Cattle Market Pulse

MO-Kan Livestock Market Report

Butler, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 30, 2021

520 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.15/cwt +7.15 vs last sale · ≈ $849/hd at 577 lb · 27 head
light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $134.74/cwt -21.51 vs last sale · ≈ $835/hd at 620 lb · 25 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $151.47/cwt -6.53 vs last sale · ≈ $868/hd at 573 lb · 21 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 520 699 830
Feeder cattle 418 588 715
Slaughter cattle 102 106 115
Replacement cattle — 5 —

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, comparisons were light but steers and heifers sold weak to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate for a few groups of longer weaned cattle and moderate to light for the un-weaned to 30 day weaned calves. Supply was light with mostly smaller groups and several un-weaned calves. The overall quality didn't match up to last week. Cattle futures have trended mainly lower this week as the promising outlook of higher prices for fed cattle this summer have waned and corn has been trading higher. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-6.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
510–543 unweaned 524 7 149.00–160.00 $155.12 $813 —
566–597 573 21 148.00–156.00 $151.47 $868 -18.53
619 619 10 160.00 $160.00 $990 -4.50
677–680 678 10 150.00–158.00 $152.41 $1,033 -15.82
680 680 2 138.00 $138.00 $938 -30.23
715–721 717 9 142.00–153.00 $149.31 $1,071 -9.37
727 unweaned 727 2 134.00 $134.00 $974 —
855–862 859 4 145.00 $145.00 $1,246 ±0.00
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
461 461 4 165.00 $165.00 $761 +2.40
543 543 4 158.00 $158.00 $858 +2.14
623–625 624 5 149.00–150.00 $149.40 $932 +7.90
657 657 4 145.00 $145.00 $953 —
732 732 2 148.00 $148.00 $1,083 +5.62
Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
497 unweaned 497 12 159.00 $159.00 $790 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
417–448 431 12 144.00–150.00 $146.88 $633 -13.12
528 unweaned 528 3 138.00 $138.00 $729 —
550–591 577 27 145.00–151.00 $147.15 $849 —
605–637 616 16 132.00–140.00 $137.29 $846 -18.96
625–627 unweaned 626 9 130.00–130.50 $130.22 $815 —
670–683 674 13 136.00–143.00 $140.67 $948 -13.58
735 735 8 139.00 $139.00 $1,022 -4.50
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
462–493 481 5 140.00 $140.00 $673 -11.31
511–537 526 20 141.00–151.00 $146.92 $773 -0.74
665–677 670 5 125.00 $125.00 $838 -13.89
760 unweaned 760 4 123.00 $123.00 $935 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
352 unweaned 352 5 136.00 $136.00 $479 —
465 465 3 137.00 $137.00 $637 —
643 643 9 125.00 $125.00 $804 —
Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
630 630 2 125.00 $125.00 $788 —
677 677 2 120.00 $120.00 $812 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
483 483 3 149.00 $149.00 $720 —
490 unweaned 490 5 147.00 $147.00 $720 -6.56
550–555 553 5 145.00 $145.00 $802 +4.00
607–626 616 7 129.50–138.00 $132.03 $813 -8.75
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
500–535 523 3 148.00–148.50 $148.16 $775 —
611 unweaned 611 3 133.00 $133.00 $813 —

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
990–1280 1103 80-85% 6 40.00–48.00 $44.65 $492 -8.61
990–1290 1117 80-85% 20 48.00–59.00 $51.77 $578 -1.49
1170–1560 1290 80-85% 6 60.00–67.50 $64.10 $827 —
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
875–1145 1026 85-90% 5 44.50–52.50 $47.51 $487 —
840–1330 1031 85-90% 10 39.00–44.00 $41.46 $427 —
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1330 1330 75-80% 1 50.00 $50.00 $665 —
1220–1590 1402 75-80% 11 59.50–67.50 $65.11 $913 -2.32
1360–1585 1462 75-80% 3 68.00–72.00 $69.60 $1,018 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1320–1635 1495 5 75.00–79.00 $77.83 $1,164 —
1415–2010 1709 7 79.00–91.50 $86.38 $1,476 —

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.