Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was good for a light supply that included a few consignments of quality calves and a load of yearling heifers. Feeder cattle futures were sharply lower Thursday and have been volatile this week. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $387.44/cwt on 41 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −25.03 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.

Average price

$387.44

41 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,110

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$42.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.57

vs MO average

+18.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	393.11	2,160	28
Medium and Large 1-2	533	386.00	2,057	9thin
Medium 1-2	537	351.00	1,885	4thin

One grade step is worth $42.11/cwt here — about $275 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.56, low $390.11, median $412.47 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 sale41 hd

387.44

—

MO average19 barns · 1,893 hd

374.87

+12.57

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

+18.53

This barn, trailing median25 sales

412.47

−25.03

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	—	Low	1,838	190.85	3,508	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,477	163.04	2,408	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,268	147.55	1,871	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	992	129.35	1,283	8thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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%	—	1,360	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,230	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	141.70/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,795	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	910	91.91/cwt	80.00–102.00	836	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,019	141.83/cwt	133.50–147.00	1,445	6
Bulls	—	—	1,840	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	2,889	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	151.29/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,893	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	399.72/cwt	398.00–400.00	2,095	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	421.07/cwt	418.00–432.00	2,442	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	421.48/cwt	413.00–433.00	2,584	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,341	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,336	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,345	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,896	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,952	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	477.34/cwt	450.00–488.00	2,076	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	1,946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	341.55/cwt	340.00–344.00	2,165	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	424.41/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,990	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,804	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	317.77/cwt	310.00–326.00	2,307	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,151	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	396.40/cwt	385.00–412.00	2,434	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	454.91/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,347	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,057	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,624	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,649	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	537	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	386.50/cwt	379.00–400.00	2,222	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,318	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,059	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	228.94/cwt	228.00–230.00	2,541	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,606	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,478	162.17/cwt	156.00–167.00	2,397	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,499	1
Bulls	—	—	1,803	191.92/cwt	185.00–195.00	3,460	5
Bulls	—	—	1,925	205.08/cwt	203.00–207.00	3,948	2
Steers	Large 1	450–500	487	376.34/cwt	370.00–386.00	1,833	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	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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