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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Dec 11
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
792 head
457 vs last sale 1,249 252 vs year ago 1,044 · 24.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
152 head
3 vs last sale 149 32 vs year ago 120 · +26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold mostly 10.00-20.00 higher and yearlings sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good to very good and the overall quality was attractive. Supply was moderate and included some fancy calves and a load of yearling steers. Cattle futures and cash fed cattle have been higher this week. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $449.36/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits 15.95 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$449.36
97 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,497
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$126
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.94
vs MO average
+18.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557450.052,50888
Medium and Large 1-2538442.562,3829thin
One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about $126 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
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 sale97 hd
449.36
MO average17 barns · 4,287 hd
423.42
+25.94
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
+18.73
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
−15.95
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
BullsAverage1,945188.003,6571thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,441161.132,32230
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,220153.871,87722
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,016112.761,1469thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1Unweaned650–700676332.84/cwt330.00–335.002,2509
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed450–500487440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,1434
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400372460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7114
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850800350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,8006
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450413565.32/cwt560.00–580.002,33515
SteersMedium and Large 1-21000–10501,042304.25/cwt304.25–304.253,17060
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800750359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,6936
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement650–700660367.92/cwt360.00–371.002,42822
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500490447.56/cwt447.50–448.002,19315
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,3524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650632395.59/cwt382.00–400.002,50033
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550501475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,3805
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522468.86/cwt442.50–488.002,44735
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450423395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6713
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700681375.99/cwt365.00–381.002,56050
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750714373.54/cwt362.50–379.752,66720
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473505.68/cwt482.50–514.002,39210
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650620414.91/cwt395.00–429.002,57231
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800757360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7254
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600579441.66/cwt432.50–457.502,55748
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750735345.09/cwt340.00–350.002,5369
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650634390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4736
HeifersMedium 1-2600–650636310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500472440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0775
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800751250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,8784
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450426385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6403
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550516310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6005
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500460451.36/cwt437.50–470.002,0767
CowsLean 85-90%1,099126.65/cwt122.00–133.001,3924
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,449159.98/cwt154.00–166.002,31821
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229163.04/cwt161.00–167.002,0045
CowsBoner 80-85%1,233151.94/cwt145.00–159.001,87316
CowsLean 85-90%90091.57/cwt88.00–100.008244
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,375148.48/cwt148.00–149.002,0422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,436168.18/cwt167.00–173.002,4157
CowsLean 85-90%1,150142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,6331
CowsBoner 80-85%970139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3481
Bulls1,945188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,6571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571379.64/cwt365.00–390.002,16816
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600587392.35/cwt379.00–411.002,30341
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550513428.37/cwt397.50–440.002,19850
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450419443.54/cwt438.00–450.001,8586
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,9365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750706319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,2523
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600594360.23/cwt342.50–375.002,14018
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700675375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,5312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350341462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,5774
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800776319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,4753
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610377.80/cwt377.50–378.002,30528
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650609367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,2388
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600597399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,3825
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700686334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,2914
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425477.40/cwt465.00–480.002,02912
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9214
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750701320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2434
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400361475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,7154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700669358.10/cwt350.00–375.002,3969

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.