Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2020-04-09

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Apr 9
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
575 head
▼ 653 vs last sale 1,228▼ 889 vs year ago 1,464 · −60.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
▼ 79 vs last sale 207▼ 3 vs year ago 131 · −2.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 3▼ 20 vs year ago 50 · −40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, very few sales of similar type and kind were offered, however the undertone was steady to lower. Supply was light and demand was moderate. Farmers have been busy with fieldwork and pastures have been getting fertilized this week. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.90/cwt on 210 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −149.10 against this barn's trailing median of $280.00.
Average price
$130.90
210 head · 524 lb average
Value per head Derived
$686
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$312
per head · Large 1 over Medium 1
$49.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.62
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1371147.0054513thin
Medium and Large 1509135.1368848
Medium and Large 1-2547128.97705125
Large 1-2466127.4859421
Medium 187598.008583thin
One grade step is worth $49.00/cwt here — about −$312 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale210 hd
130.90
—
MO average14 barns · 5,187 hd
126.29
+4.62
This barn, trailing median1 sales
280.00
−149.10
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
Bulls—Average1,73479.891,3856thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35851.8670423
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,14846.6453617
CowsLean 85-90%Low95431.4830019

Every lot

56 lots · USDA AMS · MO-Kan Livestock Market - Butler, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 1320162.50/cwt162.50–162.5052013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2330164.00/cwt164.00–164.005413
Steers—Large 1366148.00/cwt148.00–148.005424
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376172.60/cwt169.00–175.006495
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426159.09/cwt158.50–159.506785
Steers—Medium and Large 1430161.08/cwt160.00–164.006937
Steers—Large 1-2435152.33/cwt140.00–155.5066314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy508135.00/cwt135.00–135.006865
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523155.63/cwt148.00–158.7581425
Steers—Medium and Large 1568147.55/cwt146.50–148.008387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2605136.50/cwt136.50–136.5082620
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667129.06/cwt128.00–129.2586113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715127.00/cwt127.00–127.0090847
Steers—Large 1-2727117.00/cwt117.00–117.008514
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy796109.25/cwt109.25–109.258708
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,05195.00/cwt95.00–95.009983
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Large 1-2273145.00/cwt145.00–145.003968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316145.50/cwt145.50–145.5046011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned363144.00/cwt144.00–144.005233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371150.00/cwt150.00–150.005574
Heifers—Large 1371147.00/cwt147.00–147.0054513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2379148.42/cwt146.50–149.5056328
Heifers—Large 1-2382134.00/cwt134.00–134.005124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned415139.50/cwt139.50–139.505795
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned486136.69/cwt135.50–137.006649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488140.24/cwt137.00–145.0068414
Heifers—Large 1-2490125.00/cwt125.00–125.006133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516136.00/cwt136.00–136.0070210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567126.25/cwt126.25–126.2571624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659120.25/cwt120.25–120.2579213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677115.59/cwt114.50–115.7578347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736108.50/cwt108.50–108.507995
Heifers—Large 1-2767101.00/cwt101.00–101.007756
Heifers—Medium 187598.00/cwt98.00–98.008583
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2327157.00/cwt157.00–157.005138
Bulls—Medium and Large 1377172.00/cwt172.00–172.006488
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2404162.25/cwt162.25–162.2565519
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned478152.00/cwt152.00–152.007277
Bulls—Medium and Large 1554137.00/cwt137.00–137.007597
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2571129.00/cwt129.00–129.007373
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,12071.00/cwt71.00–71.007951
Bulls——1,85480.84/cwt75.00–83.501,4994
Bulls——1,86585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89726.71/cwt20.00–31.0024011
Cows—Lean 85-90%90016.00/cwt16.00–16.001441
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05241.18/cwt36.50–44.004337
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06539.62/cwt38.00–41.004222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15546.78/cwt44.50–52.0054013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18852.78/cwt52.50–53.006272
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32343.36/cwt41.00–45.505742
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34151.38/cwt46.00–56.0068917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44658.13/cwt56.00–60.008414
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-293280.53/cwt73.00–82.007516
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,01060.77/cwt51.00–72.006147
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19851,310.00/cwt1,310.00–1,310.0012,9044
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2721,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0014,6285

This sale against other markets

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.