Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers and heifers sold steady. Supply was light. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $264.13/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −201.18 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$264.13

66 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,438

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$91

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

$27.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.04

vs MO average

−2.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	269.44	1,530	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	537	264.90	1,422	53
Medium 1-2	595	242.00	1,440	4thin

One grade step is worth $27.44/cwt here — about $91 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

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 sale66 hd

264.13

—

MO average15 barns · 1,844 hd

271.17

−7.04

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−2.51

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−201.18

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	1,738	153.73	2,671	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,485	131.40	1,952	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,206	116.22	1,402	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,063	105.38	1,120	7thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,214	$1,912	8

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	500–550	537	261.65/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,405	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,610	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	256.77/cwt	254.00–263.00	1,209	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	282.43/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,087	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	251.98/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,348	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,289	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	271.84/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,131	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	241.67/cwt	234.00–248.00	1,409	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	242.53/cwt	236.00–247.00	1,472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,608	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	606	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,479	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	758	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	261.76/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,455	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	253.68/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,677	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,401	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	291.51/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,423	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	269.44/cwt	267.50–271.00	1,530	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	498	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,479	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	576	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	477	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,312	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	528	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,404	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	301.61/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,282	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	276.98/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,374	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	595	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,330	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,030	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,214	1,912.14/head	1,725.00–1,975.00	1,912	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	105.38/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,120	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	135.98/cwt	134.00–138.50	2,125	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	125.91/cwt	122.00–131.00	1,753	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,105	105.68/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,168	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	129.68/cwt	126.00–133.00	1,631	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	116.32/cwt	110.00–122.00	1,418	19
Bulls	—	—	1,650	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,211	1
Bulls	—	—	1,767	160.30/cwt	158.00–163.00	2,833	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,122	124.73/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,399	3

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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