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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Oct 30
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
380 head
207 vs last sale 587 604 vs year ago 984 · 61.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
41 vs last sale 153 16 vs year ago 128 · 12.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
10 vs last sale 25 5 vs year ago 20 · 25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 15.00-25.00 lower on a light test. Demand was good for a light supply. A couple of days with the board in the green has provided some much needed confidence back into the market and although prices were slightly lower, some of the chaos of the last two weeks seems to be settling down with cooler heads and market fundamentals prevailing. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $400.92/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 64.39 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$400.92
40 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,217
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.49
vs MO average
28.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556404.072,24835
Medium and Large 1-2530378.852,0085thin
One grade step is worth $25.22/cwt here — about $240 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
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 sale40 hd
400.92
MO average17 barns · 2,073 hd
378.42
+22.49
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
−28.80
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
−64.39
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
BullsAverage1,773185.073,2828thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,433163.152,33818
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,201149.681,79835
CowsLean 85-90%Low949115.371,09522

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
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600572359.78/cwt351.00–371.002,05811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350338472.00/cwt472.00–472.001,5955
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400350500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,7504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530378.85/cwt374.00–382.002,0085
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450438408.00/cwt408.00–408.001,7875
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,93212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,0362
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550538340.45/cwt330.00–355.001,8327
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500490366.38/cwt364.00–370.001,7955
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700683342.79/cwt330.00–349.002,3416
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550502454.00/cwt454.00–454.002,27910
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673354.00/cwt349.00–359.002,3828
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300295450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,3284
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700670341.09/cwt337.50–346.002,2857
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533365.00/cwt360.00–371.001,94521
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578384.10/cwt361.00–400.002,22025
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650621330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0495
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426522.55/cwt485.00–548.002,2265
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500489383.74/cwt370.00–399.001,87618
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650641352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,2564
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650612380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,32616
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,620146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,3651
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,515170.48/cwt168.00–175.002,5833
CowsBoner 80-85%1,203149.46/cwt142.50–156.001,79814
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228160.82/cwt157.00–164.001,97511
CowsLean 85-90%1,034108.90/cwt108.00–112.001,1264
CowsLean 85-90%1,025141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4451
Bulls1,832186.60/cwt184.00–192.003,4193
CowsBoner 80-85%1,170137.75/cwt129.00–140.001,61210
Bulls1,593163.51/cwt163.00–164.002,6052
Bulls1,835197.92/cwt197.00–200.003,6323
CowsLean 85-90%80491.00/cwt91.00–91.007326
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,402162.80/cwt156.00–167.502,28214
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750723344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,4873
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400388555.82/cwt550.00–565.002,1575
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,120205.55/cwt190.00–220.002,3024
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,043259.00/cwt222.00–290.002,7015
HeifersLarge 1-21050–11001,064204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,1717
CowsLean 85-90%991128.69/cwt120.00–137.001,27511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned700–750721336.65/cwt335.00–339.002,42710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450435378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,6444
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5364
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550521338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,7614
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500467443.40/cwt430.00–448.002,0718
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement800–850810320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5925
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700650314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,0414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700655310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,0312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,9782
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650630365.56/cwt356.00–375.002,30319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450432422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,8232
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465416.56/cwt410.00–420.001,9376
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned700–750722300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1662
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750725310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2484
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450440392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,7254

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.