Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher except for a couple fancy groups of 550-600 lbs grazing type steers selling 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was good for a light supply. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $288.27/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −124.21 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.

Average price

$288.27

95 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$14.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.98

vs MO average

−16.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	295.38	1,613	48
Medium and Large 1-2	554	281.00	1,558	47

One grade step is worth $14.38/cwt here — about $55 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

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 sale95 hd

288.27

—

MO average15 barns · 3,251 hd

296.25

−7.98

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−16.15

This barn, trailing median25 sales

412.47

−124.21

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	—	Low	1,893	158.36	2,998	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	128.43	2,104	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	126.43	1,559	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	111.43	1,207	3thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,628	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,782	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	617	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,530	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,797	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,838	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,766	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	354.72/cwt	343.00–363.00	1,802	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,971	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	353.29/cwt	327.00–357.00	2,031	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	276.34/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,907	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,413	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	345.39/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,606	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,429	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	723	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	264.10/cwt	253.00–268.00	1,614	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	285.24/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,492	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,066	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	308.17/cwt	299.00–310.00	2,065	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	326.21/cwt	308.00–337.00	1,540	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	364.78/cwt	339.00–376.00	1,350	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	248.51/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,901	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	277.45/cwt	275.50–280.00	1,706	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	327.51/cwt	326.00–334.00	1,290	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	293.75/cwt	293.50–294.00	1,566	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	278.60/cwt	268.00–286.00	1,594	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	253.37/cwt	251.00–254.50	1,837	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	300.79/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,684	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	259	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,542	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,516	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	501	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,323	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	623	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,654	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	692	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	666	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,715	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	626	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,840	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	377.54/cwt	360.00–392.00	1,253	8
Bulls	—	—	1,703	143.31/cwt	138.50–149.00	2,441	2
Bulls	—	—	1,980	165.09/cwt	161.00–169.00	3,269	2
Bulls	—	—	2,100	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,675	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,712	130.53/cwt	123.00–135.50	2,235	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,891	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	118.76/cwt	115.00–123.50	1,790	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	111.43/cwt	104.00–116.00	1,207	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	125.80/cwt	119.50–131.00	1,535	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	133.23/cwt	133.00–133.50	1,619	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,641	1

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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