Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2025-01-30

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jan 30
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
798 head
272 vs last sale 526 562 vs year ago 1,360 · 41.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
254 head
224 vs last sale 30 69 vs year ago 185 · +37.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher except for some 450-525 lb heifers selling 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-6.00 higher with some high dressing kind up to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $342.94/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 122.37 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$342.94
88 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.03
vs MO average
5.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1560347.981,94753
Medium and Large 1-2548335.311,83735
One grade step is worth $12.67/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale88 hd
342.94
MO average17 barns · 4,674 hd
339.92
+3.03
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
−5.72
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
−122.37
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
BullsLow1,604162.252,6035thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,380134.771,8604thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,129132.001,49049
CowsLean 85-90%Average958117.751,1286thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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
SteersLarge 1Fleshy850–900855239.50/cwt239.50–239.502,0486
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450426305.01/cwt301.00–310.001,2996
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510297.36/cwt288.00–300.001,5179
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2942
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750712241.70/cwt240.00–243.001,7217
SteersLarge 1750–800752264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,98512
SteersLarge 1650–700650297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,9318
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500456378.99/cwt378.00–380.001,7284
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650642290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,8625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400395392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,5503
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750722264.35/cwt260.00–274.001,90913
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550508367.27/cwt365.00–369.001,86614
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672298.42/cwt290.00–300.002,00538
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950931235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1883
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578341.06/cwt332.00–356.001,97139
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750728281.36/cwt270.00–289.002,04834
SteersLarge 1600–650610309.50/cwt309.50–309.501,8886
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700681287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,9543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600576327.89/cwt325.00–331.001,88920
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850822258.88/cwt253.00–266.002,12811
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650632321.58/cwt310.00–334.002,03240
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950908235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1343
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800772271.15/cwt264.00–280.502,09339
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466374.72/cwt362.00–387.501,7464
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450432346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,4955
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800787238.27/cwt237.00–239.001,8758
HeifersLarge 1600–650615272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,6765
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750736247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8184
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600574291.55/cwt280.00–310.001,6735
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500476323.50/cwt309.00–338.001,5406
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,380134.77/cwt132.00–136.001,8604
CowsBoner 80-85%1,177138.80/cwt135.50–145.501,63411
CowsLean 85-90%958117.75/cwt112.00–124.001,1286
CowsBoner 80-85%1,115130.03/cwt122.00–137.001,45038
Bulls1,515146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,2121
Bulls1,870174.06/cwt173.00–175.003,2552
Bulls1,383158.56/cwt156.00–161.002,1932
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600571300.47/cwt284.00–309.001,71639
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600562250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4054
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500497292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,4512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550536301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,6134
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850812239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,9454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400385375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4442
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750739254.09/cwt252.00–256.001,87818
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415350.66/cwt330.00–362.501,4558
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950906228.50/cwt228.50–228.502,0703
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516327.28/cwt322.00–330.001,68931
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500468353.25/cwt325.00–364.001,65320
HeifersMedium 1-2600–650605253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,5313
HeifersMedium 1-2700–750734236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7326
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650633272.96/cwt264.00–283.001,72838
HeifersLarge 1650–700669255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7066
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800765250.84/cwt246.00–255.001,91913
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658259.22/cwt256.00–264.001,7065
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650636270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850810231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,8712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,4452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575268.66/cwt264.50–281.001,54516
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400377339.52/cwt329.00–356.001,2805
HeifersMedium 1-2650–700681235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6003
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550510345.21/cwt335.00–355.001,76115

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.