Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 5.00-20.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply with consignments of several groups of calves and several cow calf pairs and bred cow dispersal. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.07/cwt on 139 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −87.24 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$378.07

139 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,072

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$22.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.65

vs MO average

+4.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	379.50	2,082	130
Medium and Large 1-2	537	357.40	1,921	9thin

One grade step is worth $22.10/cwt here — about $162 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

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 sale139 hd

378.07

—

MO average13 barns · 1,949 hd

368.41

+9.65

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

+4.05

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−87.24

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	—	Average	1,660	181.64	3,016	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	150.45	1,797	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,433	149.99	2,149	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	963	134.84	1,299	18

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,165	$2,723	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,051	$2,445	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,425	$2,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,325	$1,940	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,265	$3,810	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,800	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,100	$3,600	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,250	$3,300	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$3,200	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,100	$2,700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,075	$2,650	2thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	504	336.47/cwt	335.00–337.00	1,696	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,930	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	462.59/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,716	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	539.15/cwt	512.00–556.00	1,493	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	311.70/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,827	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	350.76/cwt	338.00–359.00	1,817	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	351.10/cwt	320.00–364.00	1,678	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	382.60/cwt	359.00–400.50	2,173	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	395.17/cwt	374.00–402.50	1,656	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	1,366	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	379.45/cwt	372.00–385.00	1,996	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	364.00/cwt	355.00–367.00	2,257	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	595	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	416.24/cwt	395.00–428.00	1,952	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	425.11/cwt	396.00–460.00	1,543	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	462.60/cwt	439.00–475.00	1,934	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	318.89/cwt	312.00–329.00	1,805	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	441.90/cwt	420.00–470.00	1,454	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	336.61/cwt	320.00–344.00	2,117	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	382.44/cwt	378.00–389.00	2,008	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	349.38/cwt	347.00–351.00	1,667	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,404	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	360.44/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,026	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	972	149.62/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,454	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	136.71/cwt	121.00–148.00	1,299	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	112.56/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,135	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	147.09/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,734	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,397	152.55/cwt	150.50–154.00	2,131	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	147.79/cwt	143.00–150.00	2,164	21
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	3,300.00/head	3,300.00–3,300.00	3,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	3,810.00/head	3,700.00–3,950.00	3,810	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,075	2,650.00/head	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	3
Heifers	Large 2	900–950	926	236.35/cwt	235.50–239.00	2,189	4
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	858	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,265	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,206	152.87/cwt	150.00–157.50	1,844	18
Bulls	—	—	1,663	180.90/cwt	168.00–187.00	3,008	8
Bulls	—	—	1,615	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,681	1
Bulls	—	—	1,673	192.42/cwt	189.00–196.00	3,219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	397	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,421	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	162.65/cwt	150.00–168.00	1,900	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,325	1,939.91/head	1,900.00–1,975.00	1,940	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	2,250.00/head	2,250.00–2,250.00	2,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,165	2,723.15/head	2,300.00–2,800.00	2,723	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,051	2,445.41/head	2,100.00–2,700.00	2,445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,101	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	552	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,766	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,516	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	454	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,752	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	572	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,922	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	387	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,224	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	415	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,556	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	499	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,891	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	362.94/cwt	358.00–370.00	1,891	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,921	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	394.58/cwt	386.00–406.00	1,870	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,616	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,889	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	414.11/cwt	404.00–420.00	1,772	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	465.35/cwt	456.00–470.00	1,996	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,011	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,316	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	390.10/cwt	360.00–420.00	1,724	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,626	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	309.98/cwt	308.00–312.00	1,956	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,518	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	319.81/cwt	319.00–322.00	2,303	11

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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