Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2023-02-09

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Feb 9
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
895 head
▼ 457 vs last sale 1,352▼ 180 vs year ago 1,075 · −16.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
167 head
▲ 56 vs last sale 111▲ 25 vs year ago 142 · +17.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 50▼ 5 vs year ago 30 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers traded mostly steady to spots 5.00 higher on a few of the fancier groups suitable to graze. Demand was moderate to good for a moderate supply with both long weaned cattle and a few new crop calves offered. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $201.99/cwt on 448 head.
Average price
$201.99
448 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,225
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$178
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.05
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545208.061,134223
Medium 1552201.001,1104thin
Medium and Large 1670195.901,312221
One grade step is worth $12.16/cwt here — about −$178 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 sale448 hd
201.99
—
MO average17 barns · 17,117 hd
200.95
+1.05
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,637102.991,68612
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45487.021,26629
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17181.3295266
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01768.1169312

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,127$1,5004thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,203$1,1692thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned336200.00/cwt200.00–200.006723
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned346220.00/cwt220.00–220.007615
Steers—Medium and Large 1353230.00/cwt230.00–230.008123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2370218.00/cwt218.00–218.0080710
Steers—Medium and Large 1421228.00/cwt228.00–228.009604
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425220.00/cwt220.00–220.009356
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned437226.00/cwt226.00–226.009886
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,06231
Steers—Medium and Large 1494222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0976
Steers—Medium and Large 1514226.91/cwt225.50–232.001,1669
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned518211.22/cwt208.00–216.001,0945
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518207.84/cwt205.00–214.501,07748
Steers—Medium 1552201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2558211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,18091
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added569217.85/cwt216.50–218.001,24020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2612188.22/cwt188.00–189.001,15214
Steers—Medium and Large 1637192.39/cwt192.25–193.001,22621
Steers—Medium and Large 1673186.76/cwt180.00–190.001,25719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2023
Steers—Medium and Large 1707188.75/cwt188.75–188.751,33428
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added717188.38/cwt188.25–188.601,35134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2784174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,36817
Steers—Medium and Large 1798183.60/cwt183.60–183.601,46557
Steers—Medium and Large 1877176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,5444
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379211.36/cwt207.00–218.008018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned398192.00/cwt192.00–192.007643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411186.00/cwt186.00–186.007649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428202.89/cwt201.00–209.008688
Heifers—Large 1-2435171.00/cwt171.00–171.007448
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435160.00/cwt160.00–160.0069611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480184.07/cwt173.00–188.0088429
Heifers—Medium and Large 1493191.13/cwt190.50–194.0094218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added500180.00/cwt180.00–180.009004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534183.80/cwt180.00–189.009817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534183.05/cwt180.00–186.009774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added535200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,07017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed561186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,04312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573174.87/cwt173.00–177.001,00217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612172.08/cwt170.00–173.501,05310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2629150.00/cwt150.00–150.0094410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added632175.45/cwt169.50–177.251,10917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0062
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned667145.00/cwt145.00–145.009674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707169.12/cwt164.00–171.751,19621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2959130.51/cwt130.00–132.001,2524
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2368204.74/cwt192.00–210.007537
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Unweaned455176.00/cwt176.00–176.008014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2513195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0004
Bulls—Large 1-2519170.00/cwt170.00–170.008825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2682156.46/cwt155.00–159.001,0678
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,41789.44/cwt79.00–95.001,2673
Bulls——1,642104.66/cwt94.00–110.001,7196
Bulls——1,848113.21/cwt110.00–115.002,0923
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96581.00/cwt81.00–81.007821
Cows—Lean 85-90%97055.50/cwt50.00–61.005382
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03040.00/cwt40.00–40.004121
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03473.16/cwt69.00–76.007568
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15173.03/cwt68.00–77.0084112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16482.11/cwt77.00–86.5095646
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23989.18/cwt87.00–92.501,1058
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41889.56/cwt87.00–91.501,2705
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46286.49/cwt80.00–90.501,26424
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07590.52/cwt80.00–94.009739
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,128100.67/cwt90.00–110.001,1364
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1271,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2031,168.92/head1,100.00–1,250.001,1692

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.