Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No Sale (September 3) due to Labor Day Holiday

Compared to last week, steers sold steady, heifers sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 7.00 higher and bulls sold 5.00 higher; Demand uneven and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $285.60/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −163.56 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.

Average price

$285.60

46 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,515

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$130

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

$30.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.72

vs MO average

+15.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	288.96	1,529	41
Medium and Large 1-2	542	258.07	1,399	5thin

One grade step is worth $30.89/cwt here — about $130 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

28 sales

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 sale46 hd

285.60

—

MO average13 barns · 1,478 hd

290.32

−4.72

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+15.10

This barn, trailing median28 sales

449.16

−163.56

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	—	Average	1,650	165.04	2,723	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,451	145.85	2,116	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,282	139.29	1,786	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,134	120.97	1,372	14

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	293.70/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,081	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	273.49/cwt	255.00–282.50	1,294	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	514	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,542	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	254.73/cwt	235.00–261.00	1,600	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	308.43/cwt	308.00–312.50	1,351	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	271.11/cwt	246.00–280.00	987	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	214.93/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,547	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	312.71/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,141	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	239.51/cwt	237.00–241.00	1,703	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	261.59/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	259.36/cwt	250.00–277.50	1,258	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	282.72/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,467	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,716	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,201	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	311.82/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,126	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	256.82/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,454	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	237.24/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,461	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	243.81/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,387	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	234.95/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,194	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	252.78/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,423	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,891	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	268.56/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,536	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	253.52/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,448	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	250.14/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,308	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	262.38/cwt	248.00–275.00	1,359	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	251.64/cwt	225.00–265.00	1,195	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	242.50/cwt	241.00–243.00	1,310	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	275.45/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,154	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	289.08/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,211	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	221.33/cwt	200.00–229.00	1,616	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,587	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	236.99/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,114	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	250.71/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	240.67/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,499	17
Bulls	—	—	1,418	152.46/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,162	2
Bulls	—	—	1,716	168.64/cwt	161.00–175.00	2,894	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	127.32/cwt	119.00–135.00	1,483	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	127.38/cwt	120.00–134.00	1,546	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,309	143.92/cwt	136.00–152.50	1,884	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	145.85/cwt	132.00–156.50	2,116	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	109.53/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,182	5

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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