Name: SEMO Livestock Sales livestock auction prices — 2026-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale (May 26) due to Memorial Day Holiday

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 10.00-23.00 higher with good quality in the offering. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady; Demand good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.96/cwt on 84 head, up $13.16 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 28 comparable sales and sits +14.80 against this barn's trailing median of $449.16.

Average price

$463.96

▲ 13.16 vs prior sale

84 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$148

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

$4.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.73

vs MO average

−10.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	464.19	2,560	80
Medium and Large 1-2	525	459.38	2,412	4thin

One grade step is worth $4.81/cwt here — about $148 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

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 sale84 hd

463.96

—

MO average19 barns · 5,430 hd

480.69

−16.73

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−10.52

This barn, trailing median28 sales

449.16

+14.80

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	—	High	1,565	207.82	3,253	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,395	178.29	2,487	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,191	169.88	2,024	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,039	160.06	1,663	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)	1,203	$3,710	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,232	$3,537	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,243	$3,203	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,760	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,074	$2,179	11
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,148	$2,150	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	870	$3,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,178	$4,255	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,178	$3,767	9

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 1Value Added	550–600	555	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,597	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	418.65/cwt	385.00–438.00	2,587	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	423.99/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,362	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	338.70/cwt	332.00–341.00	2,418	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	266	668.05/cwt	635.00–680.00	1,777	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	386.60/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,381	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	531.52/cwt	500.00–572.00	1,967	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	332.34/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	250	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	1,775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	635	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,807	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	416	528.40/cwt	525.00–535.00	2,198	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	506.39/cwt	475.00–532.00	2,334	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	462.37/cwt	425.00–480.00	2,409	41
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,203	3,710.19/head	3,350.00–4,100.00	3,710	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,055	2,714.93/head	2,350.00–3,050.00	2,715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	382.56/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	465.72/cwt	425.00–495.00	2,147	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,622	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	443.46/cwt	425.00–452.00	2,324	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	433	630.67/cwt	622.00–635.00	2,731	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	642	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	345	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,294	4
Bulls	—	—	1,575	219.83/cwt	210.00–233.00	3,462	10
Bulls	—	—	1,541	177.78/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,740	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	178.29/cwt	163.50–195.00	2,487	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	174.07/cwt	163.00–190.50	2,106	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	156.90/cwt	150.00–161.50	1,779	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	164.61/cwt	157.00–174.50	1,695	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,240	3,840.00/head	3,350.00–4,350.00	3,840	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,203	4,330.00/head	3,800.00–4,950.00	4,330	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,101	3,675.00/head	3,150.00–4,150.00	3,675	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	925	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,668	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	530.04/cwt	500.00–562.00	2,534	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	475	527.22/cwt	522.00–530.00	2,504	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	441.56/cwt	427.00–445.00	2,508	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	589.09/cwt	585.00–620.00	1,985	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	689	386.50/cwt	386.50–386.50	2,663	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	587.34/cwt	545.00–612.00	2,549	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	452.00/cwt	437.00–460.00	2,604	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	567.25/cwt	550.00–572.00	2,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	494.87/cwt	450.00–522.00	2,118	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	459.38/cwt	410.00–475.00	2,412	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	471.95/cwt	442.00–500.00	1,808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	482.00/cwt	482.00–482.00	2,304	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	553.37/cwt	525.00–575.00	1,798	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	397.08/cwt	375.00–419.00	2,633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	441.14/cwt	375.00–467.00	2,122	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	467.78/cwt	450.00–502.00	1,459	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	412.59/cwt	400.00–427.00	1,506	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	452.87/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,128	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	530.46/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	342.57/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,819	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,264	3,629.68/head	2,400.00–4,150.00	3,630	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,148	2,149.67/head	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,150	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,243	3,203.22/head	2,550.00–4,000.00	3,203	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,406	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	475.96/cwt	425.00–517.00	2,475	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	448.82/cwt	440.00–490.00	1,930	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	139.61/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,508	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	980	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	870	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	948	1,865.73/head	1,600.00–2,200.00	1,866	3
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	890	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,121	2,296.04/head	1,600.00–2,950.00	2,296	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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