Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was moderate for a light supply. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.12/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −160.36 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.

Average price

$252.12

26 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,400

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$13.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.16

vs MO average

+5.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	590	261.00	1,540	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	537	247.41	1,328	17thin

One grade step is worth $13.59/cwt here — about $211 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

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 sale26 hd

252.12

—

MO average16 barns · 1,573 hd

253.28

−1.16

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

+5.34

This barn, trailing median25 sales

412.47

−160.36

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	1,814	160.53	2,911	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	121.93	1,676	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,152	114.70	1,322	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	99.45	1,004	6thin

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
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	593	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	683	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	227.75/cwt	224.00–229.00	1,738	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,540	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,323	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	471	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,267	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,685	3
Steers	Medium 2-3	450–500	477	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,193	4
Steers	Medium 2-3	300–350	334	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	952	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	350	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	698	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,675	3
Steers	Medium 2-3	350–400	390	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,084	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	273.15/cwt	273.00–274.00	1,480	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,365	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	263.03/cwt	257.00–269.00	1,473	4
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	606	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,503	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	263.32/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,261	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,732	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	223.54/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,652	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,372	121.35/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,665	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,758	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	103.51/cwt	95.00–108.00	1,233	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	125.82/cwt	120.50–128.00	1,466	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	114.73/cwt	109.00–120.00	1,302	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	996	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	100.54/cwt	96.00–105.50	1,005	5
Bulls	—	—	1,885	169.74/cwt	168.50–171.00	3,200	2
Bulls	—	—	1,785	156.84/cwt	151.00–162.00	2,800	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	153.11/cwt	130.00–165.00	1,611	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	391	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,134	4
Heifers	Medium 2-3	350–400	362	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	927	49
Heifers	Medium 2-3	300–350	323	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	862	17
Heifers	Medium 2-3	400–450	424	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,068	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,342	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,273	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,616	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,403	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	453	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,178	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,311	12

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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