Sale reports / Missouri / SEMO Livestock Sales / 2025-11-18

SEMO Livestock Sales

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Jackson, Missouri · Tue, Nov 18
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3484
Feeder Cattle receipts
653 head
324 vs last sale 329 130 vs year ago 523 · +24.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
6 vs last sale 98 10 vs year ago 102 · 9.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
4 vs last sale 4 4 vs year ago 4 · +100.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No Sale ( November 25) due to Thanksgiving

Compared to last week, steers and 500 lbs heifers sold 11.00-16.00 higher, the rest of the heifer offering sold 2.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 higher; Demand uneven and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.72/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits 52.24 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.
Average price
$349.72
96 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,891
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$29.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.52
vs MO average
7.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542353.071,91485
Medium and Large 1-2530323.811,71711thin
One grade step is worth $29.26/cwt here — about $197 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale96 hd
349.72
MO average18 barns · 2,585 hd
352.24
−2.52
National average188 barns · 19,415 hd
356.89
−7.17
This barn, trailing median30 sales
401.96
−52.24
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
BullsHigh1,763181.783,20515
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,427148.882,12413
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,212145.141,75927
CowsLean 85-90%High1,030128.701,32512

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,315$2,2001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,128$1,7113thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,017$1,5323thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)780$1,7501thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350331368.12/cwt357.00–370.001,2187
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600562348.59/cwt325.00–358.001,95945
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000988241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,3816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650638326.00/cwt325.00–327.002,0802
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623366.70/cwt345.00–375.002,28537
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524381.72/cwt357.00–397.002,00024
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550513406.75/cwt397.00–410.002,08711
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900850295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,5083
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670323.22/cwt310.00–333.002,1664
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600568377.00/cwt360.00–387.002,14133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478371.82/cwt350.00–380.001,7778
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700666350.97/cwt345.00–357.002,33717
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400383428.87/cwt427.00–432.001,6439
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350338440.82/cwt435.00–447.001,4906
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520358.11/cwt330.00–375.001,86240
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400371368.94/cwt350.00–375.001,3694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450413376.61/cwt370.00–385.001,5553
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600589344.32/cwt325.00–357.002,02813
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500482401.17/cwt385.00–417.001,93416
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450414415.09/cwt385.00–432.001,71811
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340353.52/cwt325.00–365.001,2026
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518344.96/cwt320.00–357.001,78711
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300263462.62/cwt450.00–475.001,2172
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600586357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,0924
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400383393.08/cwt375.00–430.001,50514
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500461368.58/cwt350.00–397.001,6998
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700666328.45/cwt310.00–335.002,1877
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450435330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4364
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700665285.84/cwt250.00–315.001,9013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,204133.47/cwt128.00–137.001,6078
CowsLean 85-90%966132.41/cwt128.00–141.001,2797
CowsLean 85-90%1,119123.50/cwt110.00–127.001,3825
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,459144.82/cwt140.00–150.002,1135
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,133131.03/cwt125.00–135.001,4852
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,498158.22/cwt155.00–164.002,3706
CowsBoner 80-85%1,409160.88/cwt156.50–167.002,2674
CowsBoner 80-85%1,164147.17/cwt139.50–154.001,71315
Bulls1,870190.72/cwt177.00–201.003,5669
Bulls1,603168.36/cwt159.00–175.002,6996
Bred HeifersMedium 27801,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1281,711.15/head1,400.00–2,000.001,7113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2052,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,3152,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred CowsMedium 29231,297.97/head1,250.00–1,350.001,2982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450415332.94/cwt320.00–350.001,38211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650631314.57/cwt280.00–350.001,9859
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700662291.58/cwt280.00–325.001,9308
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550515326.68/cwt325.00–330.001,6827
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650624335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0906
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550517355.55/cwt350.00–367.001,8389
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750708334.74/cwt310.00–338.002,37031
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425365.96/cwt350.00–382.001,55527
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650606338.85/cwt335.00–340.002,05344
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400372344.91/cwt300.00–365.001,28315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467340.50/cwt325.00–350.001,59019
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463371.71/cwt330.00–382.001,72110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900895242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,1663
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370367.99/cwt367.00–370.001,3623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600557318.78/cwt300.00–325.001,7764

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.