Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-06-20

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jun 20
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
218 head
▼ 94 vs last sale 312▼ 354 vs year ago 572 · −61.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 86▼ 31 vs year ago 175 · −17.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 15▼ 15 vs year ago 25 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Supply was light but a few attractive consignments were offered and found good demand. Slaughter cows 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 $273.38/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −131.61 against this barn's trailing median of $405.00.
Average price
$273.38
40 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,472
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.93
vs MO average
+6.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529276.971,46527
Medium and Large 1-2559265.931,48613thin
One grade step is worth $11.04/cwt here — about −$21 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale40 hd
273.38
—
MO average15 barns · 2,330 hd
280.31
−6.93
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
+6.16
This barn, trailing median23 sales
405.00
−131.61
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—High1,677166.242,78710
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,462144.412,11112
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,183140.401,66149
CowsLean 85-90%Low950115.251,09422

Every lot

43 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1405342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,3874
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,3393
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,6462
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1506319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,6143
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528294.24/cwt290.00–300.001,5547
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560311.09/cwt303.00–317.501,74220
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6702
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1631283.07/cwt280.00–287.001,7869
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1702256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7972
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1809245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9825
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1313320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0023
Heifers350–400Medium 2365277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,0136
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2442295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3042
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1443296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,3113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3784
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2852
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1514280.75/cwt270.00–285.001,44319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,3493
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572267.11/cwt263.00–270.001,52810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1606266.67/cwt265.00–270.001,6166
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669251.16/cwt248.00–253.001,6807
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679243.74/cwt242.50–245.001,6554
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned701233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,6335
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1335387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,2982
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2405318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,2882
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,7402
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5814
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2682242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,6542
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,235130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6061
Bulls——1,650163.92/cwt154.00–171.002,7056
Bulls——1,877182.97/cwt180.00–187.003,4343
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%942105.60/cwt99.00–115.0099511
Cows—Lean 85-90%956123.63/cwt120.00–129.001,18210
Cows—Lean 85-90%970137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,3341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,4763
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170139.69/cwt132.00–144.001,63438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273146.53/cwt145.50–149.001,8658
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,446144.87/cwt142.00–150.002,0959
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450138.52/cwt138.00–139.002,0092
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,630152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,4781
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,6911
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,070148.46/cwt145.00–151.001,5892

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.