Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeders in the offering for trend comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand not establish and supply very light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.21/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −141.74 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.

Average price

$260.21

18 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,395

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$33.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.15

vs MO average

−36.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	514	282.44	1,452	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	547	249.10	1,363	12thin

One grade step is worth $33.34/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

260.21

—

MO average16 barns · 2,529 hd

296.36

−36.15

National average157 barns · 11,394 hd

297.00

−36.79

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.96

−141.74

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	1,466	159.79	2,342	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,633	132.14	2,158	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,304	122.84	1,602	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,164	99.16	1,154	7thin

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,273	$2,201	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,909	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	850	$1,775	1thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,815	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	226.51/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,599	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,625	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	280.80/cwt	235.00–300.00	1,205	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	263.96/cwt	258.00–282.00	1,621	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	305.46/cwt	292.00–327.00	1,475	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	271.90/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	282.44/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,452	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	257.40/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	605	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,694	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	271.68/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,290	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	232.40/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,845	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	255.72/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	855	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	242.48/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,292	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	267.85/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	232.33/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,024	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	254.74/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	316.85/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,182	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	286.31/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,420	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,273	2,201.42/head	2,100.00–2,275.00	2,201	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,240	2,063.71/head	1,850.00–2,250.00	2,064	2
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	850	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,170	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bulls	—	—	1,504	167.77/cwt	156.00–174.50	2,523	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	118.49/cwt	113.00–124.00	1,417	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	133.61/cwt	126.50–141.00	2,191	11
Bulls	—	—	1,415	149.15/cwt	148.50–150.00	2,110	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,810	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	112.75/cwt	105.50–119.50	1,165	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	945	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	803	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,509	131.05/cwt	127.00–139.50	1,978	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,284	95.90/cwt	90.00–104.50	1,231	4

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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