Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-06-06

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jun 6
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
531 head
▼ 133 vs last sale 664▼ 113 vs year ago 644 · −17.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
88 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 96▼ 82 vs year ago 170 · −48.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 15▲ 1 vs year ago 14 · +7.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00-10.00 higher with spots 15.00 higher on some calves under 600 lbs. Demand was good for a moderate to light supply. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $282.72/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −122.28 against this barn's trailing median of $405.00.
Average price
$282.72
80 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,521
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$16.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.37
vs MO average
+9.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537287.761,54656
Medium and Large 1-2539270.961,46124
One grade step is worth $16.80/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale80 hd
282.72
—
MO average16 barns · 4,133 hd
277.35
+5.37
National average170 barns · 13,742 hd
273.03
+9.69
This barn, trailing median23 sales
405.00
−122.28
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—High1,745177.953,10611
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,475145.732,14914
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,173140.631,64927
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,032125.711,29720

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,223$2,5664thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2336395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,32710
Steers350–400Medium 1-2377268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,0104
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,52712
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full430327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4066
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,4903
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462328.72/cwt316.00–340.001,51913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472335.24/cwt335.00–336.001,58233
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531315.83/cwt310.00–322.001,67734
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579304.02/cwt301.00–312.001,76033
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2605276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,6703
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,7732
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673279.89/cwt277.00–284.501,88413
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned715258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,84516
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,1355
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,1836
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,33914
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3203
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1479302.39/cwt297.00–307.501,44850
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,4497
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516280.42/cwt267.00–288.001,44714
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523290.10/cwt279.00–306.001,51730
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554285.06/cwt280.00–289.001,57926
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572257.72/cwt254.00–260.001,47410
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615269.56/cwt267.00–277.501,6588
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640256.51/cwt253.00–260.001,6424
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668248.03/cwt243.00–250.001,65720
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2440331.66/cwt329.00–345.001,45911
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2475315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4963
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2545284.72/cwt283.50–291.001,55218
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2556286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,5905
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2573248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4213
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2650269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7493
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2681226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,5395
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,585150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,3781
Bulls——1,705202.00/cwt202.00–202.003,4441
Bulls——1,722170.82/cwt164.00–177.002,9425
Bulls——1,825187.84/cwt183.00–194.003,4284
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983111.42/cwt108.00–115.001,0952
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,034126.85/cwt123.00–132.001,31217
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,090135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155139.51/cwt133.00–145.001,61119
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213147.71/cwt145.50–153.501,7926
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435143.26/cwt138.00–146.002,0568
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,528149.03/cwt147.00–151.002,2776
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2232,565.97/head2,450.00–2,600.002,5664
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,153152.57/cwt149.00–157.001,7592

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.