Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few feeders in the offering for a market trend. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand light and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $260.00/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −189.16 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.

Average price

$260.00

4 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.30

vs MO average

−14.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	260.00	1,378	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale4 hd

260.00

—

MO average16 barns · 1,735 hd

279.30

−19.30

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

−14.29

This barn, trailing median28 sales

449.16

−189.16

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	1,735	144.77	2,512	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,461	121.85	1,780	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,333	119.24	1,589	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	107.29	1,195	13

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,123	$1,736	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	995	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	830	$1,150	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	825	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	400–450	425	238.69/cwt	238.00–240.00	1,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	225.16/cwt	225.00–226.00	1,777	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	231.10/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,435	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	287.50/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,228	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	223.75/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,924	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	877	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	202.42/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,077	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	238.22/cwt	225.00–243.00	1,234	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	440	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,331	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	256.17/cwt	250.00–262.00	922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,809	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,370	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,145	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	265.39/cwt	254.00–277.50	1,377	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	972	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	250.59/cwt	250.00–252.00	962	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	230.80/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,297	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,565	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,378	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,645	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,305	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	381	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,191	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	230.49/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,217	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	246.99/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,398	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,344	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	261.34/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,210	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	825	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,123	1,736.28/head	1,550.00–2,100.00	1,736	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	830	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	995	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bulls	—	—	1,805	147.56/cwt	144.00–149.00	2,663	4
Bulls	—	—	1,595	139.20/cwt	138.00–140.00	2,220	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,385	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	108.39/cwt	107.50–110.00	1,434	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,335	106.78/cwt	105.00–109.00	1,426	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	126.88/cwt	121.00–134.50	1,907	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	87.64/cwt	83.00–94.00	853	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,139	110.86/cwt	103.00–119.50	1,263	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	121.59/cwt	114.00–129.50	1,620	22

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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