Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2020-09-03

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Sep 3
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
362 head
100 vs last sale 462 251 vs year ago 613 · 40.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
66 head
8 vs last sale 58 189 vs year ago 255 · 74.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 16 52 vs year ago 60 · 86.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 lower following the futures market and cash fed trade. Demand was moderate for a light supply. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.20/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 143.80 against this barn's trailing median of $280.00.
Average price
$136.20
151 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$66
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.83
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592138.1581751
Medium and Large 1653135.21883100
One grade step is worth $2.93/cwt here — about −$66 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 sale151 hd
136.20
MO average15 barns · 6,743 hd
137.04
−0.83
This barn, trailing median1 sales
280.00
−143.80
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,60487.891,4097thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44768.1398620
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27964.2782210
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01351.3052017

Every lot, as filed

30 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1686148.60/cwt145.75–150.001,01912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2569145.29/cwt145.00–145.508277
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,22574.02/cwt65.00–82.009072
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-291367.71/cwt65.00–70.006182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2493157.00/cwt157.00–157.007744
SteersMedium and Large 1922124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1438
SteersMedium and Large 2815120.00/cwt120.00–120.009787
SteersMedium and Large 1595155.25/cwt155.25–155.2592415
SteersMedium and Large 1779136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,06124
SteersMedium and Large 1644146.38/cwt145.75–150.0094326
HeifersMedium and Large 1811126.24/cwt122.50–126.851,02429
HeifersMedium and Large 1562142.08/cwt138.00–142.8579832
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2647135.50/cwt135.50–135.508774
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2437149.25/cwt149.25–149.2565212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575137.00/cwt137.00–137.0078813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2676133.25/cwt133.25–133.2590122
CowsLean 85-90%97345.73/cwt40.50–50.004456
CowsLean 85-90%1,03554.34/cwt50.00–57.5056211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,0001
HeifersMedium and Large 1685136.00/cwt136.00–136.009322
HeifersMedium and Large 1515145.00/cwt145.00–145.007475
HeifersMedium and Large 1628135.10/cwt133.50–135.7584829
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550133.00/cwt133.00–133.007323
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned540153.00/cwt153.00–153.008264
Bulls1,41383.56/cwt82.50–84.501,1812
Bulls1,68089.62/cwt87.00–94.001,5065
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25863.85/cwt61.00–68.508039
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31557.00/cwt57.00–57.007501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49871.67/cwt69.00–74.501,0749
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41466.05/cwt63.00–68.5093410

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.