Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2025-03-20

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Mar 20
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
640 head
119 vs last sale 759 34 vs year ago 606 · +5.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
90 head
25 vs last sale 115 109 vs year ago 199 · 54.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
20 vs last sale 40 5 vs year ago 25 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply. The calves are starting to overtake the yearlings in terms of numbers with the majority of the offering being calves fresh off the cow selling with minimal discounts. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $351.39/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 113.92 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$351.39
59 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,008
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$84
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$22.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.10
vs MO average
5.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583352.832,05735
Medium and Large 1-2548352.051,93121
Large 1-2598330.001,9733thin
One grade step is worth $22.83/cwt here — about $84 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
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 sale59 hd
351.39
MO average17 barns · 2,713 hd
358.49
−7.10
National average170 barns · 10,920 hd
357.16
−5.77
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
−113.92
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
BullsLow1,718169.042,90311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,374141.091,9399thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,182140.051,65616
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,085116.001,2591thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450428438.93/cwt406.00–445.001,87936
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650642348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,23412
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000950224.50/cwt224.50–224.502,1332
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400352358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,2602
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500464370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7175
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900888254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,2563
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600583352.83/cwt345.00–370.002,05735
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500493403.91/cwt396.00–405.501,99141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450405388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,5713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450402362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,4552
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500492352.00/cwt352.00–352.001,7328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450436362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,5784
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650643327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,1037
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700696309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,1514
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450422400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6884
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800765276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,1117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600573341.46/cwt338.00–351.001,9579
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673320.65/cwt319.00–323.002,1586
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400392422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,6562
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750729292.02/cwt287.00–294.002,1297
SteersLarge 1-2550–600598330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,90812
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567306.38/cwt305.00–309.001,73718
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600562278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,5628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800785249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,9556
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600556350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9463
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400383396.34/cwt390.00–398.001,5189
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500487354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,7242
CowsLean 85-90%1,085116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2591
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,374141.09/cwt137.00–145.001,9399
CowsBoner 80-85%1,225145.75/cwt143.00–148.001,7854
CowsBoner 80-85%1,168138.15/cwt133.00–142.501,61412
Bulls1,348150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0222
Bulls2,110184.00/cwt184.00–184.003,8821
Bulls1,761171.93/cwt161.00–182.003,0288
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,223161.04/cwt150.00–167.501,9703
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2962211.12/cwt190.00–224.002,0313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy350–400388320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650619279.94/cwt276.00–287.001,73312
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450430390.63/cwt360.00–400.001,68032
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469351.63/cwt345.00–359.001,64917
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550549350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9225
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650609288.52/cwt280.00–301.001,7575
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550509331.89/cwt321.00–334.001,68926
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750727256.01/cwt255.00–259.001,8618
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500464336.38/cwt329.00–344.001,5616
HeifersLarge 1-2950–1000958216.50/cwt216.50–216.502,0744
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600586275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6123
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450405339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,3732
HeifersLarge 1-2550–600560262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,4674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700670260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7422
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550521319.17/cwt311.00–330.001,6639
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600555298.46/cwt294.00–303.001,6566
HeifersLarge 1600–650625296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,8508
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650629289.73/cwt287.00–294.001,82226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850847235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9902
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750712317.70/cwt308.00–327.502,26212

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.