Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-03-07

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Mar 7
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
716 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 674▼ 659 vs year ago 1,375 · −47.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 103▼ 57 vs year ago 177 · −32.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to spots 5.00 lower. Demand was good for a moderate supply. Some much needed moisture fell across the trade area Thursday morning. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.49/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −139.50 against this barn's trailing median of $405.00.
Average price
$265.49
84 head · 575 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,526
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$107
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.06
vs MO average
−6.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1579267.521,54867
Medium and Large 1-2560257.511,44217thin
One grade step is worth $10.01/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale84 hd
265.49
—
MO average16 barns · 2,906 hd
272.55
−7.06
National average176 barns · 15,352 hd
271.91
−6.42
This barn, trailing median23 sales
405.00
−139.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales
475422370318median 405.0003/1204/1605/2809/2410/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.56, low $332.17, median $405.00 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,556132.772,06615
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,430122.841,75611
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,166112.771,31538
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,061103.391,0967thin

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,3236
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418325.86/cwt314.00–334.001,3625
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432333.62/cwt322.50–338.001,4417
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1454326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,4805
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,4615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506281.74/cwt271.50–290.001,4269
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned575286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6454
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579313.65/cwt299.00–319.001,81637
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579287.90/cwt278.00–294.001,66715
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624289.54/cwt277.00–303.501,80725
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2636283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,8003
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673264.72/cwt264.00–265.001,7827
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721251.86/cwt246.00–265.001,81616
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,95732
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,9232
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1891226.23/cwt225.50–231.002,01615
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,07511
Steers1000–1050Large 11,018209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,1283
Steers1050–1100Large 11,081201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,1734
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275348.00/cwt348.00–348.009572
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,1322
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367322.61/cwt320.00–328.001,18415
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,36310
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472301.50/cwt301.50–301.501,4232
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473290.32/cwt269.00–300.001,37322
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full484260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2585
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524266.57/cwt266.00–268.001,3977
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,50714
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585251.17/cwt246.00–259.001,46910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1593262.37/cwt262.00–272.501,55653
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4405
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630251.47/cwt247.00–254.001,58431
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675232.45/cwt230.00–235.001,56910
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6103
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722232.74/cwt231.50–234.001,68028
Heifers750–800Large 1777219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7024
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,75813
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy865201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7397
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1909209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,90412
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,9899
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2300380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1403
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2372329.89/cwt297.00–358.001,22710
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2428290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2413
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2518289.48/cwt276.00–298.001,50023
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2584275.56/cwt274.00–278.001,6095
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625259.78/cwt257.00–267.001,62421
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2674253.76/cwt230.00–259.001,71011
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2763215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,6443
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2816209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,7053
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,185112.55/cwt108.00–115.001,3343
Bulls——1,529132.91/cwt119.00–138.002,0326
Bulls——1,769142.73/cwt139.00–147.002,5256
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,059102.45/cwt94.00–108.001,0856
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,1661
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145103.35/cwt99.00–105.001,18314
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173115.92/cwt110.00–121.501,36018
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,193125.30/cwt123.00–127.001,4956
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,359122.05/cwt117.00–126.001,6599
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,748126.39/cwt125.00–128.002,2092

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.