Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2024-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher in a light test and lower than average quality. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00 lower; Demand good and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.45/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −136.51 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.

Average price

$265.45

18 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$34

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

$18.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.95

vs MO average

+0.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	267.50	1,417	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	583	249.02	1,452	2thin

One grade step is worth $18.48/cwt here — about −$34 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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

265.45

—

MO average13 barns · 1,677 hd

282.40

−16.95

National average157 barns · 8,958 hd

264.63

+0.82

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.96

−136.51

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	2,008	154.48	3,102	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,507	125.76	1,896	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,249	120.71	1,507	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,097	100.28	1,101	9thin

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)	1,192	$1,882	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,290	$1,600	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$1,250	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	710	$925	1thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,173	$2,386	2thin

Every lot, as filed

50 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	249.02/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	256.47/cwt	253.00–260.00	1,500	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	320.65/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,289	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	262.08/cwt	262.00–262.50	1,903	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	309.99/cwt	300.00–317.50	1,451	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	417	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,532	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	249.68/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,640	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,823	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	292.84/cwt	285.00–316.00	1,148	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	482	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	868	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	593	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,127	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	270.30/cwt	264.00–277.50	1,676	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	275.90/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,567	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	273.72/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,393	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	349.21/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,110	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	335	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,097	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	296.10/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,398	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	279.02/cwt	270.00–282.50	1,596	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	260.29/cwt	235.00–275.00	1,458	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	257.48/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,370	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	250.26/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	278.50/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,323	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	270.31/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,176	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	269.08/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,405	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	297.40/cwt	282.50–310.00	1,139	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	257.32/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,624	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	303.84/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,316	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	227.54/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,559	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	292.10/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,548	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	244.96/cwt	239.00–263.00	1,516	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	304.95/cwt	272.50–322.50	1,281	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	262.53/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,260	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,173	2,386.14/head	2,100.00–2,650.00	2,386	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	710	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	755	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,290	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,192	1,881.75/head	1,750.00–1,950.00	1,882	3
Bulls	—	—	2,008	154.48/cwt	151.00–160.00	3,102	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	116.11/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,397	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	129.70/cwt	125.00–145.00	1,943	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	124.39/cwt	110.00–135.00	1,598	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,434	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	97.94/cwt	81.00–110.00	1,062	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	118.76/cwt	109.00–125.00	1,810	9

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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