Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was moderate to good for a moderate supply. Cattle futures followed the stock market down on Thursday. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $324.19/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −88.29 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.

Average price

$324.19

70 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$32.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.27

vs MO average

+2.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	330.20	1,768	49
Medium and Large 1-2	535	312.18	1,670	18thin
Medium and Large 2	506	298.00	1,508	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.20/cwt here — about $260 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

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 sale70 hd

324.19

—

MO average17 barns · 2,498 hd

320.92

+3.27

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

+2.81

This barn, trailing median25 sales

412.47

−88.29

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	1,650	180.94	2,986	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,450	146.87	2,130	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	139.91	1,649	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,006	123.09	1,239	7thin

Every lot, as filed

54 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 and Large 1	450–500	473	378.76/cwt	376.00–386.00	1,792	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	627	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,956	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	482	357.75/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,724	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	518	342.78/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,776	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,373	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,959	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	334.58/cwt	322.00–344.00	1,405	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	313.49/cwt	302.50–318.00	1,934	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	379.67/cwt	366.00–388.00	1,477	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,193	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,974	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	400.56/cwt	399.00–410.00	1,682	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	351.78/cwt	344.00–362.00	2,192	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,103	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	329.28/cwt	329.00–330.00	2,203	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	1,914	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,706	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	342.14/cwt	338.00–348.00	1,779	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,911	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,002	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,396	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,564	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	382.96/cwt	380.00–394.00	1,639	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,079	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	125.44/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,266	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,651	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,379	153.04/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,110	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,508	145.90/cwt	142.00–149.00	2,200	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	141.48/cwt	134.50–146.00	1,647	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	147.32/cwt	145.50–149.00	1,774	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	125.16/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,497	4
Bulls	—	—	1,348	165.51/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,231	2
Bulls	—	—	1,931	191.78/cwt	189.00–195.00	3,703	4
Bulls	—	—	1,576	179.16/cwt	171.00–184.00	2,824	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,133	172.77/cwt	147.00–198.00	1,957	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	203.38/cwt	189.00–209.00	2,042	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	463	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	351.26/cwt	338.00–363.00	1,528	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	338.22/cwt	299.00–370.00	1,613	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,456	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,993	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	314.49/cwt	308.00–329.00	1,645	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	306.17/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	372.52/cwt	366.00–376.00	1,553	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	329.41/cwt	320.00–341.50	1,571	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	332.97/cwt	324.00–345.00	1,741	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,893	8

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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