Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2022-12-01

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Dec 1
● Final91 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,725 head
▲ 487 vs last sale 1,238▲ 137 vs year ago 1,588 · +8.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
352 head
▲ 215 vs last sale 137▲ 108 vs year ago 244 · +44.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 40▲ 25 vs year ago 25 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steer calves under 550 lbs traded 8.00-15.00 higher and heavier weights sold steady when compared to the higher trade for those on the last sale. Heifers sold steady to firm. Demand was good to very good with several strings of reputation cattle offered. The quality was very attractive and trade was active. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $192.50/cwt on 786 head.
Average price
$192.50
786 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,100
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$20
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$53.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.40
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573197.941,133471
Medium and Large 1-2565187.021,056271
Large 1-2607171.271,04026
Medium 1-2554167.2792715thin
Medium and Large 2801144.001,1533thin
One grade step is worth $53.94/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale786 hd
192.50
—
MO average16 barns · 18,552 hd
186.10
+6.40
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—Average1,66084.571,4038thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50069.971,05047
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,23261.8276236
CowsLean 85-90%Low85243.6637218

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,378$1,0603thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,460$9259
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,422$1,38616
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,350$1,0503thin

Every lot

91 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2296208.00/cwt208.00–208.006164
Steers—Medium and Large 1333237.00/cwt237.00–237.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 1369245.00/cwt245.00–245.009045
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned373212.00/cwt212.00–212.007913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386209.00/cwt209.00–209.008073
Steers—Medium and Large 1422237.19/cwt218.00–240.251,00138
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428213.75/cwt200.00–226.0091522
Steers—Large 1-2Unweaned467183.50/cwt183.50–183.508574
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478211.55/cwt205.50–220.001,01129
Steers—Medium and Large 1480225.41/cwt214.00–234.001,08254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned487187.00/cwt187.00–187.009116
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned499206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0287
Steers—Medium and Large 1516209.30/cwt199.50–220.001,08073
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added526207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,0918
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned526191.28/cwt191.00–192.001,0067
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538190.30/cwt187.00–206.001,02468
Steers—Medium 1-2Unweaned542157.00/cwt157.00–157.008514
Steers—Large 1-2Unweaned555171.00/cwt171.00–171.009496
Steers—Medium 1-2559171.00/cwt171.00–171.0095611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565185.52/cwt174.00–195.001,04842
Steers—Medium and Large 1578192.70/cwt185.25–208.501,11472
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned595181.21/cwt180.00–183.001,07810
Steers—Large 1-2596178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,0616
Steers—Medium and Large 1618186.84/cwt182.50–189.501,15544
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned619178.27/cwt171.00–182.501,10343
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634171.39/cwt157.50–178.001,08770
Steers—Medium and Large 1669177.89/cwt175.50–180.501,19043
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy672165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1094
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2024
Steers—Large 1-2689165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,1405
Steers—Medium and Large 1702175.05/cwt174.50–178.001,22919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,24312
Steers—Large 1-2Unweaned714159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,1395
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy737166.98/cwt166.00–171.001,23120
Steers—Medium and Large 1765178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,36218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,1979
Steers—Medium and Large 2801144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1533
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327177.66/cwt161.00–186.5058112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390199.71/cwt197.00–200.0077919
Heifers—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed398171.00/cwt171.00–171.006814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420175.85/cwt171.00–180.0073929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434188.49/cwt187.50–190.0081820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned466176.28/cwt175.50–179.0082113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467189.53/cwt179.00–196.0088554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488171.09/cwt159.00–180.0083572
Heifers—Medium 1-2491160.00/cwt160.00–160.007867
Heifers—Medium 2-3501120.00/cwt120.00–120.006013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed514179.00/cwt179.00–179.009207
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521170.48/cwt160.00–177.5088854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned521169.87/cwt164.00–175.0088539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532179.90/cwt170.50–187.0095730
Heifers—Large 1-2Unweaned536140.00/cwt140.00–140.007505
Heifers—Medium 1-2Unweaned566133.50/cwt133.50–133.507564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned568145.00/cwt145.00–145.008245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569155.92/cwt153.00–165.5088727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571169.66/cwt162.00–177.0096951
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned577161.42/cwt157.00–168.0093159
Heifers—Large 1-2Unweaned588146.00/cwt146.00–146.008588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610154.06/cwt150.00–157.0094037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612165.27/cwt162.00–169.001,01113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620139.00/cwt139.00–139.008622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy645145.00/cwt145.00–145.009356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed656165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657141.50/cwt141.50–141.509307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned665152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685164.41/cwt160.00–170.001,12636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721159.96/cwt149.00–163.001,1539
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2752159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,1992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2807146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,1828
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1372212.50/cwt208.00–217.007914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1436216.00/cwt216.00–216.0094210
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2486185.04/cwt182.00–187.008995
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530178.00/cwt178.00–178.009433
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2620161.00/cwt161.00–161.0099810
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59387.50/cwt85.50–88.501,3944
Bulls——1,72681.64/cwt78.00–85.501,4094
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%79642.50/cwt42.50–42.5033813
Cows—Lean 85-90%80336.46/cwt36.00–37.002932
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07753.88/cwt49.50–55.505806
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12553.46/cwt50.00–55.506013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25963.15/cwt59.50–68.5079529
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37071.00/cwt71.00–71.009731
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48569.23/cwt63.00–75.001,02842
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62776.20/cwt73.50–80.001,2405
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3781,060.00/head1,060.00–1,060.001,0603
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,460925.00/head925.00–925.009259
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3501,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4221,385.94/head1,275.00–1,410.001,38616
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,021134.45/cwt122.00–149.001,3738
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,03399.29/cwt88.00–110.001,0262

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.