Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2025-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Due to the heat again, not enough feeders in the offering to establish a trend, undertones were higher. Slaughter cows sold steady and bulls scarce; Demand not establish and supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $357.26/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 4 of 30 comparable sales and sits −44.70 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.

Average price

$357.26

24 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.81

vs MO average

−2.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	357.26	1,934	24

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 sale24 hd

357.26

—

MO average10 barns · 906 hd

377.07

−19.81

National average158 barns · 7,895 hd

359.80

−2.54

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.96

−44.70

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	1,470	175.00	2,573	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	161.63	2,361	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,079	155.51	1,677	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,180	148.68	1,754	3thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,005	$3,925	2thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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	350–400	370	463.70/cwt	395.00–482.00	1,716	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,048	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	692	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,647	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	432.29/cwt	397.00–445.00	2,002	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	332.51/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,105	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	378.42/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,832	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,301	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	379.38/cwt	372.00–390.00	2,181	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,357	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	468.88/cwt	447.00–480.00	1,519	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	329.18/cwt	325.00–342.00	1,889	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	368.50/cwt	350.00–387.00	1,456	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,555	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	466.65/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,811	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,901	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	344.13/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,113	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	430.03/cwt	400.00–447.00	1,613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	541	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,077	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	345.59/cwt	337.00–355.00	1,832	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	388.78/cwt	385.00–392.00	2,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	303.57/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,436	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,008	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,789	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	440.51/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,784	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,376	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	3,850.00/head	3,850.00–3,850.00	3,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	4,000.00/head	4,000.00–4,000.00	4,000	1
Bulls	—	—	1,340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,211	1
Bulls	—	—	1,600	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,960	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,462	168.97/cwt	160.00–181.00	2,470	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,458	139.61/cwt	131.00–144.50	2,036	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	148.68/cwt	141.00–155.50	1,754	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	167.11/cwt	162.50–172.50	1,885	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,013	142.44/cwt	140.50–145.00	1,443	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	152.63/cwt	141.50–158.00	1,638	6

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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