Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-01-04

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jan 4
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,718 head
▲ 1,490 vs last sale 228▼ 150 vs year ago 1,868 · −8.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
280 head
▲ 162 vs last sale 118▲ 82 vs year ago 198 · +41.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 10▼ 25 vs year ago 50 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, steers sold 5.00-15.00 higher with the full advance on those under 650 lbs. Heifers sold 3.00-8.00 higher. Demand was good for a heavy supply of mostly long weaned, reputation cattle for the 32nd anniversary sale to start the year. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $258.25/cwt on 736 head.
Average price
$258.25
736 head · 629 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,625
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$365
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1
$40.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.92
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2584260.831,522190
Medium and Large 1650258.041,676527
Medium and Large 2484249.451,20711thin
Large 1-2582226.001,3154thin
Medium 1526220.001,1574thin
One grade step is worth $40.83/cwt here — about $365 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 sale736 hd
258.25
—
MO average12 barns · 20,703 hd
246.34
+11.92
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—High1,805114.502,0672thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48396.211,42627
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25989.851,13153
CowsLean 85-90%Average99881.728166thin

Every lot

79 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2340260.00/cwt260.00–260.008843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed352287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,0107
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy420300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2602
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429303.65/cwt299.00–307.001,30320
Steers—Medium and Large 1433321.37/cwt320.50–323.501,39223
Steers—Medium and Large 2448271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2144
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed460316.50/cwt316.50–316.501,45611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465292.61/cwt270.00–309.001,36119
Steers—Medium and Large 1478305.56/cwt298.00–309.001,46117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy487256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2477
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy512265.06/cwt262.00–272.501,3577
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518285.48/cwt272.00–297.001,47917
Steers—Medium 1526220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1574
Steers—Medium and Large 1538296.85/cwt290.00–313.001,59736
Steers—Medium and Large 1569280.93/cwt268.00–291.001,59847
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578264.13/cwt246.00–280.001,52740
Steers—Large 1-2582226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned590245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624253.03/cwt246.00–265.001,57917
Steers—Medium and Large 2628220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3824
Steers—Medium and Large 1629261.32/cwt249.00–271.001,644124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2668237.79/cwt230.00–241.001,58830
Steers—Medium and Large 1680244.88/cwt236.00–251.501,66572
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy707214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,5134
Steers—Medium and Large 1724232.52/cwt227.00–238.501,68387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724224.75/cwt220.00–228.001,62711
Steers—Medium and Large 1754233.27/cwt228.00–234.501,75954
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned775209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6203
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2794220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,74712
Steers—Medium and Large 1818229.23/cwt229.00–230.001,87543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2862199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,7154
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2280220.00/cwt220.00–220.006163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed333267.00/cwt267.00–267.008898
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360277.50/cwt277.50–277.509992
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed362265.00/cwt265.00–265.009595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386237.65/cwt200.00–255.009176
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415217.00/cwt217.00–217.009018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422260.00/cwt241.00–275.001,09730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425286.56/cwt272.00–295.001,21832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned465265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479254.79/cwt230.00–264.001,22039
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483263.50/cwt257.00–286.001,27346
Heifers—Large 1-2500204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,0206
Heifers—Medium and Large 2503180.00/cwt180.00–180.009054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed505257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507254.49/cwt251.00–262.501,29029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511248.47/cwt247.00–250.001,2706
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy521215.87/cwt215.00–218.001,12514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564233.02/cwt219.00–240.001,31485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571221.59/cwt214.00–229.001,26546
Heifers—Medium and Large 2581190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy591219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617215.04/cwt205.00–220.501,32737
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy619195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2075
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627222.70/cwt215.00–228.501,39685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664215.74/cwt206.00–222.001,43325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673198.21/cwt191.00–200.001,33431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705213.63/cwt212.00–214.001,50632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy705198.67/cwt198.00–200.001,4016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727199.32/cwt198.00–200.001,4496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,5923
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315290.46/cwt288.00–293.009154
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2492279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,37513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2529263.96/cwt257.50–274.001,39610
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4602
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574256.50/cwt254.00–258.001,47213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2661220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4548
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2840182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,5295
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,675133.00/cwt133.00–133.002,2281
Bulls——1,93596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,8581
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99881.72/cwt75.00–86.508166
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20085.50/cwt85.50–85.501,0261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25589.42/cwt85.00–93.501,12248
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32596.13/cwt93.50–100.501,2744
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46187.24/cwt87.00–88.001,2754
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47197.28/cwt89.00–99.501,43120
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,588101.02/cwt100.50–101.501,6043
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12091.55/cwt91.00–92.001,0252
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,16593.72/cwt90.00–99.001,0925

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.