Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-08-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

There haven't been enough recent comparable sales for an accurate trend. A large consignment of hard weaned home raised calves made up the majority of the feeder offering and sold with good demand. Supply was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $275.45/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −137.02 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.

Average price

$275.45

155 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,557

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$60

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

$2.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.89

vs MO average

+30.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	277.06	1,510	34
Medium and Large 1	571	274.99	1,570	121

One grade step is worth $2.07/cwt here — about −$60 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

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 sale155 hd

275.45

—

MO average14 barns · 931 hd

262.56

+12.89

National average152 barns · 6,273 hd

245.07

+30.38

This barn, trailing median25 sales

412.47

−137.02

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	—	Low	1,594	160.06	2,552	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,555	140.91	2,191	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,249	132.23	1,651	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,091	118.33	1,291	4thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	140.91/cwt	138.50–143.50	2,191	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	118.33/cwt	111.00–123.00	1,291	4
Bulls	—	—	1,535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,919	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,965	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	122.08/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,455	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	138.13/cwt	135.50–140.00	1,754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,474	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	334.92/cwt	333.50–335.50	1,618	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	274.35/cwt	274.35–274.35	1,580	112
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,456	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,171	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	771	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	299.58/cwt	295.00–303.50	1,705	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,339	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	268.03/cwt	267.50–268.50	1,849	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	279.66/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,507	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,520	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	1,680	36
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	250.77/cwt	242.00–256.50	1,557	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	1,552	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,352	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	2,003	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	265.50/cwt	264.50–267.00	1,758	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,079	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,718	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,958	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	192.82/cwt	191.00–195.00	1,996	2
Bulls	—	—	1,609	168.83/cwt	164.00–174.00	2,716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,601	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	289.76/cwt	277.00–290.50	1,828	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	319.70/cwt	318.00–320.00	1,714	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,440	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,985	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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