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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Sep 11
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
681 head
▲ 259 vs last sale 422▲ 311 vs year ago 370 · +84.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 80▼ 26 vs year ago 63 · −41.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 20▼ 10 vs year ago 20 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for a light to moderate supply that featured more yearlings compared to last week's run of mostly calves. 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 $418.22/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 8 of 23 comparable sales and sits −34.94 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.
Average price
$418.22
39 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,306
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.64
vs MO average
+4.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545442.122,40815thin
Medium and Large 1-2556403.282,24024
One grade step is worth $38.84/cwt here — about $168 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 sale39 hd
418.22
—
MO average16 barns · 2,862 hd
423.86
−5.64
National average170 barns · 13,807 hd
413.52
+4.70
This barn, trailing median23 sales
453.16
−34.94
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—Average1,766195.483,4527thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,517174.912,6536thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,228157.581,9349thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,070132.821,4214thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390488.55/cwt472.00–499.001,9055
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441435.83/cwt426.00–448.001,92211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474437.69/cwt435.00–441.002,0759
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486457.37/cwt453.00–465.002,22314
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526445.16/cwt438.00–468.002,3428
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529408.99/cwt400.00–429.002,16412
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566438.64/cwt427.50–443.002,4837
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582397.57/cwt391.00–402.002,31412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2602381.42/cwt380.00–387.002,29610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623414.95/cwt412.00–425.002,58553
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666377.41/cwt370.00–384.002,51419
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670406.73/cwt395.00–409.502,72531
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2707375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,6514
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,7695
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned726369.50/cwt369.50–369.502,68322
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758381.50/cwt381.50–381.502,8925
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy796355.99/cwt355.00–359.002,83412
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2882328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,8935
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1962330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,17560
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,044331.50/cwt331.50–331.503,46116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6255
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415423.00/cwt423.00–423.001,7552
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned430370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461409.61/cwt387.00–420.001,88815
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2467368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7194
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy490390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned505351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,7734
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520384.30/cwt383.00–393.001,99815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523367.09/cwt359.00–377.501,9209
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2523340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7784
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy557364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,0273
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562394.71/cwt388.50–400.502,21823
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577346.81/cwt342.00–350.002,0015
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1617388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,39410
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650368.09/cwt367.00–369.002,39311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,4028
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671358.50/cwt358.50–358.502,40623
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy805274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,2063
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,6167
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521373.56/cwt362.00–383.001,9469
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2550376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,0684
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2645354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,2836
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2837282.00/cwt282.00–282.002,3605
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,440181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,6061
Bulls——1,753192.68/cwt187.00–200.003,3784
Bulls——1,955208.32/cwt204.00–212.004,0732
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070132.82/cwt125.00–144.001,4214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,8181
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234157.03/cwt151.00–164.001,9387
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390169.10/cwt167.50–170.502,3502
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,580177.81/cwt176.50–179.502,8094
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,115197.50/cwt197.50–197.502,2021
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,130173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,9551

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.