Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-05-09

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, May 9
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,103 head
529 vs last sale 574 12 vs year ago 1,115 · 1.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
83 vs last sale 209 196 vs year ago 322 · 60.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
25 vs last sale 0 25 vs year ago 50 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, all weights of steers and heifers calves under 500 lbs sold 5.00-15.00 higher with spots up to 20.00 higher. Heifers over 500 lbs sold mostly steady except for the 550-600 lb heifers that saw a sharply higher trade last week weren't as well tested and sold mostly 10.00 lower. Demand was good to very good for several reputation strings of fancy new crop calves. Most of the calves came in off the cow but were on a good vaccination program and very good quality. Supply was moderate. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-6.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $319.56/cwt on 222 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 145.75 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$319.56
222 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,725
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$147
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.85
vs MO average
+9.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539327.441,764164
Large 1-2534301.001,6077thin
Medium and Large 1-2545296.791,61751
One grade step is worth $30.65/cwt here — about $147 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
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 sale222 hd
319.56
MO average14 barns · 3,260 hd
315.71
+3.85
National average167 barns · 10,730 hd
309.71
+9.85
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
−145.75
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
BullsHigh1,879152.652,8685thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,457137.402,00224
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,121131.471,47428
CowsLean 85-90%Low955111.481,06517

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)900$2,8502thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,325$2,5254thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650627238.35/cwt232.00–240.501,49423
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,170147.58/cwt141.00–155.001,7272
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2923169.21/cwt160.00–177.001,5622
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468306.00/cwt285.00–318.001,43255
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450427322.14/cwt314.00–327.001,37637
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500477295.20/cwt280.00–310.001,40810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450421339.29/cwt335.00–346.001,4285
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350343341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,1703
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600572279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,5964
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650607258.02/cwt244.50–259.501,56665
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400388311.29/cwt295.00–317.501,20815
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450420306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,2853
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500495248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2282
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550505243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,2273
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527334.38/cwt310.00–341.251,762104
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600559268.91/cwt263.00–272.001,50330
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500490340.17/cwt337.50–341.001,6678
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650611313.91/cwt289.00–319.001,918109
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519290.74/cwt276.00–303.001,509127
CowsLean 85-90%78397.70/cwt95.00–100.007653
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,516140.35/cwt138.00–145.502,12814
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,374133.26/cwt129.00–138.001,83110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,099129.83/cwt120.00–135.001,42719
CowsLean 85-90%875120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0501
CowsLean 85-90%1,001114.01/cwt105.00–118.001,14113
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3252,525.00/head2,525.00–2,525.002,5254
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29002,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8502
HeifersMedium 1-2500–550540240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,29611
SteersLarge 1-2500–550534301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,6077
Bulls1,940167.26/cwt164.00–170.003,2452
Bulls1,838142.91/cwt138.00–152.002,6273
CowsBoner 80-85%1,055118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,182137.06/cwt135.00–139.501,6208
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600559315.40/cwt291.00–321.001,76360
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450422374.01/cwt353.00–385.001,57828
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700678230.07/cwt227.00–235.501,56014
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750746258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,9253
SteersMedium 1-2450–500498280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3943
SteersMedium 1-2400–450405300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600561291.56/cwt290.00–296.001,63619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650614267.26/cwt263.50–274.501,64115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750717247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,7712
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400397327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,2982
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700667287.95/cwt285.00–290.001,92124
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750711275.50/cwt266.00–276.501,95922
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500467328.53/cwt308.00–334.001,53412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476276.24/cwt270.00–288.001,3156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750728223.23/cwt222.00–224.001,6255
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400363307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,1164
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535299.89/cwt290.00–305.001,60432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526276.78/cwt268.00–282.001,4568
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586243.53/cwt238.00–252.001,42710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700667227.40/cwt226.00–228.501,5177
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700676263.92/cwt255.00–282.001,78423

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.