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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Apr 10
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
599 head
67 vs last sale 532 130 vs year ago 469 · +27.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
29 vs last sale 75 21 vs year ago 125 · 16.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
15 vs last sale 15 0 vs year ago 30 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 10.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good for a moderate supply. The majority of the offering consisted of un-weaned new crop calves of good quality. There were very few long weaned calves to push some of the top price ranges from last week and with the volatility in the stock market and cattle futures the trend has been lower this week, but the cash market for the calves and feeders held up pretty well. Slaughter cows sold uneven from 2.00 lower to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $299.05/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 113.43 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.
Average price
$299.05
44 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,638
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.67
vs MO average
17.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538306.171,64612thin
Medium and Large 1552296.381,63532
One grade step is worth $9.79/cwt here — about $12 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 sale44 hd
299.05
MO average14 barns · 1,168 hd
306.72
−7.67
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−17.50
This barn, trailing median25 sales
412.47
−113.43
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
BullsAverage1,825174.413,1835thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,436145.462,08916
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,192144.601,72329
CowsLean 85-90%Average946120.971,14412

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1350–400378370.24/cwt363.00–388.001,40020
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400367333.60/cwt330.00–344.001,22416
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600557312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,73820
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950939216.83/cwt210.00–219.002,0368
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700682276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,8826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350337345.80/cwt330.00–356.001,16510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500482364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,7542
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563335.97/cwt330.00–340.001,8925
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400391407.25/cwt398.00–410.001,59216
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700655303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,9854
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550524357.56/cwt349.00–368.001,87446
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450427401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,7129
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535352.62/cwt342.00–358.001,88714
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700660250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6504
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650623314.75/cwt314.00–318.001,96116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615304.31/cwt298.00–314.001,87210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450405395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6002
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,7912
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500459388.75/cwt367.00–395.001,78450
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400355380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3492
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450424363.81/cwt352.50–372.001,5437
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550549326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,7905
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650633313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,9813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600583320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8663
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500490354.51/cwt349.00–382.001,73711
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850831244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,0284
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700689258.77/cwt252.00–270.001,78316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429338.11/cwt332.50–339.001,45017
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600551305.23/cwt279.00–314.001,6828
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650602279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,6802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500463319.72/cwt304.00–327.001,48012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550511308.04/cwt305.00–311.001,5744
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600563261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4698
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550501289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,4484
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500483304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,4689
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400370320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,1844
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy350–400382346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,3229
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy450–500493267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,3165
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750732257.66/cwt248.00–264.001,8865
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473335.98/cwt316.00–340.001,58932
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2988189.73/cwt177.00–208.001,87513
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2958179.73/cwt175.00–184.001,7223
Bulls1,930173.69/cwt169.00–176.003,3523
Bulls1,910193.00/cwt193.00–193.003,6861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,290129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6641
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,436145.46/cwt141.00–149.502,08916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,153141.57/cwt132.50–147.501,63216
CowsBoner 80-85%1,235149.93/cwt148.00–153.001,85212
CowsLean 85-90%965125.77/cwt113.00–132.001,2148
Bulls1,425158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,2521
CowsLean 85-90%1,038139.72/cwt138.50–141.001,4502
CowsLean 85-90%77583.03/cwt82.00–84.006432

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.