Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2025-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the heat not enough feeders in the offering for a trend comparison. 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 $306.18/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −95.78 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.

Average price

$306.18

12 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−32.33

vs MO average

−29.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	306.18	1,712	12thin

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

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 sale12 hd

306.18

—

MO average16 barns · 2,589 hd

338.51

−32.33

National average145 barns · 7,340 hd

335.91

−29.73

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.96

−95.78

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	1,438	185.44	2,667	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,498	159.79	2,394	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,313	145.81	1,915	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,134	120.33	1,364	6thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1-2	500–550	532	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,596	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,840	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	303.24/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,753	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	308	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	315	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	312.51/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,384	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,738	4
Bulls	—	—	1,438	185.44/cwt	184.00–187.00	2,667	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	155.28/cwt	153.00–160.00	2,000	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,326	141.07/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,871	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	159.79/cwt	156.00–162.00	2,394	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	113.99/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,263	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,576	2

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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