Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2024-12-19

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Dec 19
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
479 head
565 vs last sale 1,044 251 vs year ago 228 · +110.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
28 vs last sale 120 26 vs year ago 118 · 22.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
0 vs last sale 25 15 vs year ago 10 · +150.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a lighter pre holiday run didn't offer too many groups of calves for an accurate test of the market but steers and heifers sold mostly steady. A load of good quality yearling steers weighing 995 lbs sold for just shy of $2,400.00 a head. Supply was light and demand was moderate. This was the last regular Thursday sale of the year. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $325.39/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 139.92 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$325.39
26 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$62.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.01
vs MO average
1.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534337.391,80321
Medium and Large 1-2559275.001,5385thin
One grade step is worth $62.39/cwt here — about $264 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
520487455422median 465.3112/1802/1204/0205/1407/16
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 sale26 hd
325.39
MO average17 barns · 2,767 hd
315.38
+10.01
National average173 barns · 17,754 hd
326.63
−1.24
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
−139.92
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
BullsLow1,936155.833,0167thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,535116.391,7868thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,229107.201,31837
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06794.481,00824

Every lot, as filed

51 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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400395366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,4467
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700674248.30/cwt245.00–260.001,6749
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900886192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,7016
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350342380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3002
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600565275.40/cwt273.00–279.001,5565
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650626266.95/cwt264.00–270.001,6716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600587260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5262
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615294.86/cwt287.00–303.001,8136
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550511333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,7024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550541285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5423
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650608280.48/cwt279.00–282.001,7056
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600580313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,8155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750735249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8302
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523349.02/cwt342.00–351.001,82512
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450437370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550521267.40/cwt262.00–270.001,3936
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750726230.92/cwt228.00–234.001,6764
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473286.46/cwt271.00–290.001,35514
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500487354.31/cwt344.00–366.001,72517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850848242.50/cwt242.50–242.502,05613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350331321.03/cwt314.00–326.001,0635
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900858234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700662245.02/cwt238.00–250.001,62212
HeifersLarge 1-2550–600580257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4918
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000995239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,37851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16697.32/cwt90.00–104.001,1359
CowsLean 85-90%1,01583.26/cwt70.00–89.0084510
CowsLean 85-90%1,104102.50/cwt90.00–107.001,13214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,865131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,4431
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,503115.44/cwt112.00–122.501,7356
CowsBoner 80-85%1,244116.37/cwt115.00–118.001,4485
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,395107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,5001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,251109.08/cwt105.00–114.501,36523
Bulls1,900139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,6411
Bulls1,795152.50/cwt149.00–155.002,7373
Bulls2,088164.78/cwt163.50–167.003,4413
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,076148.87/cwt138.00–170.001,6027
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2935202.79/cwt190.00–210.001,89610
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850807234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,8889
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530290.38/cwt276.00–295.001,5398
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576267.57/cwt261.00–285.001,54114
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450425266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,1313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550542290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400350322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,1279
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850817222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,8144
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450419299.52/cwt299.00–300.001,2554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650612247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600584257.45/cwt248.00–269.001,50424
HeifersMedium 1-2450–500470230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450411349.77/cwt342.00–351.001,43822

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.