Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to spots 5.00 lower. Demand was good for a moderate supply. Some much needed moisture fell across the trade area Thursday morning. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.49/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −146.98 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.

Average price

$265.49

84 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

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

$10.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.06

vs MO average

−6.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	579	267.52	1,548	67
Medium and Large 1-2	560	257.51	1,442	17thin

One grade step is worth $10.01/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.56, low $390.11, median $412.47 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale84 hd

265.49

—

MO average16 barns · 2,906 hd

272.55

−7.06

National average176 barns · 15,352 hd

271.91

−6.42

This barn, trailing median25 sales

412.47

−146.98

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	—	Low	1,556	132.77	2,066	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,430	122.84	1,756	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,166	112.77	1,315	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,061	103.39	1,096	7thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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	800–850	815	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,923	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	259.78/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,624	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	253.76/cwt	230.00–259.00	1,710	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	281.74/cwt	271.50–290.00	1,426	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,644	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	251.47/cwt	247.00–254.00	1,584	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,507	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	313.65/cwt	299.00–319.00	1,816	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,904	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,989	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,363	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,075	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	322.61/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,184	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,957	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	232.74/cwt	231.50–234.00	1,680	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	262.37/cwt	262.00–272.50	1,556	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	232.45/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,569	10
Bulls	—	—	1,185	112.55/cwt	108.00–115.00	1,334	3
Bulls	—	—	1,769	142.73/cwt	139.00–147.00	2,525	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	125.30/cwt	123.00–127.00	1,495	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	115.92/cwt	110.00–121.50	1,360	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	102.45/cwt	94.00–108.00	1,085	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,166	1
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	777	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,702	4
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,173	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	103.35/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,183	14
Bulls	—	—	1,529	132.91/cwt	119.00–138.00	2,032	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,748	126.39/cwt	125.00–128.00	2,209	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,359	122.05/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,659	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	289.54/cwt	277.00–303.50	1,807	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	251.86/cwt	246.00–265.00	1,816	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	226.23/cwt	225.50–231.00	2,016	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	264.72/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,782	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	865	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,739	7
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,128	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	275.56/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,609	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	266.57/cwt	266.00–268.00	1,397	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,323	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	325.86/cwt	314.00–334.00	1,362	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	333.62/cwt	322.50–338.00	1,441	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	289.48/cwt	276.00–298.00	1,500	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,461	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	329.89/cwt	297.00–358.00	1,227	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	287.90/cwt	278.00–294.00	1,667	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,758	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,241	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	251.17/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,469	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	450–500	484	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,258	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,440	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	290.32/cwt	269.00–300.00	1,373	22

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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