Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2025-07-29

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Jul 29
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
83 head
137 vs last sale 220 134 vs year ago 217 · 61.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
32 head
34 vs last sale 66 46 vs year ago 78 · 59.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
19 vs last sale 24 5 vs year ago 10 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough feeders in the offering for a 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 $332.85/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits 69.10 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.
Average price
$332.85
7 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,932
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$86
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
26.25
vs MO average
14.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568346.241,9674thin
Medium and Large 1-2597315.001,8813thin
One grade step is worth $31.24/cwt here — about $86 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
468423377332median 401.9612/1602/2404/2106/1608/18
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 sale7 hd
332.85
MO average11 barns · 741 hd
359.10
−26.25
National average149 barns · 6,369 hd
347.50
−14.65
This barn, trailing median30 sales
401.96
−69.10
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,638183.163,0006thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,557164.702,5643thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,304152.851,99417
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,115126.341,4085thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,275$2,7001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$2,5462thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,450$2,2251thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)885$2,1751thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550500432.00/cwt432.00–432.002,1603
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3233
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450435405.54/cwt400.00–417.001,7643
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600553357.51/cwt355.00–360.001,9772
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300296428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,2674
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568346.24/cwt346.00–347.001,9674
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450400428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,7123
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400366415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5194
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350328443.87/cwt437.00–448.001,4565
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460459.01/cwt435.00–482.002,1112
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700695292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0293
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950920273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,5123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469344.65/cwt325.00–357.001,6166
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350339433.91/cwt419.00–447.001,47113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600597315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8813
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400353408.44/cwt400.00–417.001,4422
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479387.63/cwt365.00–420.001,8575
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500460405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,8633
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2002,545.83/head1,900.00–3,150.002,5462
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,4502,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2752,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred HeifersMedium 28852,175.00/head2,175.00–2,175.002,1751
Bulls1,493171.29/cwt170.00–174.002,5573
Bulls1,783195.02/cwt190.00–202.003,4773
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229149.72/cwt147.00–152.001,8407
CowsBoner 80-85%1,336165.06/cwt157.00–174.002,2056
CowsBoner 80-85%1,389140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9454
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,557164.70/cwt156.00–170.002,5643
CowsLean 85-90%1,080113.89/cwt109.00–120.001,2302
CowsLean 85-90%1,138134.64/cwt128.00–139.001,5323

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.