Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2023-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light supply of calves and yearlings sold steady. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $256.35/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$256.35

90 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$5.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.89

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	258.03	1,497	64
Medium and Large 1-2	564	252.23	1,424	26

One grade step is worth $5.80/cwt here — about $74 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 sale90 hd

256.35

—

MO average16 barns · 10,771 hd

235.47

+20.89

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	1,667	117.37	1,957	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,476	94.51	1,395	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,239	81.78	1,013	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	71.24	755	14

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,547	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	322	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	660	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,221	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	700	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,330	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	575	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,116	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	246.08/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,275	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,133	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	289.54/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,378	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	247.60/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,530	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,697	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,122	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	578	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	271.75/cwt	259.00–274.50	1,514	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	556	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,440	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,541	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,394	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	290.51/cwt	289.00–291.00	1,284	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	847	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	231.26/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,561	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,149	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	547	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,291	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,134	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	209.77/cwt	209.50–210.00	1,399	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	230.71/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,313	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,766	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	637	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,478	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	105.89/cwt	95.00–120.00	1,144	5
Bulls	—	—	1,571	112.30/cwt	108.00–115.50	1,764	5
Bulls	—	—	1,822	125.51/cwt	123.00–127.00	2,287	5
Bulls	—	—	1,375	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,403	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	97.76/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,279	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	75.60/cwt	72.00–82.00	804	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	63.39/cwt	56.00–69.00	669	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	743	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	88.17/cwt	83.00–93.50	1,099	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	73.04/cwt	70.00–80.00	916	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,422	86.99/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,237	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	93.22/cwt	88.00–100.00	1,378	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	104.03/cwt	103.00–104.50	1,570	4

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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