Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-03-28

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Mar 28
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
754 head
148 vs last sale 606 170 vs year ago 924 · 18.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
88 vs last sale 199 89 vs year ago 200 · 44.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
10 vs last sale 25 10 vs year ago 25 · 40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was moderate to good for a light to moderate supply. Some good quality new crop calves were offered and then a few consignments of harder weaned yearlings along with several groups of bulls. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $266.46/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 146.01 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.
Average price
$266.46
56 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,451
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$47
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.36
vs MO average
0.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537273.631,46934
Medium and Large 1-2557255.381,42222
One grade step is worth $18.26/cwt here — about $47 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale56 hd
266.46
MO average16 barns · 2,135 hd
272.83
−6.36
National average161 barns · 9,489 hd
266.87
−0.41
This barn, trailing median25 sales
412.47
−146.01
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
BullsHigh1,676153.762,5778thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,400139.991,96021
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,167132.081,54222
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,006114.611,15316

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1-2400–450420327.97/cwt310.00–340.001,37719
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650610265.80/cwt264.00–271.001,6218
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350348338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,1764
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550541308.72/cwt305.00–312.501,6706
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400371340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2615
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400380325.68/cwt321.00–328.001,23818
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425350.73/cwt337.50–359.001,49151
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350328350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,1484
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650612289.04/cwt284.00–292.501,76916
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550528273.98/cwt265.00–287.501,44722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5596
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550533308.84/cwt306.00–312.001,64628
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,020138.97/cwt132.00–144.001,4172
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600574290.89/cwt288.00–294.001,67029
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650609230.13/cwt227.50–235.001,4018
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed300–350308400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,23211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500451315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4216
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473293.73/cwt293.50–295.001,38920
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450418311.57/cwt310.00–313.001,30222
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600553273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,51012
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350313330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0334
Bulls1,940172.00/cwt171.00–173.003,3372
Bulls1,697153.22/cwt143.00–159.002,6005
CowsBoner 80-85%1,158130.19/cwt124.00–137.001,50818
CowsLean 85-90%975102.00/cwt102.00–102.009951
CowsLean 85-90%1,008115.45/cwt106.00–122.001,16415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,450116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,6821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550545254.61/cwt251.00–262.001,38812
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,0106
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571256.30/cwt247.50–265.001,46310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500462287.72/cwt287.00–291.001,32911
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850834226.34/cwt226.00–227.501,8889
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350310360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,11611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400384295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,13319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450419325.11/cwt319.00–336.001,36214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650638288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,8373
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500473316.07/cwt312.00–325.001,49524
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed350–400370327.72/cwt317.50–333.001,21312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450444316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,40315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750742243.99/cwt241.00–247.001,81012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800798230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8353
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300296320.00/cwt320.00–320.009475
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800761223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,69711
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500489319.90/cwt317.00–326.001,56419
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600581295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7143
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700680273.17/cwt269.00–275.001,85813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300280271.02/cwt260.00–290.0075910
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650633247.34/cwt240.00–250.001,56611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,210140.58/cwt137.00–143.501,7014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,330138.19/cwt135.00–140.001,83811
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,481144.86/cwt140.00–149.502,1459
Bulls1,045120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2541
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450413286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,1816
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650630237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4938

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.