Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2023-02-23

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Feb 23
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
834 head
▲ 157 vs last sale 677▼ 120 vs year ago 954 · −12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 100▲ 16 vs year ago 92 · +17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady except for a nice offering of steers over 650 lbs that traded with a higher undertone. Demand was good for a moderate supply. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $211.68/cwt on 405 head.
Average price
$211.68
405 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,232
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$28.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.53
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543219.421,191161
Medium and Large 1626210.111,316198
Medium and Large 2546191.691,04613thin
Large 1-2520191.2799533
One grade step is worth $28.15/cwt here — about $196 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 sale405 hd
211.68
—
MO average18 barns · 14,841 hd
208.15
+3.53
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—High1,527108.211,6526thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48291.701,35920
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19691.501,09529
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03176.5578917

Every lot

55 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2324210.00/cwt210.00–210.006806
Steers—Medium and Large 1390250.00/cwt250.00–250.009757
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435223.97/cwt221.00–239.0097427
Steers—Medium and Large 1438228.00/cwt228.00–228.009993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467218.74/cwt217.00–221.001,0227
Steers—Medium and Large 1474219.73/cwt219.00–222.001,04212
Steers—Large 1-2491194.00/cwt194.00–194.009538
Steers—Large 1-2516192.00/cwt192.00–192.0099120
Steers—Medium and Large 1520235.82/cwt226.25–240.501,22623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522232.27/cwt210.00–233.001,21260
Steers—Medium and Large 2526192.52/cwt190.50–197.501,0137
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539211.50/cwt211.50–211.501,1405
Steers—Medium and Large 2569190.72/cwt187.50–197.501,0856
Steers—Large 1-2582184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0715
Steers—Medium and Large 1586222.59/cwt220.00–223.501,30438
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,29016
Steers—Medium and Large 1630212.19/cwt209.00–213.001,33720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661204.58/cwt199.50–205.001,35240
Steers—Medium and Large 1698196.52/cwt196.50–197.001,37258
Steers—Medium and Large 1717193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,38430
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full770168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2943
Steers—Medium and Large 1787178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,4014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2342206.00/cwt206.00–206.0070516
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned398196.00/cwt196.00–196.007806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2410201.00/cwt201.00–201.008242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415220.00/cwt220.00–220.009135
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned462190.00/cwt190.00–190.008788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned472190.00/cwt190.00–190.008972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476195.85/cwt188.00–203.5093224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526198.65/cwt189.00–209.251,04547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530179.00/cwt179.00–179.009494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added550195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,07311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2553176.00/cwt176.00–176.009738
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564193.65/cwt187.50–196.001,09229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575187.27/cwt185.00–188.001,0778
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned577182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,0502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2672171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,1492
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,3614
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375221.00/cwt221.00–221.008292
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2420218.58/cwt216.00–219.0091831
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2495203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,00516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2516203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,05013
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2589190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,12216
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2692167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1564
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37582.50/cwt82.50–82.501,1341
Bulls——1,551111.94/cwt108.00–117.001,7364
Bulls——1,580119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,8801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88089.00/cwt89.00–89.007831
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02480.33/cwt75.00–85.0082312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08862.11/cwt56.00–70.006764
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17397.35/cwt95.00–101.501,14210
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20280.36/cwt76.00–84.009663
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21089.93/cwt84.00–96.001,08816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45096.51/cwt94.00–98.001,3995
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49290.10/cwt84.00–95.001,34415

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.