Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2023-10-12

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Oct 12
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
402 head
109 vs last sale 511 348 vs year ago 750 · 46.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
15 vs last sale 181 58 vs year ago 108 · +53.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
5 vs last sale 15 15 vs year ago 25 · 60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, on a lighter test to the market, the higher quality calves on a health vaccination program and a few yearlings sold steady while those less attractive and carrying extra flesh sold with a lower undertone. Demand remained moderate to good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $281.92/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$281.92
125 head · 521 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,468
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$103
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.11
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505300.461,51861
Medium and Large 1-2535264.241,41564
One grade step is worth $36.22/cwt here — about $103 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 sale125 hd
281.92
MO average15 barns · 5,694 hd
267.81
+14.11
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
BullsHigh1,649123.902,04312
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,556117.151,8237thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20199.291,19243
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03794.4397924

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,187$1,3203thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,563$2,1374thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1-2Unweaned554266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4747
SteersMedium and Large 1411332.22/cwt329.00–334.501,36515
SteersMedium and Large 1622263.84/cwt263.50–266.001,64115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2459271.04/cwt268.00–276.001,2448
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy482233.50/cwt230.00–240.001,12514
HeifersMedium and Large 1564245.67/cwt238.50–252.001,38629
HeifersMedium and Large 1385289.50/cwt289.50–289.501,1158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2555240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,3355
HeifersMedium 1-2650226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4692
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,2457
SteersMedium and Large 1-2527259.45/cwt250.00–276.001,36723
SteersMedium and Large 1-2670247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,6553
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned513280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4363
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned685230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5763
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2756
SteersMedium and Large 1459321.20/cwt320.00–326.501,47416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570263.06/cwt252.00–277.001,49914
HeifersMedium and Large 1434285.06/cwt283.00–285.501,23716
HeifersMedium and Large 1525254.55/cwt245.50–260.001,33611
HeifersMedium and Large 1723220.47/cwt219.00–222.001,5946
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned486244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1864
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned580234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,3576
SteersMedium and Large 1537284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,52512
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5622,208.33/head2,075.00–2,275.002,2083
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5651,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1871,320.04/head1,200.00–1,385.001,3203
Bulls1,580134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1171
Bulls1,380113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,5661
Bulls1,683123.93/cwt117.00–132.002,08610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,185112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,3271
CowsLean 85-90%1,002109.38/cwt107.00–112.001,0966
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20198.99/cwt89.00–109.501,18942
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,580108.39/cwt106.00–110.501,7132
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,546120.66/cwt116.00–127.501,8655
CowsLean 85-90%1,02580.02/cwt79.50–80.508202
CowsLean 85-90%1,05190.63/cwt84.50–106.0095316

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.