Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady except for the 500-600 lb heifers selling 5.00-10.00 lower with smaller groups offered. Demand was good for a light supply of calves, most un-weaned or short weaned. A bigger run of calves and yearlings is expected next week. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $280.99/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −184.33 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$280.99

93 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$58

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

$6.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.20

vs MO average

−20.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	283.81	1,600	55
Medium and Large 1-2	557	276.89	1,542	38

One grade step is worth $6.92/cwt here — about $58 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 sale93 hd

280.99

—

MO average17 barns · 1,784 hd

285.18

−4.20

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−20.86

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−184.33

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	1,709	153.72	2,627	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,535	124.97	1,919	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,221	112.12	1,369	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,029	95.54	983	11

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	244.56/cwt	237.00–250.00	1,504	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,617	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,424	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	544	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,316	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	630	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	480	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,200	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	299.44/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,249	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	305.73/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,581	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	257.06/cwt	250.00–261.50	1,864	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	666	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	287.20/cwt	284.00–299.00	1,499	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	268.55/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,571	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	355.05/cwt	339.00–379.00	1,331	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	300.14/cwt	292.00–311.00	1,420	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	674	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,364	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	316.76/cwt	304.00–319.00	1,216	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	584	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,577	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	281.80/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,623	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	280.13/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,706	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	260.51/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,334	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,599	129.10/cwt	126.00–131.50	2,064	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,426	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	121.50/cwt	114.00–125.00	1,792	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	112.69/cwt	107.00–119.00	1,370	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	105.03/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,266	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,665	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	613	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	98.09/cwt	90.00–107.00	1,024	10
Bulls	—	—	1,833	165.98/cwt	165.00–167.00	3,042	2
Bulls	—	—	1,687	154.20/cwt	152.00–157.00	2,601	6
Bulls	—	—	1,650	140.00/cwt	136.00–143.50	2,310	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	133.22/cwt	125.00–139.00	1,505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,427	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	342.86/cwt	329.00–345.00	1,159	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	264.18/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,260	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	554	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,385	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	478	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,267	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,411	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,375	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	302.43/cwt	297.50–312.50	998	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	236.28/cwt	234.00–239.50	1,458	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,467	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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