Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale a month ago, steers and heifers sold sharply higher, surely breaking some all time record highs for the barn. Demand was good for a moderate supply. Cattle futures have been a runaway this week, trading sharply higher again on Thursday. Slaughter cows sold 8.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.49/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −16.82 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$448.49

78 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,459

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$372

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

$29.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+32.29

vs MO average

+58.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	451.11	2,494	71
Medium and Large 1-2	503	421.94	2,122	7thin

One grade step is worth $29.17/cwt here — about $372 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 sale78 hd

448.49

—

MO average13 barns · 2,133 hd

416.20

+32.29

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

+58.47

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−16.82

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	—	Average	1,747	212.38	3,711	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,508	173.67	2,619	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,148	167.31	1,921	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	996	153.96	1,534	15

Every lot, as filed

51 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	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,426	169.30/cwt	163.00–173.00	2,414	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	176.59/cwt	174.50–179.00	2,760	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	730	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	942	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	176.65/cwt	175.00–178.00	2,182	3
Bulls	—	—	1,675	200.09/cwt	193.00–213.00	3,352	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,128	165.15/cwt	158.00–173.50	1,863	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,755	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	324.40/cwt	312.00–331.00	2,326	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,913	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,332	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	389.28/cwt	381.00–399.00	2,005	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,101	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	345.29/cwt	338.00–347.00	2,096	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	467.34/cwt	435.00–482.00	2,435	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,730	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	398.32/cwt	382.00–404.00	2,681	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	1,566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	424.17/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,019	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	323.54/cwt	313.00–329.00	2,313	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,285	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,134	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	403.99/cwt	398.00–410.00	1,927	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	339.87/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,920	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	186.18/cwt	185.00–187.50	1,495	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	437.79/cwt	428.00–447.00	2,535	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,872	2
Bulls	—	—	1,856	230.82/cwt	228.00–235.00	4,284	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,631	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	154.72/cwt	147.00–160.00	1,577	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,868	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,007	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	488	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,650	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,420	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	342.55/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,737	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	463.52/cwt	443.00–469.00	1,914	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	342	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	1,703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	346	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	1,803	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	403.73/cwt	392.00–411.00	1,865	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	379	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,781	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	398.50/cwt	398.50–398.50	2,092	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	373.95/cwt	370.00–378.00	1,829	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	402.94/cwt	398.00–413.00	1,721	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	857	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	421.94/cwt	403.00–436.00	2,122	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	291	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	398.18/cwt	390.00–408.00	2,524	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,643	3

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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