Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2025-01-16

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jan 16
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,125 head
1,017 vs last sale 2,142 91 vs year ago 1,034 · +8.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
46 head
128 vs last sale 174 53 vs year ago 99 · 53.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
35 vs last sale 45 25 vs year ago 35 · 71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, steers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 higher, spots 20.00 higher and those over 600 lbs sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $301.18/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 111.30 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.
Average price
$301.18
130 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,658
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.68
vs MO average
2.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547304.931,669108
Medium and Large 1-2566282.741,60022
One grade step is worth $22.19/cwt here — about $68 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale130 hd
301.18
MO average18 barns · 4,774 hd
301.85
−0.68
National average192 barns · 30,803 hd
304.03
−2.85
This barn, trailing median25 sales
412.47
−111.30
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
BullsHigh1,802169.603,0563thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,525128.721,96315
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,240126.411,56715
CowsLean 85-90%Low902107.979744thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 and Large 1700–750714250.78/cwt246.00–254.001,79126
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600586318.83/cwt312.00–333.001,86833
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900855252.25/cwt252.25–252.252,15711
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450431378.83/cwt375.00–383.001,63310
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850830271.75/cwt270.00–272.002,25648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800776259.49/cwt253.00–263.002,01429
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600579276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5987
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,5094
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480369.76/cwt361.00–382.001,7759
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650609332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,0226
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950910245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,2305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579291.80/cwt291.00–293.001,6905
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519364.99/cwt349.50–379.001,89426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619302.10/cwt291.00–314.001,87033
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500460359.92/cwt350.00–370.001,6566
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned750–800781230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7963
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700689268.63/cwt257.00–280.001,85110
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400385390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5023
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550548300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6444
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750703280.52/cwt275.00–284.001,97213
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676293.15/cwt280.00–306.001,982123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400395299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,1814
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650610250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5253
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy850–900879220.50/cwt220.00–221.501,93812
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800761229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,7433
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800757244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,8474
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500492316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,5554
CowsBoner 80-85%1,261130.42/cwt127.00–133.001,6456
CowsBoner 80-85%1,226123.73/cwt119.50–128.001,5179
CowsLean 85-90%990100.00/cwt100.00–100.009901
CowsLean 85-90%873110.62/cwt108.00–115.009663
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,505127.36/cwt122.00–131.001,91711
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,581132.45/cwt130.00–134.502,0944
Bulls1,705171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,9161
Bulls1,850168.90/cwt168.00–170.003,1252
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,080170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8361
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,4751
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700662267.82/cwt264.00–269.751,77368
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500467327.79/cwt306.00–346.001,53116
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550531311.51/cwt299.00–319.001,65458
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700674245.51/cwt245.00–246.001,6556
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450419320.44/cwt317.00–324.001,3438
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500480309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4837
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400364353.79/cwt344.00–375.001,28816
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450447346.88/cwt338.00–354.001,5519
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650632244.88/cwt230.00–260.001,54817
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900852236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,0115
HeifersLarge 1650–700670252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,6885
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650633271.99/cwt266.00–275.501,722146
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800755276.25/cwt276.25–276.252,08640
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy700–750746259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,9328
SteersMedium 1Fleshy800–850841237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9936
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600566282.74/cwt278.00–287.501,60022
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600566297.30/cwt280.00–312.001,68350

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.