
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,484132.37/cwt124.00–139.001,96418
CowsLean 85-90%91289.64/cwt80.00–102.008183
CowsBoner 80-85%1,312128.44/cwt122.50–135.001,68516
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229115.45/cwt103.00–121.001,41914
Bulls1,972154.78/cwt140.00–165.003,0527
Bulls1,708135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,3063
BullsHeavy Weight2,205180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,9691
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800774208.26/cwt200.00–219.001,6127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423263.84/cwt260.00–270.001,1163
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450405317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2863
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500496300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4887
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450440299.40/cwt295.00–300.001,3178
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550525255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3393
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400382305.76/cwt293.00–320.001,16810
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650626232.51/cwt220.00–237.501,4569
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477275.96/cwt260.00–287.501,31610
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450435282.48/cwt275.00–300.001,2298
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400390332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2973
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650618225.98/cwt220.00–232.001,3972
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350315310.00/cwt310.00–310.009773

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.