Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light test, steers and heifers sold with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was moderate to good for some reputation calves and a few yearlings. Supply was light to moderate. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $271.02/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −194.29 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$271.02

69 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$14.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.64

vs MO average

−3.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	275.84	1,519	46
Medium and Large 1-2	561	261.39	1,467	23

One grade step is worth $14.45/cwt here — about $51 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale69 hd

271.02

—

MO average16 barns · 1,847 hd

282.66

−11.64

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

−3.27

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−194.29

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	—	Average	1,907	160.19	3,056	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,517	120.80	1,833	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	111.98	1,397	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,059	102.86	1,089	9thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	105.37/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,154	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	119.69/cwt	112.00–125.50	1,756	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	94.08/cwt	92.00–96.00	878	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,643	128.74/cwt	126.50–135.00	2,115	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	104.92/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,389	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	121.67/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,521	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	111.45/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,373	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	107.05/cwt	105.50–108.50	1,582	2
Bulls	—	—	1,848	155.49/cwt	154.50–156.50	2,873	2
Bulls	—	—	1,947	163.33/cwt	163.00–164.00	3,180	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,718	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,137	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,478	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	249.09/cwt	248.00–250.50	1,529	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	594	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,390	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	281.81/cwt	267.00–284.00	1,795	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	641	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	291.11/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,284	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	265.95/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,803	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	299.52/cwt	299.00–300.00	1,294	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	683	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,694	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	265.32/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,425	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	365	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	927	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	1,576	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,991	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	690	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,656	10
Steers	Large 1	600–650	633	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,674	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,482	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	282.48/cwt	280.00–289.50	1,480	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,694	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	705	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,720	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,882	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	740	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,526	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	431	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,065	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,045	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,605	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	269.31/cwt	261.00–275.50	1,425	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,277	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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