Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2024-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No sale July 2 due to the 4th of July Holiday*

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher in a light test. Slaughter cows and few bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.86/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −137.10 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.

Average price

$264.86

18 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$35.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.08

vs MO average

−2.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	270.83	1,438	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	520	235.00	1,222	3thin

One grade step is worth $35.83/cwt here — about $216 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

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 sale18 hd

264.86

—

MO average15 barns · 1,844 hd

280.93

−16.08

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

−2.36

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.96

−137.10

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,635	157.82	2,580	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,498	133.07	1,993	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	126.99	1,606	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,070	105.24	1,126	17

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,860	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,278	$1,560	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,019	$1,487	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,040	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	484	356.91/cwt	344.00–367.00	1,727	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	278.87/cwt	263.00–295.00	1,765	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	317	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,769	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,471	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	298.97/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,537	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	302.60/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	301.91/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,265	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	228.76/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,437	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	616	303.13/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,867	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	568	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	263.15/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	291.63/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,426	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,222	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	308.26/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,150	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	441	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	235.44/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	243.76/cwt	239.00–246.00	1,404	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	296.68/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,270	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	252.59/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,074	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	267.10/cwt	251.00–280.00	980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	271.39/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,303	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	241.74/cwt	225.00–259.00	1,492	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	313.93/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,331	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	304.42/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,120	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	280.51/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,431	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	377	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,197	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	293.45/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,479	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,572	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,085	1,462.50/head	1,300.00–1,625.00	1,463	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,278	1,559.92/head	1,425.00–1,750.00	1,560	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,150	1,860.00/head	1,860.00–1,860.00	1,860	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	953	1,512.47/head	1,500.00–1,525.00	1,512	2
Bulls	—	—	1,635	157.82/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,580	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	133.80/cwt	128.00–146.00	1,953	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	98.38/cwt	90.00–105.00	947	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	111.34/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,297	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	121.21/cwt	119.00–125.00	1,481	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	129.92/cwt	127.00–134.50	1,671	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,180	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,357	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,915	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,394	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,462	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	338.43/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,093	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	297.52/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,416	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	237.19/cwt	233.00–250.00	1,594	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	255.32/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,489	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	250.65/cwt	245.00–258.00	1,514	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	273.97/cwt	268.00–276.00	1,556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	224.90/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,631	6

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.

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