Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-06-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Top slaughter bull 2120# @ 229.00. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $398.30/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −67.01 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$398.30

110 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,201

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$25.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.13

vs MO average

+17.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	401.27	2,207	97
Medium and Large 1-2	573	376.15	2,155	13thin

One grade step is worth $25.12/cwt here — about $51 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

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 sale110 hd

398.30

—

MO average17 barns · 3,107 hd

392.18

+6.13

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

+17.29

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−67.01

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	1,682	202.86	3,412	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,379	162.79	2,245	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,168	157.43	1,838	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,011	131.34	1,327	16

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)	1,440	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,268	$2,301	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,050	$3,025	2thin

Every lot, as filed

74 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,118	165.98/cwt	163.00–169.00	1,856	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,450.00/head	3,450.00–3,450.00	3,450	1
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	661	345.39/cwt	343.00–351.00	2,283	10
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	609	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,101	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,179	156.02/cwt	151.00–162.00	1,839	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	95.19/cwt	80.00–113.00	1,080	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	157.49/cwt	151.50–163.00	2,274	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	515	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,700	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,907	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,330	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,927	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,230	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,107	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	376.15/cwt	373.00–380.00	2,155	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,550	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	1,691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	379.25/cwt	377.00–381.00	2,507	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	445.69/cwt	424.00–460.00	1,899	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	420.81/cwt	414.00–429.00	1,953	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	399.65/cwt	380.00–404.50	2,310	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	379.28/cwt	368.00–390.00	2,333	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,052	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,891	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	339.39/cwt	327.00–347.00	2,403	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	349.89/cwt	344.00–351.00	1,991	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	361.44/cwt	360.00–363.00	1,926	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	495.43/cwt	482.00–515.00	1,595	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	711	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,289	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,905	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	139.68/cwt	124.00–155.00	1,372	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,323	167.36/cwt	163.00–176.00	2,214	22
Bulls	—	—	1,604	194.89/cwt	185.00–206.00	3,126	9
Bulls	—	—	1,473	163.50/cwt	163.00–164.00	2,408	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	134.53/cwt	129.00–143.00	1,730	4
Bulls	—	—	1,822	221.67/cwt	210.00–229.00	4,039	8
Heifers	Large 2	1150–1200	1,159	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,982	4
Steers	Large 2	950–1000	968	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,609	3
Heifers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,125	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,318	4
Heifers	Large 2	900–950	900	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,340	3
Heifers	Large 2	850–900	873	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,261	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	720	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,023	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	405.48/cwt	393.00–420.00	2,108	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,398	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,268	2,300.59/head	1,575.00–2,700.00	2,301	2
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	573	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,633	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,797	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	337.58/cwt	334.00–344.00	1,752	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	392.79/cwt	388.00–403.00	1,508	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,618	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,980	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	359.90/cwt	356.00–362.00	1,720	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	583	305.07/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,779	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	655	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,325	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	608	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	338.32/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,634	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	568	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	519	331.11/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,718	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,386	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	626	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,909	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	361.93/cwt	360.00–364.00	1,556	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,892	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	331.64/cwt	317.00–338.00	1,894	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	342.54/cwt	330.00–354.00	2,295	29

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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