Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-09-19

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Sep 19
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
408 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 370▼ 77 vs year ago 485 · −15.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 63▼ 189 vs year ago 262 · −72.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 20▼ 25 vs year ago 50 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady. Supply was light. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $264.13/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −189.03 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.
Average price
$264.13
66 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,438
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$91
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$27.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.04
vs MO average
−2.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568269.441,5309thin
Medium and Large 1-2537264.901,42253
Medium 1-2595242.001,4404thin
One grade step is worth $27.44/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale66 hd
264.13
—
MO average15 barns · 1,844 hd
271.17
−7.04
National average174 barns · 10,991 hd
266.64
−2.51
This barn, trailing median23 sales
453.16
−189.03
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
506458409361median 453.1603/1204/1605/2809/2410/29
Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.10, low $375.17, median $453.16 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—Low1,738153.732,6714thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,485131.401,95211
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,206116.221,40226
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,063105.381,1207thin

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)1,214$1,9128

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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425301.61/cwt295.00–305.001,28214
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488291.51/cwt290.00–293.001,4234
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2496276.98/cwt270.00–278.001,37415
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed498297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,4793
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4013
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Full528266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,40432
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2556261.76/cwt260.00–264.001,45518
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568269.44/cwt267.50–271.001,5309
Steers550–600Medium 1-2595242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,4404
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned606244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,47911
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned643250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6086
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661253.68/cwt246.00–259.001,67714
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,7343
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned758230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7433
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,0302
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,1022
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385282.43/cwt280.00–286.001,0875
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416271.84/cwt268.00–277.001,1319
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471256.77/cwt254.00–263.001,20917
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed477275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3127
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3302
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535251.98/cwt248.00–257.001,34810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537261.65/cwt257.00–264.001,40515
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed576260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4983
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583241.67/cwt234.00–248.001,40928
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4759
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2607242.53/cwt236.00–247.001,4725
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1656243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5943
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned691233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,6108
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1730228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6643
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730226.50/cwt226.50–226.501,6534
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1790212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6753
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2586220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2893
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,650134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,2111
Bulls——1,767160.30/cwt158.00–163.002,8333
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,063105.38/cwt100.00–114.001,1207
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,105105.68/cwt100.00–110.001,1684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,219116.32/cwt110.00–122.001,41819
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258129.68/cwt126.00–133.001,6313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,392125.91/cwt122.00–131.001,7535
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,563135.98/cwt134.00–138.502,1256
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2141,912.14/head1,725.00–1,975.001,9128
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,122124.73/cwt121.00–127.001,3993

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.