Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*No sale (May 26) due to Memorial Day

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 16.00-32.00 lower with lower than average quality. Slaughter cows sold steady and bulls sold 2.00 lower; Demand lower and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $423.00/cwt on 42 head, down $25.40 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 30 comparable sales and sits +21.05 against this barn's trailing median of $401.96.

Average price

$423.00

▼ 25.40 vs prior sale

42 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,281

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

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

$58.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.28

vs MO average

+5.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	435.45	2,350	33
Medium and Large 1-2	538	377.36	2,030	9thin

One grade step is worth $58.09/cwt here — about $320 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale42 hd

423.00

—

MO average19 barns · 3,316 hd

434.28

−11.28

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

+5.89

This barn, trailing median30 sales

401.96

+21.05

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	1,636	205.60	3,364	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,404	176.76	2,482	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,154	164.17	1,895	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,038	128.97	1,338	11

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,225	$3,024	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,154	$2,552	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$3,150	5

Every lot, as filed

57 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	550–600	590	379.83/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,241	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,133	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	428.46/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,489	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	505.69/cwt	425.00–540.00	2,190	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	429.73/cwt	420.00–452.00	2,256	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	318.43/cwt	315.00–322.00	2,325	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,884	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,189	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	414.34/cwt	362.00–452.00	2,014	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,081	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,641	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	533.09/cwt	495.00–575.00	2,255	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	400.75/cwt	387.00–415.00	2,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	391.22/cwt	350.00–435.00	2,085	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	484.49/cwt	464.00–497.00	2,083	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,975	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,083	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	429.98/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,485	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	372.97/cwt	365.00–377.00	2,518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	522.23/cwt	452.00–575.00	1,744	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	256	612.20/cwt	550.00–635.00	1,567	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	472.16/cwt	425.00–502.00	2,512	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	371.53/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,731	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	517.95/cwt	475.00–590.00	2,455	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	433.11/cwt	402.00–450.00	2,421	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	305.18/cwt	260.00–350.00	1,932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	556.94/cwt	500.00–572.00	1,838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	469.94/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,471	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	365.90/cwt	350.00–382.00	2,283	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	513.74/cwt	502.00–518.00	1,906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,558	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	472.18/cwt	425.00–495.00	2,219	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	373.49/cwt	355.00–425.00	1,931	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	337.27/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,304	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	375.60/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,329	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	436.97/cwt	420.00–480.00	2,303	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,479	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	553.47/cwt	535.00–577.00	2,081	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	489.47/cwt	457.00–500.00	2,354	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	385.10/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,234	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,288	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	975	3,250.00/head	3,250.00–3,250.00	3,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,038	3,125.00/head	3,000.00–3,500.00	3,125	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,225	3,024.08/head	3,000.00–3,050.00	3,024	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,357	2,825.06/head	2,500.00–3,400.00	2,825	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	850	2,143.24/head	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,143	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	153.34/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,664	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	172.29/cwt	162.00–180.50	2,078	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,526	1
Bulls	—	—	1,408	181.43/cwt	175.00–189.00	2,555	4
Bulls	—	—	1,788	221.71/cwt	195.00–236.00	3,964	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,390	178.10/cwt	170.00–187.00	2,476	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	149.24/cwt	140.00–162.50	1,388	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	121.37/cwt	100.00–134.00	1,308	8

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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