Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light run of calves sold steady to firm. Supply was light and demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.18/cwt on 13 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −28.14 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$437.18

13 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,303

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$69.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.58

vs MO average

+20.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	469.04	2,425	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	538	400.00	2,152	6thin

One grade step is worth $69.04/cwt here — about $273 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 sale13 hd

437.18

—

MO average13 barns · 1,790 hd

426.59

+10.58

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

+20.09

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−28.14

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	—	High	1,695	198.30	3,362	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,410	167.85	2,367	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,208	158.81	1,919	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,076	144.23	1,552	18

Every lot, as filed

28 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%	—	1,288	167.47/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,157	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	149.71/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,797	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	150.35/cwt	149.00–152.00	1,594	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,079	143.00/cwt	136.00–149.00	1,543	15
Bulls	—	—	1,920	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,955	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,199	160.17/cwt	153.00–165.00	1,920	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	617	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,258	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	469.04/cwt	460.00–476.00	2,425	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,059	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	470.71/cwt	464.00–474.00	1,695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,142	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,562	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	723	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,998	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,152	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	217.85/cwt	200.00–234.00	2,237	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,117	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	418.62/cwt	411.00–428.00	2,060	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,592	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,098	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,290	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,391	164.33/cwt	160.00–167.00	2,286	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,437	172.78/cwt	172.00–174.00	2,483	5
Bulls	—	—	1,583	194.45/cwt	187.00–201.00	3,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,090	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	967	257.55/cwt	242.00–262.00	2,491	5

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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