Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2022-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Supply was moderate with good quality calves offered throughout the day that found good demand. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $197.09/cwt on 455 head.

Average price

$197.09

455 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$95

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

$48.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.16

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	203.09	1,130	240
Medium and Large 1-2	543	194.97	1,058	183
Medium and Large 2	531	180.92	961	12thin
Medium 1-2	671	154.15	1,035	20

One grade step is worth $48.94/cwt here — about $95 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 sale455 hd

197.09

—

MO average15 barns · 12,864 hd

187.93

+9.16

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	—	Average	1,646	93.52	1,539	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,401	68.13	954	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,152	62.32	718	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,041	49.52	516	8thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1-2	—	477	149.33/cwt	142.00–156.00	712	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	373	183.62/cwt	182.00–184.50	685	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	924	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,409	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	606	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	500	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	770	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	485	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	889	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	551	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	206.31/cwt	197.00–212.50	1,106	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	227.53/cwt	217.00–233.50	1,072	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	205.39/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,070	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	222.39/cwt	203.00–229.00	910	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	230.58/cwt	223.00–237.00	1,012	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	495	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,035	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	180.70/cwt	179.00–186.00	1,142	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	620	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,141	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	990	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	212.92/cwt	210.00–216.00	794	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	497	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	934	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	658	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	967	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	707	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,195	4
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	643	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	971	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	179.21/cwt	171.00–180.50	1,118	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	180.59/cwt	176.50–190.00	1,051	24
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	731	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,111	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	451	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	997	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	375	224.63/cwt	224.00–225.00	842	17
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	738	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	462	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,081	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	193.08/cwt	184.00–204.00	1,112	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,213	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	597	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,039	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	756	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,119	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	279	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	614	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,150	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	506	214.77/cwt	207.00–218.00	1,087	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	635	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,048	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	994	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	520	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	832	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	192.80/cwt	192.00–194.00	945	5
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,015	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,245	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	436	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	41.99/cwt	40.00–44.00	376	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	55.43/cwt	50.00–60.00	587	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	69.26/cwt	68.00–70.00	833	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	62.43/cwt	58.00–67.00	717	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,123	51.95/cwt	50.00–55.00	583	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	70.35/cwt	70.00–71.50	1,031	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,382	67.49/cwt	61.00–70.50	933	14
Bulls	—	—	1,646	93.52/cwt	88.00–98.00	1,539	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	937	64.34/cwt	63.00–72.00	603	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	485	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	791	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,253	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	782	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,095	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	981	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	573	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	837	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	174.18/cwt	170.00–179.00	991	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	173.14/cwt	167.00–175.00	1,077	38
Heifers	Medium 1	—	438	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	175.40/cwt	174.00–177.00	1,094	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	179.22/cwt	175.00–183.00	925	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	717	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	582	162.06/cwt	150.00–165.00	943	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	170.03/cwt	169.00–171.50	1,131	16
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	595	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	170.85/cwt	165.50–173.00	832	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	636	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,075	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	443	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	665	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	566	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	996	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	715	168.84/cwt	168.50–169.00	1,207	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	181.43/cwt	160.00–185.50	702	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,395	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	529	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	926	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	163.67/cwt	159.00–166.00	1,121	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	196.08/cwt	188.00–204.00	835	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	490	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	877	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	166.73/cwt	163.00–170.00	944	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	179.18/cwt	171.00–184.50	604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	176.59/cwt	169.00–179.00	920	54
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	595	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	928	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	515	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	184.77/cwt	177.50–188.50	874	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	186.13/cwt	175.00–190.25	774	25

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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