Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2023-12-14

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Dec 14
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
584 head
▼ 802 vs last sale 1,386▼ 511 vs year ago 1,095 · −46.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 205▲ 85 vs year ago 89 · +95.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 25▲ 30 vs year ago 10 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers heifers sold steady. Demand was moderate to good for a light to moderate supply. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $231.46/cwt on 224 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −48.54 against this barn's trailing median of $280.00.
Average price
$231.46
224 head · 527 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,219
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$90.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.49
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552236.571,306111
Medium and Large 1-2485234.951,13892
Medium 1-2422206.3387115thin
Large 1960146.001,4026thin
One grade step is worth $90.57/cwt here — about −$96 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 sale224 hd
231.46
—
MO average15 barns · 9,739 hd
217.97
+13.49
This barn, trailing median1 sales
280.00
−48.54
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—High1,717110.571,8986thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45392.011,33721
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17785.311,00543
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03175.6078022

Every lot

59 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1314286.00/cwt286.00–286.008985
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368257.66/cwt250.00–265.009486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2440299.25/cwt292.00–300.501,31719
Steers—Medium and Large 1442299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,3222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477291.34/cwt280.50–298.501,39013
Steers—Medium and Large 1482300.41/cwt290.00–304.001,4489
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned532224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,1925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533258.84/cwt258.00–259.501,3807
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2558247.43/cwt240.00–250.001,38123
Steers—Large 1587248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4562
Steers—Medium and Large 1596246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,46610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616238.59/cwt224.00–245.001,47013
Steers—Medium and Large 1624240.47/cwt233.00–249.001,50121
Steers—Medium and Large 1651239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,5564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686226.22/cwt218.00–233.001,55218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4983
Steers—Medium and Large 1732211.64/cwt210.50–212.001,5498
Steers—Medium and Large 1766212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,62411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5702
Steers—Medium and Large 1860198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,7035
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2365236.40/cwt225.00–243.0086313
Heifers—Medium 1-2402210.00/cwt210.00–210.0084410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416266.07/cwt256.00–273.001,10714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419254.98/cwt244.00–260.001,06814
Heifers—Medium 1-2462199.00/cwt199.00–199.009195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482244.28/cwt224.00–258.001,17723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510234.85/cwt217.00–246.001,19826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535240.15/cwt236.00–242.001,28538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned547213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,1655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575235.22/cwt220.00–246.001,35346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned626190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,3224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1812184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,4944
Heifers—Large 1960146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,4026
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2371273.14/cwt268.00–280.001,0135
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2430265.44/cwt250.00–280.001,1414
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,3102
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483258.82/cwt247.00–288.001,25016
Bulls—Medium and Large 1530244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,2962
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2544249.99/cwt248.00–252.001,3604
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2615217.43/cwt215.00–222.001,3379
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5053
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2793185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4679
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,50592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,3851
Bulls——1,668102.52/cwt100.00–105.001,7102
Bulls——1,820122.12/cwt119.00–124.002,2233
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97166.07/cwt59.00–70.006425
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04978.40/cwt72.50–82.5082217
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16285.53/cwt82.00–89.5099432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19890.78/cwt89.50–93.001,0886
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25277.38/cwt74.50–80.509695
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25384.20/cwt83.00–85.501,0552
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43891.69/cwt85.00–95.001,31915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61097.11/cwt96.50–97.501,5634
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2995142.00/cwt124.00–149.001,4134
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,053101.62/cwt90.00–110.001,07012
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,07892.46/cwt92.00–93.0099711

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.