Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2024-06-25

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Jun 25
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
178 vs last sale 260 241 vs year ago 323 · 74.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
10 vs last sale 46 87 vs year ago 143 · 60.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
3 vs last sale 9 0 vs year ago 6 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

The offering was too small for a trend comparison due to the heat. Slaughter cows and a few bulls sold steady; Demand not determine and the supply very light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $279.47/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 169.69 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.
Average price
$279.47
14 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,584
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
30.33
vs MO average
19.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563282.051,58811thin
Medium and Large 1-2580270.001,5663thin
One grade step is worth $12.05/cwt here — about $22 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

28 sales
497453408364median 449.1612/1603/0304/2106/1608/18
Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.11, low $377.91, median $449.16 across 28 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 sale14 hd
279.47
MO average16 barns · 2,512 hd
309.80
−30.33
National average143 barns · 6,512 hd
299.26
−19.79
This barn, trailing median28 sales
449.16
−169.69
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
BullsHigh1,733156.682,7154thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,405133.351,8747thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,229127.591,56821
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,130106.051,19810

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,369$1,8595
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,395$1,7751thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1350–400388303.90/cwt280.00–327.501,1792
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365333.48/cwt332.50–335.001,2175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550542255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3822
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500458303.77/cwt300.00–307.501,3912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600558244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3622
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600557269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4983
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600571280.37/cwt275.00–287.501,6017
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350310345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,0703
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550549285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5654
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700659275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8124
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450423333.53/cwt325.00–342.501,4115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350330300.00/cwt300.00–300.009903
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400355325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1543
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5024
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650632246.64/cwt243.00–256.001,5595
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313326.04/cwt315.00–335.001,0216
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450414306.11/cwt300.00–325.001,2674
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450420350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4703
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400370325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2033
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5663
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,3691,858.73/head1,685.00–2,000.001,8595
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,3951,775.00/head1,775.00–1,775.001,7751
Bulls1,733156.68/cwt150.00–162.502,7154
CowsBoner 80-85%1,236134.38/cwt125.00–146.001,66112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2541
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,468123.02/cwt122.00–124.001,8062
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,380137.48/cwt130.00–145.001,8975
CowsLean 85-90%1,100102.54/cwt85.00–110.001,1287
CowsLean 85-90%1,200114.25/cwt112.00–115.001,3713
CowsBoner 80-85%1,207121.48/cwt115.50–126.001,4668

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.