Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter run of calves and yearlings sold mostly steady. Demand was good to very good for some groups of new crop calves and a consignment of yearlings. Supply was light. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.56/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −96.91 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.

Average price

$315.56

16 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,691

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$33.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.06

vs MO average

+10.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	330.00	1,733	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	550	297.00	1,634	7thin

One grade step is worth $33.00/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale16 hd

315.56

—

MO average16 barns · 2,872 hd

304.50

+11.06

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

+10.54

This barn, trailing median25 sales

412.47

−96.91

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	1,838	170.62	3,137	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,465	137.89	2,020	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,254	135.00	1,693	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	118.32	1,208	6thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,015	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,962	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,743	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,279	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	448.78/cwt	424.00–468.00	1,472	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,484	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,220	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,286	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	330.49/cwt	326.00–346.00	1,411	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	366.89/cwt	366.00–368.00	1,622	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	241.75/cwt	241.75–241.75	2,323	28
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	395	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	330.09/cwt	326.00–332.00	1,581	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,634	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	383.97/cwt	367.00–400.00	1,832	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	422.58/cwt	411.00–434.00	1,496	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	346.30/cwt	345.00–356.00	1,835	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,318	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,091	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	432.32/cwt	431.00–436.00	1,409	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,071	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,304	1
Bulls	—	—	1,500	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,325	1
Bulls	—	—	1,885	171.68/cwt	167.00–176.00	3,236	4
Bulls	—	—	1,990	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,622	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	134.56/cwt	128.00–140.50	1,681	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,894	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	121.78/cwt	116.00–127.00	1,197	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	138.38/cwt	133.00–142.00	2,026	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,210	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,222	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	143.28/cwt	141.50–144.00	1,927	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,155	126.05/cwt	125.00–127.00	1,456	2

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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