Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2020-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady. The quality weaned cattle sold with good demand. Supply was light. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.31/cwt on 159 head.

Average price

$156.31

159 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$125

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

$0.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.65

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	548	156.56	859	21
Medium and Large 1	629	156.27	983	138

One grade step is worth $0.28/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale159 hd

156.31

—

MO average14 barns · 8,937 hd

151.66

+4.65

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	1,654	91.09	1,506	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,321	63.10	834	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,167	62.66	731	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	998	52.77	526	11

Every lot, as filed

45 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,165	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	728	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	47.77/cwt	45.00–50.00	420	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	54.48/cwt	53.50–55.50	571	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	764	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,100.65/cwt	1,075.00–1,135.00	14,804	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	69.85/cwt	63.00–74.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	584	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	923	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	141.83/cwt	141.00–143.25	1,106	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	158.38/cwt	155.00–161.00	836	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	905	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	151.21/cwt	148.25–155.25	1,025	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	1,385.00/cwt	1,385.00–1,385.00	16,966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	156.21/cwt	152.50–161.75	983	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	551	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	701	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	145.90/cwt	138.00–150.00	760	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	735	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	913	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	146.64/cwt	144.00–151.00	623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	170.76/cwt	170.00–171.50	912	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	139.82/cwt	136.00–141.25	920	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	824	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	146.19/cwt	142.00–148.25	832	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	133.49/cwt	132.50–135.50	854	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	919	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	148.50/cwt	148.00–150.00	679	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	65.88/cwt	65.00–66.50	825	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	62.44/cwt	59.50–65.00	708	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	1,046	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,250	58.75/cwt	58.50–59.00	734	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,307	63.82/cwt	60.00–67.00	834	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	142.08/cwt	136.50–146.00	862	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	517	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	750	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	629	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	805	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	603	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	480	139.59/cwt	139.00–140.00	670	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	695	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	584	128.30/cwt	126.00–130.00	749	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	642	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	944	4
Bulls	—	—	1,765	96.22/cwt	95.50–97.50	1,698	3
Bulls	—	—	1,612	89.16/cwt	86.50–94.00	1,437	8

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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