Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-01-11

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jan 11
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
372 head
1,346 vs last sale 1,718 1,668 vs year ago 2,040 · 81.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
169 vs last sale 280 44 vs year ago 155 · 28.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
15 vs last sale 25 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady with a couple bigger consignments making up the majority of the feeder offering. Demand was moderate for a light supply that was affected by the recent and incoming winter weather. 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 $234.23/cwt on 183 head.
Average price
$234.23
183 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.74
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1692239.561,65981
Medium and Large 1-2671230.001,543102
One grade step is worth $9.56/cwt here — about $116 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 sale183 hd
234.23
MO average14 barns · 11,543 hd
239.97
−5.74
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
BullsHigh1,804130.022,3464thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37799.821,37417
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23095.201,17130
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05079.898397thin

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 1-2562226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2702
BullsMedium and Large 1-2451256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1553
BullsMedium and Large 1-2615231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,4213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367250.00/cwt250.00–250.0091814
HeifersMedium and Large 1571238.75/cwt238.75–238.751,36323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2541223.27/cwt222.00–228.001,2089
SteersMedium and Large 1-2726206.45/cwt206.00–208.001,4999
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522251.89/cwt251.00–253.001,3159
SteersMedium and Large 1-2782214.01/cwt209.00–215.001,67424
SteersMedium and Large 1670247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,65542
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned586210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,2345
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned512270.50/cwt270.50–270.501,3852
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned792218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,7272
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned686225.55/cwt220.00–241.001,5479
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578239.61/cwt224.00–243.001,38513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2618240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4834
HeifersMedium and Large 1680216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,46921
SteersMedium and Large 1572259.63/cwt255.00–267.001,4855
SteersMedium and Large 1776225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,74621
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664236.14/cwt233.00–237.001,56840
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480224.98/cwt214.00–230.001,08012
HeifersMedium and Large 1460255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1738
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2430227.00/cwt227.00–227.009762
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned759189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,4385
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned523215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1243
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full623226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4083
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638212.68/cwt212.00–213.001,3576
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2579220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2745
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,113110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2243
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10089.00/cwt89.00–89.009791
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,020111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,1321
Bulls1,804130.02/cwt127.00–134.002,3464
CowsBoner 80-85%1,323103.33/cwt100.50–106.501,3676
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19388.06/cwt83.00–90.501,0515
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37999.43/cwt97.00–102.001,37116
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,340106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,4201
CowsLean 85-90%1,07185.02/cwt80.00–90.009114
CowsLean 85-90%1,02373.06/cwt69.00–76.507473
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21194.51/cwt89.00–101.001,14519

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.