Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-03-21

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Mar 21
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
606 head
138 vs last sale 468 273 vs year ago 333 · +82.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
199 head
58 vs last sale 141 49 vs year ago 150 · +32.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
12 vs last sale 13 25 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. Supply was light and demand was moderate. The overall quality didn't match the last several weeks with mostly smaller groups of cattle handled in a variety of different ways. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $275.54/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 136.93 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.
Average price
$275.54
45 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,497
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$66
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$3.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.50
vs MO average
1.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550276.911,52427
Medium and Large 1-2533273.501,45818thin
One grade step is worth $3.41/cwt here — about $66 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 sale45 hd
275.54
MO average16 barns · 2,835 hd
278.04
−2.50
National average179 barns · 15,589 hd
277.22
−1.68
This barn, trailing median25 sales
412.47
−136.93
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
BullsAverage1,660140.752,3379thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,434135.131,93821
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,169128.901,50790
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,014107.131,08722

Every lot, as filed

55 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750713234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6685
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed700–750738247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,8276
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800753225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6943
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550525305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6015
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350348335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,1663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy400–450438300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3143
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy350–400370304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,1253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400367315.23/cwt307.50–316.001,15743
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,148146.76/cwt140.00–158.001,6859
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300262360.00/cwt360.00–360.009436
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400391345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3496
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400388326.30/cwt315.00–331.001,2669
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800751246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,8473
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300288340.00/cwt340.00–340.009798
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600578284.50/cwt284.50–284.501,6445
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750718236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6943
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900866211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,8273
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450413318.85/cwt316.00–328.001,31713
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450438340.98/cwt339.00–342.501,4937
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600574272.69/cwt266.00–279.001,56516
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650617258.17/cwt256.00–263.001,59315
Bulls1,626138.84/cwt129.00–147.002,2588
Bulls1,935156.00/cwt156.00–156.003,0191
CowsLean 85-90%1,049111.96/cwt106.00–120.001,17414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,519140.65/cwt137.00–142.002,1364
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,414133.83/cwt129.00–136.501,89217
CowsBoner 80-85%1,169127.31/cwt117.00–135.001,48866
SteersLarge 1-2400–450410316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,2964
SteersLarge 1-2500–550544286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,5567
SteersLarge 1-2700–750730248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,8104
CowsBoner 80-85%1,142116.31/cwt114.00–119.001,3286
CowsBoner 80-85%1,179138.91/cwt132.00–143.001,63818
CowsLean 85-90%95498.69/cwt84.00–103.009428
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516283.04/cwt277.00–286.501,46011
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615303.32/cwt290.00–310.501,8659
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450437318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,3902
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950934212.79/cwt210.00–217.001,98710
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,5962
SteersLarge 1-2600–650635269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,7113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533310.20/cwt301.00–322.001,65312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619256.16/cwt244.00–258.501,58620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350327320.50/cwt319.00–330.001,04815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500492293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,4424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650638259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6523
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850815242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700674227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,53012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600582285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6594
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400357340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,21412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423302.34/cwt275.00–310.001,27932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450431334.64/cwt320.00–340.001,44246
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,2837
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,103140.35/cwt136.00–151.001,5485
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500463284.38/cwt282.50–285.001,3178
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350321317.39/cwt315.00–330.001,01928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533273.50/cwt269.00–281.001,45818

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.