Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-05-16

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, May 16
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
801 head
302 vs last sale 1,103 604 vs year ago 1,405 · 43.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
56 vs last sale 126 142 vs year ago 324 · 43.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
10 vs last sale 25 30 vs year ago 45 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's higher market, steer and heifer calves sold 5.00-15.00 lower except for a few groups of steers over 650 lbs that sold steady to 5.00 lower. The quality was good this week but overall it didn't quite match last week's strings of fancy calves. Supply and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $297.85/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 167.47 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$297.85
106 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$43
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
20.30
vs MO average
12.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563298.941,68489
Medium and Large 1-2562292.111,64217thin
One grade step is worth $6.84/cwt here — about $43 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
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 sale106 hd
297.85
MO average19 barns · 4,194 hd
318.15
−20.30
National average163 barns · 10,302 hd
310.77
−12.92
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
−167.47
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
BullsAverage1,599146.742,3467thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,339137.631,84314
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,128132.831,49857
CowsLean 85-90%Low914113.881,04010

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
CowsLean 85-90%82399.54/cwt98.00–101.008192
CowsLean 85-90%925116.25/cwt109.50–121.001,0757
CowsBoner 80-85%1,103131.48/cwt122.00–137.001,45042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202137.85/cwt135.00–140.501,65714
Bulls1,613143.83/cwt141.00–149.002,3205
Bulls1,190134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,5951
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,0852
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500480281.30/cwt280.00–291.001,35016
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450411308.74/cwt303.00–310.001,26925
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600559265.60/cwt263.00–272.501,48529
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550511282.07/cwt278.00–285.501,44154
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400379336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,27310
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800776255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,98311
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750700269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,88312
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618277.96/cwt267.00–282.001,71831
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395318.53/cwt308.00–327.001,2589
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523312.61/cwt302.00–318.001,63531
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750731245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7914
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700664270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7936
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550531289.48/cwt285.00–296.001,53719
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450412327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,3472
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned650–700656236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5484
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500489314.85/cwt312.00–317.001,5407
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2965142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,3701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300283375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0614
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600576279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,6073
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300281372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,0454
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800772210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,2569
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650641269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400378291.56/cwt282.00–307.001,10213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550531264.64/cwt260.50–269.001,40515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700658241.63/cwt240.00–245.001,59016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618247.00/cwt246.00–247.501,52618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577258.62/cwt251.00–266.001,49221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532305.49/cwt302.00–315.001,6257
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600583282.74/cwt275.00–293.001,64810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400372314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,1682
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500475271.88/cwt250.00–279.001,29126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650621259.09/cwt256.00–262.001,6096
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450440238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0473
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650622248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5435
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500466270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2583
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450418327.05/cwt326.00–330.001,36715
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500475322.10/cwt315.00–336.001,53035
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600585291.64/cwt280.00–306.001,70658
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700678281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,90567
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,3691
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,329137.20/cwt134.00–138.001,8239
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,358138.40/cwt138.00–140.001,8795
CowsLean 85-90%1,015126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2791
Bulls1,935174.00/cwt174.00–174.003,3671
SteersLarge 1-2400–450442316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,3974

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.