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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Oct 23
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
587 head
169 vs last sale 418 88 vs year ago 499 · +17.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
94 vs last sale 59 29 vs year ago 124 · +23.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
23 vs last sale 48 0 vs year ago 25 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold with a weak to lower undertone. Demand was moderate for a light supply. There were a few consignments of long weaned cattle but most were short weaned or off the cow. Cattle are under pressure this week not only from the fall weather change but also political chatter leading to sharply lower cattle futures. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $383.33/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 29.14 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.
Average price
$383.33
56 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,108
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$293
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$85.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.17
vs MO average
7.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540401.572,16738
Medium and Large 1-2568350.601,99115thin
Medium 1-2593316.001,8743thin
One grade step is worth $85.57/cwt here — about $293 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 sale56 hd
383.33
MO average17 barns · 1,790 hd
381.17
+2.17
National average186 barns · 24,193 hd
390.82
−7.49
This barn, trailing median25 sales
412.47
−29.14
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
BullsLow1,732184.373,1926thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,389165.412,29810
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,180150.891,78115
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,033120.371,2437thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 2250–300279453.06/cwt439.00–486.001,2649
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550527354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,8662
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600555400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,22026
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575344.85/cwt338.00–351.001,98313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500464466.00/cwt466.00–466.002,16211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,0252
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532440.82/cwt423.00–470.002,34519
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400392428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,6782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350327420.65/cwt398.00–428.001,37611
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450403407.10/cwt398.00–414.001,6417
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500480415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9923
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650640332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,1252
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700662390.57/cwt371.00–392.002,58630
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600579404.99/cwt393.00–414.002,3458
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400380382.52/cwt370.00–412.001,4548
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850801327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,6198
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629397.08/cwt382.00–406.002,49824
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450440508.00/cwt508.00–508.002,2352
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600593364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,1593
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500464488.64/cwt476.00–502.002,2679
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700651365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,37618
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned800–850813339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,7564
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,350174.23/cwt172.00–177.002,3522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,115141.50/cwt139.00–144.001,5782
CowsBoner 80-85%1,174149.93/cwt146.00–158.001,76011
CowsLean 85-90%1,075132.65/cwt123.00–138.001,4264
Bulls1,550160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4801
CowsLean 85-90%958114.98/cwt114.00–116.001,1022
HeifersLarge 1-2950–1000971274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,6614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,280165.57/cwt164.00–167.002,1192
Bulls1,795197.00/cwt197.00–197.003,5361
Bulls1,761187.31/cwt178.00–195.003,2994
CowsLean 85-90%1,01582.00/cwt82.00–82.008321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,399163.20/cwt156.00–169.002,2838
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,137170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9332
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned750–800789348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,7465
HeifersMedium 2-3400–450410250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0253
HeifersMedium 1-2400–450440342.00/cwt342.00–342.001,5053
HeifersMedium 1-2550–600593316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,8743
BullsMedium 1-2500–550535330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600561431.00/cwt431.00–431.002,4188
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550511470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,40210
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550506404.97/cwt398.00–410.002,04912
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500478422.67/cwt410.00–430.002,02040
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2973234.07/cwt210.00–262.002,2784
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2908274.25/cwt250.00–304.002,4902
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400376466.00/cwt466.00–466.001,7525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300276500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3805
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500454375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7039
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400350400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4004
SteersMedium and Large 1-2200–250238510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,2145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350330462.00/cwt462.00–462.001,5253
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650627344.33/cwt326.00–353.002,15914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300263434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,1418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526426.82/cwt417.00–432.002,24518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450444459.29/cwt442.00–466.002,0397
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600581387.01/cwt372.00–398.002,2496

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.