Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was good for a light supply. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $445.28/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −20.03 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$445.28

50 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,451

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$33.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.25

vs MO average

+28.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	449.25	2,482	44
Medium and Large 1-2	536	416.19	2,231	6thin

One grade step is worth $33.06/cwt here — about $251 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 sale50 hd

445.28

—

MO average8 barns · 671 hd

429.03

+16.25

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

+28.75

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−20.03

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	1,334	191.78	2,558	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,396	169.62	2,368	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,166	166.45	1,941	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,006	144.68	1,456	8thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,302	$3,325	5

Every lot, as filed

49 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%	—	1,525	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,349	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,538	1
Bulls	—	—	1,407	193.37/cwt	191.00–196.00	2,721	3
Bulls	—	—	1,115	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,085	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	151.17/cwt	147.50–154.00	1,596	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	171.26/cwt	168.00–175.00	2,112	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	410.38/cwt	397.00–424.00	1,949	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,283	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	405.15/cwt	394.00–414.00	1,912	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	389.25/cwt	389.00–391.00	2,585	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	601	362.50/cwt	356.00–369.00	2,179	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	474.87/cwt	458.00–499.00	2,256	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	458.00/cwt	458.00–458.00	1,983	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	508.70/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,923	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	442.44/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,544	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	499.66/cwt	499.00–500.00	2,218	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	368.27/cwt	361.00–375.00	2,062	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,194	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	1,619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	1,991	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	364.05/cwt	362.00–366.00	2,257	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	416.19/cwt	406.00–421.00	2,231	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	375.65/cwt	360.00–388.00	1,935	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	351	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	1,664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,693	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	388.98/cwt	386.00–393.00	2,295	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,200	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	353.47/cwt	345.00–366.00	2,393	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,737	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	631	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,467	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	558	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,115	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,302	3,325.00/head	3,325.00–3,325.00	3,325	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	227.06/cwt	217.50–236.00	2,357	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	459.09/cwt	450.00–498.00	2,387	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	165.36/cwt	156.00–171.00	1,903	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	130.59/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,250	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,348	168.71/cwt	164.00–172.50	2,274	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	174.66/cwt	174.00–175.50	2,487	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	535	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,963	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	450–500	466	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,172	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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