Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-04-18

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Apr 18
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
838 head
369 vs last sale 469 204 vs year ago 1,042 · 19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
181 head
56 vs last sale 125 53 vs year ago 234 · 22.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
5 vs last sale 30 25 vs year ago 50 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a better test of the market from two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was good for a moderate supply with most of the feeder offering being fancy new crop calves coming in off the cow. A load of yearling steers was offered as well. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $306.98/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 158.33 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$306.98
133 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$32.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.38
vs MO average
+2.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541309.391,674123
Medium and Large 1-2536277.341,48710thin
One grade step is worth $32.05/cwt here — about $188 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
520487455422median 465.3112/1802/1204/0205/1407/16
Steers 500–600 lb: high $505.68, low $436.46, median $465.31 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 sale133 hd
306.98
MO average18 barns · 3,234 hd
305.60
+1.38
National average171 barns · 11,979 hd
304.39
+2.59
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
−158.33
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
BullsAverage1,536155.282,38521
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,452132.101,91821
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,227124.191,52329
CowsLean 85-90%Low983100.5398817

Every lot, as filed

57 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500477309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4748
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600596249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,4875
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500491255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750722229.47/cwt228.00–230.001,65719
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435343.79/cwt335.00–361.001,49512
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524316.60/cwt296.50–333.001,65976
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427304.62/cwt299.50–307.501,30114
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600566295.96/cwt286.00–305.001,67534
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500470302.39/cwt300.00–304.501,42113
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350331314.69/cwt313.00–316.001,04214
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400372344.40/cwt330.00–360.001,2818
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800777257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,9974
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700676236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5953
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350347361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,2532
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500479322.17/cwt310.00–330.001,54330
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700661223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,4745
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400380306.94/cwt286.00–314.001,16628
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600571252.02/cwt250.00–259.001,43916
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550–600583317.20/cwt312.50–319.501,8499
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623300.42/cwt284.00–308.501,87234
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450446271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,2095
CowsLean 85-90%92894.52/cwt89.00–99.008779
CowsLean 85-90%1,044107.29/cwt101.00–116.001,1208
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,678137.01/cwt134.50–139.502,2996
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,362130.13/cwt124.00–134.501,77215
Bulls1,354150.14/cwt138.00–155.002,03310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,211133.14/cwt130.00–135.001,6124
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450436316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,3786
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750713234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6683
HeifersMedium 1-2700–750731223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,6303
Bulls1,701159.95/cwt155.00–167.002,72111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150113.57/cwt112.00–115.001,3062
CowsBoner 80-85%1,236123.56/cwt117.00–131.001,52723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500486270.85/cwt268.00–276.001,31621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575249.53/cwt245.00–255.001,43516
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650629250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5736
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518283.73/cwt270.00–288.001,47056
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473290.42/cwt270.00–298.501,37439
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600562269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5124
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450410310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2719
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536277.34/cwt260.00–290.001,48710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650622277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,72611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600577260.21/cwt256.00–267.001,5015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518265.37/cwt255.00–270.001,37511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650634238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5097
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700689248.21/cwt247.50–250.001,7107
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950936180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6854
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,1172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450406301.13/cwt300.00–305.001,22314
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,085140.76/cwt130.00–155.001,5277
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,062164.67/cwt159.00–170.001,7493
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800790219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,7343
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550529279.35/cwt277.50–281.001,47811
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750731236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900863229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,97661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400367322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,1845

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.