Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady with moderate to good demand, but 3 loads of yearling steers coming off grass highlighted the sale and sold with good demand but there have been no similar sales recently for an accurate trend. Supply was light. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $394.00/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −71.31 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$394.00

34 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,153

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$26.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.46

vs MO average

−10.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	408.00	2,307	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	529	381.56	2,020	18thin

One grade step is worth $26.44/cwt here — about $288 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 sale34 hd

394.00

—

MO average15 barns · 1,783 hd

413.46

−19.46

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−10.64

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−71.31

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	1,667	192.73	3,212	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,446	161.52	2,335	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,104	143.82	1,588	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,021	124.45	1,270	10

Every lot, as filed

47 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	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	135.00/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,385	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	117.42/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,194	6
Bulls	—	—	1,778	190.18/cwt	184.00–196.00	3,381	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,127	149.26/cwt	144.00–159.00	1,682	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	139.16/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,508	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	160.39/cwt	154.00–164.00	2,347	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,857	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	373.66/cwt	370.00–376.00	1,831	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	494.10/cwt	478.00–502.00	2,288	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,449	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	379.82/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,340	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,151	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	564	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,951	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	391	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,799	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,293	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,894	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	597	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,227	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,491	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,175	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,863	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,958	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	621	338.16/cwt	337.00–340.00	2,100	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,043	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,934	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	541	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,996	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	3,128	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	632	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	526	369.01/cwt	360.00–378.00	1,941	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	355.84/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,708	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,088	3
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,436	3
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	454	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,918	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	595	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,975	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	244.26/cwt	216.00–270.00	2,589	4
Bulls	—	—	1,388	172.86/cwt	169.00–178.00	2,399	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,385	165.48/cwt	165.00–166.00	2,292	2
Bulls	—	—	1,778	207.68/cwt	204.00–211.00	3,693	3
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	517	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,701	7
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,972	3
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	443	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,790	8

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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