Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2025-04-17

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Apr 17
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
752 head
153 vs last sale 599 86 vs year ago 838 · 10.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
56 vs last sale 104 21 vs year ago 181 · 11.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 550 lbs sold 10.00-25.00 higher and those over 550 lbs sold with a higher undertone to light comparisons from last week. Demand was good for a moderate supply with a couple different consignments of yearlings highlighting the sale along with several groups of calves. The early planted corn is up and going and a rain shower Thursday morning provided some needed moisture. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $361.45/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 103.86 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$361.45
62 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,969
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$102
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.77
vs MO average
3.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543365.981,98751
Medium and Large 1-2554340.431,88511thin
One grade step is worth $25.56/cwt here — about $102 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 sale62 hd
361.45
MO average18 barns · 3,214 hd
365.22
−3.77
National average169 barns · 11,281 hd
364.76
−3.31
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
−103.86
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
BullsHigh1,577179.332,8287thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,155148.541,71624
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,411147.442,0809thin
CowsLean 85-90%High907129.191,1727thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900885234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,0713
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350310432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,3392
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650640307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,9683
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500459405.52/cwt395.00–415.001,86117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy500–550543340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900865238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,0592
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500477365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed400–450421375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,57917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500489366.78/cwt350.00–380.001,79426
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550536371.09/cwt360.00–394.001,98943
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850810277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,24445
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650628293.60/cwt288.00–313.001,84438
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700654335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400350420.56/cwt408.00–430.001,4727
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350324469.07/cwt465.00–470.001,52011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350346414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,4324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700668300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0043
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600580338.54/cwt333.00–346.001,9648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600560340.67/cwt330.00–349.001,9087
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,17815
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450412436.23/cwt430.00–438.001,79719
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800759293.56/cwt289.00–297.002,2287
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,6692
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450417393.44/cwt372.50–402.501,64117
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950939264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,479130
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750731269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,96655
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463360.84/cwt355.00–370.001,6715
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600596319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,9013
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400365430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,5703
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500469369.15/cwt350.00–379.001,7319
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450433376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,6286
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,411147.44/cwt144.00–150.002,0809
CowsBoner 80-85%1,113154.63/cwt152.00–156.001,7216
Bulls1,930197.84/cwt194.00–203.003,8183
CowsBoner 80-85%1,169146.51/cwt138.00–152.001,71318
CowsLean 85-90%805139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1191
CowsLean 85-90%924127.55/cwt124.00–134.001,1796
Bulls1,435172.38/cwt168.00–176.002,4742
Bulls1,190158.52/cwt158.00–159.001,8862
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400–450435338.45/cwt335.00–344.001,4728
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy500–550517285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4734
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600572286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,6362
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530330.60/cwt317.00–340.001,75241
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300253444.00/cwt444.00–444.001,1233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350343410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,4067
HeifersLarge 1400–450421372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,5663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450424353.32/cwt329.00–367.001,49822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750713255.03/cwt246.00–261.001,81810
HeifersMedium 1-2600–650606260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5763
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800793248.99/cwt246.00–250.501,9749
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy600–650627274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,7182
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700676266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,7984
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383348.43/cwt345.00–352.001,3344
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550514305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,5685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300295440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,2983
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800761247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8803
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700677282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9092
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650642275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7662
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500480301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4452
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580313.15/cwt312.00–314.001,81614
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450419399.50/cwt399.50–399.501,67420
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400362384.29/cwt368.00–401.001,39110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465341.09/cwt333.00–349.001,5864

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.