Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold 3.00-15.00 lower with lower quality, full and unweaned calves in the offering. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 higher and bulls sold 6.00 higher; Demand lower and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $264.22/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −137.73 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.

Average price

$264.22

46 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$34.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.69

vs MO average

−40.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	274.61	1,508	30
Medium and Large 1-2	558	246.33	1,373	12thin
Large 1	508	240.00	1,219	4thin

One grade step is worth $34.61/cwt here — about $288 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 sale46 hd

264.22

—

MO average15 barns · 3,832 hd

296.91

−32.69

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−40.20

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.96

−137.73

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	1,791	162.21	2,905	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,532	126.64	1,940	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,265	124.75	1,578	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,131	102.49	1,159	9thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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	700–750	721	241.21/cwt	220.00–246.00	1,739	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	237.42/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	249.62/cwt	236.00–254.00	2,067	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	277.07/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,491	2
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	508	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,219	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,168	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	262.05/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,868	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	346.03/cwt	325.00–360.00	1,446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	253.79/cwt	233.00–265.00	1,571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	405	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,547	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	517	335.32/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,734	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	285.93/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,627	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	302.20/cwt	297.00–315.00	1,309	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	337.97/cwt	327.00–360.00	1,602	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	372.56/cwt	350.00–387.00	1,222	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	311.63/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,649	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	364.89/cwt	342.00–380.00	1,383	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	282.88/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,949	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	305.11/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,742	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	288.39/cwt	285.00–304.00	1,791	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	265.75/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,581	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	308.89/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,501	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	297.24/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,552	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,656	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	110.94/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,228	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,143	98.26/cwt	89.00–104.00	1,123	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	129.66/cwt	123.00–137.00	1,635	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	126.64/cwt	121.50–141.00	1,940	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	117.88/cwt	111.00–122.00	1,497	5
Bulls	—	—	1,916	168.50/cwt	160.00–175.00	3,228	4
Bulls	—	—	1,540	149.62/cwt	141.00–156.00	2,304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	984	3
Bulls	Large 1	450–500	489	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,223	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	306.29/cwt	287.00–320.00	1,440	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	518	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,295	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	550–600	595	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,939	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	319.49/cwt	312.00–322.00	1,351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	258.21/cwt	231.00–267.00	1,603	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	245.43/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,605	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	245.16/cwt	225.00–257.00	1,290	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	221.48/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	252.54/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,437	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	224.49/cwt	210.00–239.00	1,518	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	260.94/cwt	230.00–286.00	1,239	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	275.12/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,565	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	332.54/cwt	325.00–337.00	1,237	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	657	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,050	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	572	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	291.29/cwt	265.00–318.00	1,521	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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