Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2023-03-23

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Mar 23
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
333 head
729 vs last sale 1,062 218 vs year ago 551 · 39.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
31 vs last sale 119 100 vs year ago 50 · +200.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
0 head
25 vs last sale 25 3 vs year ago 3 · 100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, there were too few comparable sales to establish a trend. Supply was light and demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $202.79/cwt on 112 head.
Average price
$202.79
112 head · 711 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,442
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$369
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$29.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.16
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2529222.511,17737
Medium and Large 1801193.071,54675
One grade step is worth $29.45/cwt here — about −$369 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 sale112 hd
202.79
MO average16 barns · 8,951 hd
212.95
−10.16
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,739116.522,0264thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50297.711,4688thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,15891.031,05545
CowsLean 85-90%Average97574.9873125

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls1,870105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,9641
Bulls1,695120.36/cwt119.00–123.002,0403
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50297.71/cwt95.00–100.001,4688
CowsLean 85-90%98777.35/cwt70.00–83.0076313
CowsLean 85-90%1,02587.43/cwt86.00–89.008964
CowsLean 85-90%93164.91/cwt58.00–70.006048
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11682.40/cwt79.50–84.509206
SteersMedium and Large 1794194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,54068
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned481220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0585
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576214.86/cwt212.00–216.001,2387
SteersMedium and Large 1-2411216.00/cwt216.00–216.008885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2396218.00/cwt218.00–218.008634
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2741165.75/cwt165.50–166.001,2286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425207.00/cwt207.00–207.008802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2508199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,0113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed605227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,3733
HeifersMedium and Large 1686178.32/cwt175.00–184.001,2238
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,080139.73/cwt136.00–145.001,5093
BullsMedium and Large 1-2579201.26/cwt197.00–207.001,1657
HeifersMedium and Large 1899159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4295
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615191.11/cwt184.00–195.001,17516
HeifersMedium and Large 1823165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2363226.00/cwt226.00–226.008203
HeifersMedium and Large 1641192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,2316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,1603
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed671219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4693
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed578231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,3388
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed588209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2295
SteersMedium and Large 1865184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,5927
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15789.96/cwt83.00–97.001,04129
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18899.32/cwt97.00–104.001,18010

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.