Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-03-14

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Mar 14
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
468 head
248 vs last sale 716 594 vs year ago 1,062 · 55.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
21 vs last sale 120 22 vs year ago 119 · +18.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
13 head
13 vs last sale 0 12 vs year ago 25 · 48.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 5.00-10.00 higher and heifers sold mostly steady except for some hard weaned heifers weighing around 450 lbs selling 10.00 higher. A few bigger consignments of long weaned grazing type cattle highlighted the feeder offering and found very good demand. Several new crop calves saw good demand as well. Supply was moderate to light. Some showers and storms around this week along with warm weather sure has it feeling and looking like spring. Slaughter cows sold 6.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.71/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 146.77 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.
Average price
$265.71
62 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,506
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$5.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.48
vs MO average
10.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571266.861,52449
Medium and Large 1-2552261.351,44213thin
One grade step is worth $5.51/cwt here — about $81 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
475442409376median 412.4712/1802/1204/0205/1407/16
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 sale62 hd
265.71
MO average14 barns · 2,315 hd
273.18
−7.48
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−10.46
This barn, trailing median25 sales
412.47
−146.77
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
BullsAverage1,825145.472,6557thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,478128.931,90524
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,202126.011,51461
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,017104.731,06517

Every lot, as filed

53 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
Bulls1,677137.54/cwt134.50–142.002,3073
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,476133.35/cwt130.00–139.001,96810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,510116.95/cwt116.00–118.001,7662
CowsBoner 80-85%1,195125.16/cwt117.00–131.501,49646
CowsBoner 80-85%1,215134.29/cwt130.00–138.501,63211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,241113.03/cwt104.50–117.001,4034
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500458345.89/cwt340.00–352.501,5847
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500478286.96/cwt286.00–288.001,37215
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850831235.50/cwt235.50–235.501,9574
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577324.08/cwt323.00–324.501,87032
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600574265.96/cwt263.00–269.001,52745
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650609316.17/cwt287.00–320.001,92518
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658245.13/cwt243.00–246.001,6137
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300295372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,0993
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350320374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,1973
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500458318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,4569
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750747228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7032
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365345.11/cwt332.00–356.001,26012
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500489335.63/cwt335.00–336.001,64124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490270.10/cwt267.50–274.001,3235
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600562259.88/cwt253.00–262.001,4619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650641272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,7445
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600560290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400367309.34/cwt305.00–317.001,1359
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450432291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,2572
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2993134.68/cwt132.00–137.001,3372
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550522299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,5612
HeifersMedium 1-2450–500489250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2235
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,474127.25/cwt124.50–131.001,87612
Bulls1,936151.42/cwt150.00–155.002,9314
CowsLean 85-90%98688.23/cwt80.00–98.508705
CowsLean 85-90%1,030111.60/cwt106.50–119.001,14912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300295363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,0714
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700681276.84/cwt275.00–283.001,88516
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450443290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2853
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500476278.93/cwt276.00–282.001,3284
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500491322.92/cwt322.00–324.001,58611
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750728236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7183
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365326.84/cwt324.00–333.001,19313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700691227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,56918
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed450–500450262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,18111
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500492295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750707247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,7462
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650628268.00/cwt265.00–270.001,6835
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550509337.23/cwt337.00–338.001,71718
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6323
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850842226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,9034
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600555302.01/cwt300.00–304.001,6766
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,048145.75/cwt140.00–156.001,5273
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350338304.13/cwt300.00–310.001,0287
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550537277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,4874
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550510309.49/cwt309.00–310.001,5786
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550529264.66/cwt260.00–269.001,4004

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.