Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2023-08-03

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Aug 3
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
417 head
67 vs last sale 350 95 vs year ago 322 · +29.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
167 vs last sale 244 17 vs year ago 60 · +28.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
40 vs last sale 50 0 vs year ago 10 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady. A large consignment of weaned cattle that were put together light and turned out on grass highlighted the sale and sold with good demand. Supply was light. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $268.92/cwt on 235 head.
Average price
$268.92
235 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,564
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$406
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$40.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.51
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1602277.771,672125
Large 1608267.571,6277thin
Medium and Large 1-2557260.541,45193
Medium and Large 2534237.101,26610thin
One grade step is worth $40.67/cwt here — about $406 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 sale235 hd
268.92
MO average14 barns · 5,214 hd
261.41
+7.51
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
BullsAverage1,814128.792,3364thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,426122.141,7428thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,168110.201,28737
CowsLean 85-90%Average948102.909759thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2490246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2053
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned253272.00/cwt272.00–272.006884
BullsMedium and Large 1392292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,1455
BullsMedium and Large 1-2722209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,5092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2815198.11/cwt190.00–206.001,6156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2553244.25/cwt244.25–244.251,35119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2692248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,7162
SteersMedium and Large 1426298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,2693
SteersLarge 1628259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6273
SteersMedium and Large 1680262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,78215
SteersMedium and Large 1-2616270.50/cwt270.50–270.501,66623
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476230.50/cwt227.50–240.001,0978
SteersMedium and Large 1-2457259.50/cwt259.50–259.501,18627
SteersMedium and Large 1-2716247.43/cwt246.50–248.001,7728
SteersMedium and Large 2470244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1477
SteersMedium and Large 1612278.71/cwt274.50–282.251,70685
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3265
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2445244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,0886
SteersMedium and Large 2683221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2557258.45/cwt258.00–261.001,44028
SteersLarge 1593274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,6254
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned285230.00/cwt230.00–230.006563
HeifersMedium 2545200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0903
HeifersLarge 1-2790198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,5643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2636220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3993
SteersMedium and Large 1346299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,0353
SteersMedium and Large 1564279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,57619
HeifersMedium and Large 1595247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,47017
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned493225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1093
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2937153.87/cwt119.00–176.001,4423
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,028119.55/cwt106.00–137.001,2294
Bulls1,814128.79/cwt119.00–136.502,3364
CowsBoner 80-85%1,106118.24/cwt116.50–121.001,3085
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,510128.22/cwt127.00–130.001,9363
CowsLean 85-90%91299.47/cwt90.00–105.009076
CowsLean 85-90%1,020109.76/cwt108.00–112.001,1203
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14599.93/cwt96.00–103.001,1442
CowsBoner 80-85%1,180109.54/cwt105.00–114.001,29330
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,376118.49/cwt115.00–122.001,6305

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.