Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 1.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $404.40/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 4 of 28 comparable sales and sits −44.77 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.

Average price

$404.40

40 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$65.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.43

vs MO average

−18.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	410.90	2,180	36
Medium and Large 1-2	535	345.87	1,850	4thin

One grade step is worth $65.03/cwt here — about $330 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $483.11, low $377.91, median $449.16 across 28 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 sale40 hd

404.40

—

MO average15 barns · 2,259 hd

413.83

−9.43

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

−18.25

This barn, trailing median28 sales

449.16

−44.77

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	1,661	181.50	3,015	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,524	156.28	2,381	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,220	151.67	1,851	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,089	128.25	1,397	14

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,113	$2,593	2thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	477.96/cwt	475.00–482.00	1,558	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	523	421.45/cwt	417.00–430.00	2,204	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	378	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	1,879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	462	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	2,111	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	289.92/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,798	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	279	493.87/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	365.25/cwt	325.00–405.00	1,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,492	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	322.39/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	309.43/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	336.81/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,383	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	297.45/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	308.54/cwt	280.00–335.00	1,916	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,138	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	399.59/cwt	372.00–417.00	2,138	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	461.79/cwt	425.00–477.00	1,958	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	393.53/cwt	352.00–451.00	1,826	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,846	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	380.56/cwt	350.00–425.00	1,210	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	457.56/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,730	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,556	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	349.73/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,976	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	342.00/cwt	327.00–357.00	1,727	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	461.69/cwt	447.00–477.00	1,676	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	341.37/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,973	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	330.16/cwt	320.00–360.00	2,357	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	327.50/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,900	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	585	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,849	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	136.46/cwt	125.00–148.00	1,498	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	163.40/cwt	159.00–168.00	2,505	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	148.27/cwt	143.00–152.00	2,243	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	940	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,222	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	161.17/cwt	157.00–166.50	2,055	9
Bulls	—	—	1,525	171.70/cwt	170.00–174.00	2,618	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	113.46/cwt	104.00–125.00	1,217	5
Bulls	—	—	1,743	187.38/cwt	179.50–193.00	3,266	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	148.90/cwt	140.00–155.50	1,803	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,113	2,593.03/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	327.00/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,998	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	376.90/cwt	375.00–387.00	1,824	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	292.56/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	398.50/cwt	375.00–422.00	1,674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	438	420.19/cwt	400.00–427.00	1,840	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	335.08/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,061	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	412.55/cwt	375.00–440.00	1,943	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	365.45/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,926	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	325.50/cwt	310.00–340.00	2,155	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	320.76/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,281	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	354.64/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	406.30/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,292	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	379.57/cwt	357.00–395.00	1,784	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	297	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,238	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	470	407.57/cwt	402.00–425.00	1,916	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	382.97/cwt	379.00–387.00	2,374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	403.11/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,564	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,100	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	366.02/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,947	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	387.56/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,639	9

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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