Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-05-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to firm. Supply was light with very little comparison to last weeks heavy run. Slaughter cows sold steady, with a low comparison to last weeks slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.19/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −88.12 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$377.19

40 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,090

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$232

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

$50.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.27

vs MO average

+3.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	381.68	2,112	35
Medium and Large 1-2	548	368.00	2,017	2thin
Medium and Large 2	568	331.00	1,880	3thin

One grade step is worth $50.68/cwt here — about $232 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale40 hd

377.19

—

MO average8 barns · 1,115 hd

376.93

+0.27

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

+3.05

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−88.12

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	1,568	183.52	2,878	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,196	153.12	1,831	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	150.62	2,206	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	134.78	1,403	21

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)	1,340	$2,729	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,195	$1,962	2thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1	350–400	355	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	354.50/cwt	354.50–354.50	2,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	504	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,553	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	370.19/cwt	368.00–378.00	2,121	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	287.95/cwt	286.00–290.00	1,785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	402.54/cwt	388.00–412.00	2,073	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,683	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	347.75/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,208	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	598	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,833	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	293.62/cwt	286.00–303.00	1,844	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	705	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,339	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	565	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,161	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,813	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,040	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	304.89/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,744	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	328	420.99/cwt	420.00–422.00	1,381	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	346.12/cwt	338.00–354.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	320.13/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,661	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	393.57/cwt	388.00–396.00	1,854	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	423	340.19/cwt	322.00–352.00	1,439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	425	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,709	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,834	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	360	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	733	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,979	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,218	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	633	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,190	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	470	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	670	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,743	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	378.58/cwt	371.00–384.00	2,192	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,730	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,961.87/head	1,925.00–2,000.00	1,962	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,880	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	601	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,959	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	136.38/cwt	127.00–142.00	1,443	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	766	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	143.73/cwt	143.50–144.00	1,394	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	2,728.86/head	2,150.00–3,100.00	2,729	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	178.08/cwt	161.00–190.00	1,799	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,265	13
Bulls	—	—	1,945	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	3,832	1
Bulls	—	—	1,380	176.78/cwt	168.00–185.00	2,440	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,499	148.69/cwt	144.00–153.00	2,229	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	156.09/cwt	154.00–159.00	2,135	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	154.91/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,840	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	149.74/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,812	9

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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