Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2019-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the big strings of quality yearlings last week, no true comparisons could be made as mostly smaller packages of cattle were offered and the overall quality was much plainer. Supply was light and demand was light to moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.58/cwt on 149 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −148.42 against this barn's trailing median of $280.00.

Average price

$131.58

149 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2

$12.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.47

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	487	137.96	672	66
Medium and Large 2	504	127.82	644	32
Medium 2	490	125.69	616	51

One grade step is worth $12.27/cwt here — about $56 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale149 hd

131.58

—

MO average10 barns · 2,654 hd

131.11

+0.47

This barn, trailing median1 sales

280.00

−148.42

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,490	82.10	1,223	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,515	60.00	909	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,097	55.88	613	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,039	51.32	533	52

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	136.72/cwt	136.00–139.00	663	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	166.32/cwt	166.00–167.00	709	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	804	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	593	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	715	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	437	127.45/cwt	125.00–130.00	557	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	483	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	504	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	407	130.54/cwt	130.00–132.00	531	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	764	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	137.79/cwt	135.00–140.00	714	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	132.14/cwt	129.50–134.00	818	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	147.87/cwt	147.50–148.00	608	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	154.48/cwt	151.00–163.00	518	7
Heifers	Medium 2Unweaned	—	451	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	473	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	610	13
Heifers	Medium 2	—	520	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	624	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	404	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	525	8
Heifers	Medium 2	—	680	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	782	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	596	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	778	6
Heifers	Medium 2	—	320	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	435	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	626	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	779	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	956	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	437	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	623	16
Bulls	Medium 2	—	518	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	707	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	878	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	143.08/cwt	142.00–145.00	964	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	398	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	637	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	737	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	143.33/cwt	143.00–143.50	904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	159.22/cwt	158.00–161.00	809	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	157.56/cwt	154.00–160.00	755	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	738	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	774	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	924	110.05/cwt	108.25–111.50	1,017	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,416	5
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	916	62.65/cwt	57.00–67.00	574	9
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	804	80.43/cwt	74.00–84.00	647	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	63.99/cwt	55.50–73.00	573	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	667	2
Bulls	—	—	1,460	91.62/cwt	88.00–94.50	1,338	4
Bulls	—	—	1,579	84.26/cwt	81.50–89.50	1,330	10
Bulls	—	—	1,420	76.67/cwt	74.00–80.50	1,089	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	63.25/cwt	62.00–65.00	639	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	51.72/cwt	49.50–53.50	594	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,098	55.80/cwt	53.50–61.00	613	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	909	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	47.32/cwt	43.50–48.50	467	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	52.66/cwt	50.00–58.00	557	39

How this sale compares

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.

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