Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2025-06-05

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jun 5
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
56 vs last sale 301 286 vs year ago 531 · 53.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
12 vs last sale 77 23 vs year ago 88 · 26.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
5 vs last sale 10 10 vs year ago 15 · 66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NOTE: MoKan will hold its monthly special replacement cow sale, cow calf pairs, bred heifers, bred cows, breeding bulls at 1:00 pm Saturday June 7th.

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Supply was light, demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $380.21/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits 85.11 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$380.21
39 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,064
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.98
vs MO average
+1.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533393.912,09917thin
Medium and Large 1-2551369.622,03622
One grade step is worth $24.29/cwt here — about $63 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 sale39 hd
380.21
MO average17 barns · 5,113 hd
383.19
−2.98
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
+1.63
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
−85.11
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
BullsHigh1,719197.363,3938thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,264160.082,02413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,206152.721,84231
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,036140.941,4607thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,278$2,5543thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,275$2,3662thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1-2400–450445335.00/cwt334.00–336.001,4912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500468335.42/cwt327.00–360.001,57011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430411.00/cwt409.00–412.001,7673
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476385.14/cwt370.00–398.001,83310
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450424434.33/cwt420.00–450.001,8426
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570391.10/cwt377.00–401.002,2295
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450438408.02/cwt404.00–412.001,7872
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned700–750705318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,2424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600558366.10/cwt360.00–370.002,04317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526381.59/cwt380.00–382.002,0075
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400355416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,4773
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy550–600581322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8718
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450432372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,6073
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480422.47/cwt422.00–424.002,0284
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628305.09/cwt296.00–313.001,91610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,2982
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350335426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,4272
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400370472.00/cwt472.00–472.001,7463
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550500392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,9604
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450420381.73/cwt376.00–383.001,6038
Bulls1,890206.14/cwt204.00–208.003,8962
Bulls1,662194.44/cwt183.00–203.003,2326
CowsLean 85-90%1,036140.94/cwt133.00–145.001,4607
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,178163.34/cwt158.00–167.001,9248
CowsBoner 80-85%1,203149.88/cwt142.00–155.001,80319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,335141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,8821
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450423418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,7683
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650614315.75/cwt315.00–316.001,9394
SteersLarge 1-21200–12501,225215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,6342
SteersLarge 1-21050–11001,075223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,3972
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,402154.86/cwt153.00–157.002,1715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200158.69/cwt155.50–165.001,90411
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned500–550522314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,6397
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550519338.09/cwt334.00–341.001,7558
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,2703
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700653349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,27920
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2752,366.18/head2,175.00–2,550.002,3662
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2782,554.30/head2,300.00–2,750.002,5543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400365394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,4382
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,7663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600584320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,86912
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550535321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,7175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450433339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,4682
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550507326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,6533
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650643322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0703
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500460384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,7662
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700676294.88/cwt292.50–302.001,9938
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800779264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,0575
SteersMedium and Large 2Unweaned650–700656314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,0605
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650622344.50/cwt344.50–344.502,14313
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625368.63/cwt367.50–369.002,3048
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550526396.62/cwt388.00–400.002,0868

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.