Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-12-12

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Dec 12
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,044 head
538 vs last sale 1,582 460 vs year ago 584 · +78.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
191 vs last sale 311 54 vs year ago 174 · 31.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
25 vs last sale 0 15 vs year ago 40 · 37.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's higher market, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good with several groups of attractive calves offered, especially a nice offering of 550-700 lb heifers. Supply was moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.70/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 142.78 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.
Average price
$269.70
161 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,488
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$275
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.68
vs MO average
10.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553279.621,54774
Large 1586264.501,55010thin
Medium and Large 1-2548261.731,43572
Medium and Large 2513248.001,2725thin
One grade step is worth $31.62/cwt here — about $275 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
475442409376median 412.4712/1802/1204/0205/1407/16
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 sale161 hd
269.70
MO average16 barns · 4,251 hd
275.37
−5.68
National average188 barns · 25,726 hd
280.30
−10.60
This barn, trailing median25 sales
412.47
−142.78
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,764159.552,8156thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,559116.981,8248thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,261109.641,38318
CowsLean 85-90%Low99595.539503thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium 1-2400–450436273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,1924
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550513248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,2725
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650626228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4279
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485310.29/cwt296.00–330.001,50562
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468357.53/cwt348.00–360.751,67312
SteersLarge 1700–750739255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8845
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700656274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7975
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550525315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,6545
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550519291.31/cwt275.00–300.001,51222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550521267.24/cwt258.00–278.001,39237
SteersLarge 1550–600585302.75/cwt302.75–302.751,77115
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575313.72/cwt299.00–325.001,80422
SteersLarge 1600–650644284.50/cwt284.50–284.501,83211
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523344.36/cwt326.00–359.001,80149
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625299.35/cwt292.00–305.001,87147
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420398.06/cwt392.00–405.001,67213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600561301.01/cwt290.00–312.001,68912
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650647271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476343.94/cwt330.00–351.001,63710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800760249.33/cwt248.00–250.001,8956
SteersMedium 1-2400–450431275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1854
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700676249.23/cwt248.50–250.001,6856
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550540298.13/cwt289.00–320.001,61010
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700695258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,7935
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700690235.33/cwt235.00–235.501,62412
HeifersLarge 1450–500474293.75/cwt280.00–308.001,3926
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600568274.67/cwt269.00–284.001,56052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy550–600562243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,3667
BullsLarge 1-2400–450433327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,4163
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450423334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,4138
CowsLean 85-90%82578.00/cwt78.00–78.006441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,260109.79/cwt106.00–112.501,38314
CowsLean 85-90%1,080104.29/cwt102.50–106.001,1262
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,700122.89/cwt120.00–124.502,0893
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,475113.43/cwt110.50–116.001,6735
CowsBoner 80-85%1,163100.24/cwt100.00–100.501,1662
CowsBoner 80-85%1,368118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,6142
Bulls1,765164.54/cwt164.00–165.002,9042
Bulls1,764157.05/cwt144.00–162.002,7704
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,160170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9721
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2990140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3861
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400368300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1045
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800753238.25/cwt238.25–238.251,79412
HeifersLarge 1550–600586264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,55010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450401316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,2674
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650626243.50/cwt243.50–243.501,5244
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500494278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3735
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670253.37/cwt244.50–256.001,69840
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850808238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,9239
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400358314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,1243
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581259.13/cwt255.00–262.001,50628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700673234.61/cwt230.50–238.001,57922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500487274.75/cwt264.00–281.001,33814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900896204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,8325
SteersLarge 1500–550542328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,77824
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450404341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,3787
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350334333.43/cwt329.00–338.001,1146
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750707235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6613
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640259.18/cwt252.00–274.001,65999
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616244.03/cwt235.00–249.001,50326
SteersLarge 1650–700691261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,80419

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.