Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Supply was light but a few attractive consignments were offered and found good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $273.38/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −139.09 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.

Average price

$273.38

40 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$21

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$11.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.93

vs MO average

+6.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	276.97	1,465	27
Medium and Large 1-2	559	265.93	1,486	13thin

One grade step is worth $11.04/cwt here — about −$21 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

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 sale40 hd

273.38

—

MO average15 barns · 2,330 hd

280.31

−6.93

National average151 barns · 8,584 hd

267.22

+6.16

This barn, trailing median25 sales

412.47

−139.09

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,677	166.24	2,787	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,462	144.41	2,111	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,183	140.40	1,661	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	950	115.25	1,094	22

Every lot, as filed

43 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,311	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	266.67/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	294.24/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,554	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	251.16/cwt	248.00–253.00	1,680	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,378	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	243.74/cwt	242.50–245.00	1,655	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	283.07/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	280.75/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,443	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,512	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,646	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	105.60/cwt	99.00–115.00	995	11
Bulls	—	—	1,877	182.97/cwt	180.00–187.00	3,434	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	146.53/cwt	145.50–149.00	1,865	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,110	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,476	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,334	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	123.63/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,182	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,349	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,288	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	701	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,982	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	148.46/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,589	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	267.11/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,528	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,670	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,304	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,285	2
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	365	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,013	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	311.09/cwt	303.00–317.50	1,742	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,298	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,387	4
Bulls	—	—	1,235	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,606	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	139.69/cwt	132.00–144.00	1,634	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,478	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	138.52/cwt	138.00–139.00	2,009	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	144.87/cwt	142.00–150.00	2,095	9
Bulls	—	—	1,650	163.92/cwt	154.00–171.00	2,705	6

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.

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