Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light test of feeders sold 1.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand not determine and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $287.94/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −114.02 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.

Average price

$287.94

10 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$21.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.45

vs MO average

−28.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	298.77	1,578	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	523	277.10	1,449	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.67/cwt here — about $128 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale10 hd

287.94

—

MO average16 barns · 1,395 hd

313.38

−25.45

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−28.62

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.96

−114.02

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	1,758	149.85	2,634	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,506	134.88	2,031	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,236	133.35	1,648	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,099	118.53	1,303	5thin

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)	1,397	$2,528	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,125	$1,779	2thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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	500–550	522	340.79/cwt	312.00–350.00	1,779	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	334.50/cwt	332.00–337.00	1,656	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,800	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,948	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	394.06/cwt	377.00–400.00	1,316	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	374	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,590	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	312.23/cwt	292.00–325.00	1,183	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	401.09/cwt	392.00–410.00	1,320	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,917	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	972	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,852	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,903	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,796	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	253.24/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,714	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	381.65/cwt	357.00–395.00	1,439	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	251.81/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,816	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	356.61/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,508	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	376.41/cwt	312.00–400.00	1,242	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	402.08/cwt	392.00–410.00	1,665	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	331.84/cwt	310.00–352.00	1,583	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	299.39/cwt	252.00–337.00	1,254	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,755	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	277.10/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,449	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	255.08/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,232	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	367.25/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,385	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	298.77/cwt	297.00–300.00	1,578	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,045	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,397	2,528.38/head	2,450.00–2,750.00	2,528	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,125	1,778.67/head	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,779	2
Bulls	—	—	1,653	139.26/cwt	130.00–150.00	2,302	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	128.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	1,899	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	137.55/cwt	132.00–145.50	2,087	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	112.03/cwt	110.00–114.00	1,252	2
Bulls	—	—	1,898	163.97/cwt	163.00–165.00	3,112	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	122.87/cwt	120.50–126.00	1,336	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	136.99/cwt	132.00–150.00	1,699	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	127.14/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,563	17

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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