Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a light test from two weeks ago, steers and heifers sold with a firm to higher undertone. A heavy supply was offered for the Annual Customer Appreciation sale and the quality was attractive. Demand was good to very good to kick off the first sale of the year and cattle futures had a strong day in the green to add to the optimism in the market. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.60/cwt on 195 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −134.71 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$330.60

195 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2

$48.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.99

vs MO average

−2.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	340.16	1,858	115
Medium and Large 1-2	554	322.84	1,789	64
Medium 1-2	549	295.00	1,620	7thin
Large 1-2	558	291.33	1,625	9thin

One grade step is worth $48.83/cwt here — about $233 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

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 sale195 hd

330.60

—

MO average6 barns · 2,710 hd

329.62

+0.99

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

−2.27

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−134.71

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,733	160.83	2,787	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,483	122.90	1,823	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,194	112.51	1,343	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	106.04	1,164	4thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$3,050	4thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	978	$3,168	29
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,085	$3,950	4thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	398	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,234	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	506	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,599	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	611	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,662	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	635	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,854	8
Steers	Large 1	600–650	626	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,822	8
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	511	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	395.39/cwt	388.00–400.00	1,613	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	886	234.89/cwt	234.00–236.50	2,081	33
Steers	Large 1	650–700	685	272.45/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,866	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	273.21/cwt	259.00–278.00	1,975	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	254.61/cwt	252.00–268.00	2,131	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,976	6
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	581	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,604	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	284.71/cwt	278.50–290.00	1,910	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	274.53/cwt	261.00–283.00	1,856	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	348.30/cwt	323.00–366.00	1,818	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	307.41/cwt	296.00–316.00	1,921	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	271.29/cwt	259.50–275.50	2,070	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	332.16/cwt	320.00–344.25	1,893	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	296.38/cwt	284.50–310.50	1,858	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	379.00/cwt	362.00–390.00	1,785	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,178	19
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	549	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,620	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,216	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	356.54/cwt	334.00–376.00	1,686	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	327.11/cwt	323.00–337.50	1,717	28
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	646	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	579	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,905	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	315.88/cwt	301.00–322.00	1,819	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	379.24/cwt	378.00–380.00	1,612	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,919	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	739	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,729	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	677	235.61/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,595	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	589	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,508	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	603	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,444	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,670	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	288.49/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,708	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	791	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,843	13
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	537	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,278	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	313.26/cwt	301.00–317.50	1,194	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	292.00/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,410	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	243.53/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,666	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	650–700	695	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,793	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,222	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,320	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	247.46/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,792	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	294.50/cwt	267.00–310.00	1,558	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	310.90/cwt	291.00–320.00	1,343	74
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	450	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,215	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	281.28/cwt	269.50–296.50	1,620	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	237.52/cwt	234.00–244.00	1,819	23
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	535	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,568	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	269.73/cwt	248.00–274.00	1,689	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	255.03/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,704	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	311.84/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,332	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	267.39/cwt	258.00–271.00	1,570	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	255.99/cwt	243.00–261.00	1,590	98
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	478	241.59/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,155	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	312.32/cwt	287.00–324.00	1,496	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	282.54/cwt	263.00–298.00	1,489	45
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	3,950.00/head	3,950.00–3,950.00	3,950	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	978	3,167.68/head	3,150.00–3,200.00	3,168	29
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	187.89/cwt	180.00–194.00	1,744	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,177	123.65/cwt	123.00–125.00	1,455	5
Bulls	—	—	1,235	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,927	1
Bulls	—	—	2,023	172.66/cwt	170.00–175.00	3,493	2
Bulls	—	—	1,650	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,343	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,182	111.29/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,315	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	121.14/cwt	115.00–124.50	1,772	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,519	126.06/cwt	124.50–131.00	1,915	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	106.04/cwt	98.00–109.00	1,164	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,439	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	119.30/cwt	118.00–121.00	1,322	3

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.

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