Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good and buyers were aggressive for the quality calves. Supply was light. Slaughter cows sold uneven from 2.00 higher to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.27/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −160.04 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$305.27

59 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$23.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.43

vs MO average

+5.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	306.84	1,687	55
Medium and Large 1-2	511	283.60	1,449	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.24/cwt here — about $237 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

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 sale59 hd

305.27

—

MO average16 barns · 2,035 hd

284.84

+20.43

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

+5.94

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−160.04

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	1,661	157.61	2,617	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,585	128.89	2,043	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	119.95	1,457	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,071	104.03	1,114	6thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	728	252.41/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	314.24/cwt	311.00–318.50	1,684	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	279.56/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,772	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	244.51/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,592	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	275.60/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,447	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,558	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	116.73/cwt	116.00–117.50	1,722	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	121.06/cwt	116.00–127.00	1,473	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	109.06/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,325	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	128.00/cwt	127.50–128.50	1,536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,372	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	294.99/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,407	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,281	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	247.16/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,636	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	262.92/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,617	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	295.70/cwt	282.00–310.00	1,363	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	283.60/cwt	278.00–289.00	1,449	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	297.97/cwt	294.00–300.25	1,687	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	326.25/cwt	325.00–329.00	1,579	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	338.66/cwt	321.00–349.00	1,463	17
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	835	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,971	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	423	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,125	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,998	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,875	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	840	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	108.04/cwt	101.50–114.00	1,172	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,900	135.37/cwt	133.00–137.00	2,572	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	126.97/cwt	119.50–131.50	1,784	11
Bulls	—	—	1,325	138.42/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,834	2
Bulls	—	—	1,598	165.92/cwt	165.00–167.00	2,651	2
Bulls	—	—	1,749	160.03/cwt	156.00–165.00	2,799	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	156.59/cwt	130.00–171.00	1,685	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	184.68/cwt	180.00–196.00	1,712	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	258.78/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,516	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	310.91/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,318	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,233	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	265.64/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,434	17
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	430	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,566	7
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	736	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	287.90/cwt	280.00–306.00	1,385	48

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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