Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2025-02-06

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Feb 6
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
504 head
294 vs last sale 798 566 vs year ago 1,070 · 52.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
203 vs last sale 254 32 vs year ago 83 · 38.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 0 25 vs year ago 30 · 83.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light test of calves and feeders sold steady to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for a light supply. Cattle futures were sharply lower on Thursday but the grazing type calves weren't affected by the bearishness. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.21/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 109.26 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.
Average price
$303.21
79 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,639
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$21
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.53
vs MO average
+4.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538304.781,64074
Medium and Large 1-2578280.001,6185thin
One grade step is worth $24.78/cwt here — about $21 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 sale79 hd
303.21
MO average17 barns · 3,774 hd
299.68
+3.53
National average192 barns · 21,303 hd
298.86
+4.35
This barn, trailing median25 sales
412.47
−109.26
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
BullsHigh1,749167.382,9279thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,487136.252,02610
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,262132.701,67518
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,011108.921,1019thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1400–450425370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5733
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450444340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5105
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500459310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4235
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400398388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,5443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850830250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,07515
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650629267.34/cwt266.00–268.001,6826
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550515337.89/cwt336.00–343.001,74011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600596324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,93115
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500489397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,94416
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350322445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,4332
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620312.96/cwt310.00–316.001,9404
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450429403.50/cwt403.50–403.501,73110
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650613307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,8824
SteersMedium 1-2700–750749233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,7456
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675286.61/cwt286.50–289.001,93545
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450418366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,5303
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526333.11/cwt320.00–344.001,7528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500461350.79/cwt335.00–370.001,61714
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700667307.16/cwt293.00–313.502,04910
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600593339.79/cwt326.00–347.002,01520
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550538304.78/cwt300.00–320.001,64074
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450443371.50/cwt371.50–371.501,64622
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650602278.55/cwt272.00–279.001,67748
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6185
HeifersMedium 1-2600–650647248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,6057
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6172
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350342390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3342
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,6014
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400364393.76/cwt374.00–402.001,4337
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400384342.48/cwt330.00–350.001,3158
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500471286.32/cwt285.00–289.001,34916
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700677263.33/cwt256.00–270.001,78313
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,010140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4141
Bulls2,015183.00/cwt183.00–183.003,6871
Bulls1,515148.50/cwt148.50–148.502,2501
Bulls1,744167.84/cwt156.00–175.002,9277
CowsBoner 80-85%1,361140.48/cwt138.00–145.001,9124
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,469133.87/cwt130.00–139.001,9677
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,528141.79/cwt141.00–142.502,1673
CowsLean 85-90%1,025113.42/cwt106.00–118.501,1637
CowsLean 85-90%96393.18/cwt91.50–95.008972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,234130.48/cwt124.00–138.001,61014

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.