Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 4.00 to 12.00 higher and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher on the more attractive calves. The supply was moderate to heavy of better quality and vaccinated calves and yearlings. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $394.50/cwt on 348 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −70.82 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$394.50

348 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

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

$49.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.86

vs MO average

+16.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	396.93	2,152	331
Medium and Large 1-2	553	347.02	1,918	17thin

One grade step is worth $49.91/cwt here — about $233 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 sale348 hd

394.50

—

MO average16 barns · 5,438 hd

384.63

+9.86

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+16.45

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−70.82

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	—	High	1,610	188.41	3,034	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,185	152.13	1,803	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,449	151.99	2,202	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	995	138.55	1,379	19

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	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,347	$2,334	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$2,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

79 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 1-2	450–500	485	379.28/cwt	369.00–402.00	1,840	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,860	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	645	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,864	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	327	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	598	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,955	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	288	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	338.35/cwt	321.00–349.00	1,624	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	395.42/cwt	383.00–400.00	2,119	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	464.32/cwt	442.50–471.00	1,778	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	404.88/cwt	389.00–420.00	2,134	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	335.13/cwt	323.00–356.00	2,279	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	371.30/cwt	358.50–380.00	2,291	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	318.14/cwt	307.00–323.50	2,170	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	325.46/cwt	316.00–329.00	2,350	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	439.63/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,895	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	287.16/cwt	283.00–289.00	2,395	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	495.96/cwt	490.00–502.50	1,612	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	353.51/cwt	349.00–360.00	1,725	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	423.76/cwt	412.50–439.00	2,004	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	390.48/cwt	376.00–410.00	1,632	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	398.64/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,686	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	402.54/cwt	397.50–412.50	1,457	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	466.27/cwt	444.00–490.00	1,469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	429.21/cwt	413.00–440.50	2,009	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	354.57/cwt	350.00–366.00	1,741	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	306.98/cwt	298.50–315.00	1,940	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	331.96/cwt	324.00–340.00	1,939	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	349.47/cwt	341.00–352.00	1,800	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	394.66/cwt	374.00–410.00	2,242	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	353.41/cwt	340.00–384.00	1,866	100
Bulls	—	—	1,688	201.49/cwt	201.00–202.00	3,401	2
Bulls	—	—	1,620	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,641	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	135.91/cwt	119.00–146.00	1,344	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,476	150.43/cwt	146.00–157.00	2,220	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	158.21/cwt	157.50–159.00	2,120	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,177	155.56/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,831	12
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	727	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,297	15
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	881	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,299	5
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	618	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,225	10
Bulls	—	—	1,555	188.15/cwt	181.00–191.00	2,926	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	147.56/cwt	135.00–153.00	1,765	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	152.64/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,568	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Steers	Large 2	950–1000	980	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,215	3
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	486	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,798	5
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	835	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	2,334	10
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,094	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,527	5
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,012	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	294.75/cwt	291.00–302.00	1,671	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	377	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,546	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,347	2,334.31/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,334	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	371.45/cwt	370.00–374.00	2,114	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,974	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	434.54/cwt	417.50–454.00	1,825	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	382	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,685	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	690	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	342.97/cwt	337.50–353.00	2,137	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	341.32/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,393	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	635	356.05/cwt	342.50–360.00	2,261	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,092	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	862	254.85/cwt	246.00–262.00	2,197	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	359.83/cwt	350.00–368.00	1,921	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	273.19/cwt	263.00–280.00	1,953	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	354.52/cwt	349.00–360.00	2,077	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	365.71/cwt	345.00–387.00	1,880	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	519	320.68/cwt	313.00–325.00	1,664	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	327.82/cwt	310.00–336.50	1,695	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	364.58/cwt	348.00–368.00	2,220	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	318.31/cwt	311.00–326.00	1,795	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	332.61/cwt	319.00–354.00	1,909	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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