Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was good for a light supply. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $441.65/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −23.66 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$441.65

78 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$382

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

$77.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.19

vs MO average

−4.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	460.57	2,513	59
Medium and Large 1-2	557	382.90	2,131	19thin

One grade step is worth $77.67/cwt here — about $382 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

441.65

—

MO average18 barns · 1,667 hd

423.46

+18.19

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−4.20

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−23.66

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	1,553	184.29	2,862	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,472	162.33	2,390	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,223	153.07	1,873	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,101	135.93	1,497	4thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,953	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,806	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,385	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,848	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	475.07/cwt	468.00–484.00	2,494	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	341.64/cwt	338.00–360.00	2,108	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	358.43/cwt	352.00–361.00	2,423	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	361.32/cwt	360.00–362.00	1,864	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	423.51/cwt	422.00–424.00	2,190	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	449.15/cwt	441.00–454.00	2,524	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,157	146.69/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,697	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	163.23/cwt	158.00–170.00	2,404	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	157.36/cwt	154.00–161.00	2,310	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,101	135.93/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,497	4
Bulls	—	—	1,745	193.01/cwt	188.00–198.00	3,368	2
Bulls	—	—	1,425	178.48/cwt	169.00–187.00	2,543	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,609	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	401.17/cwt	394.00–414.00	2,122	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	392.96/cwt	383.00–399.00	2,692	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	386.35/cwt	382.00–389.00	2,411	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	864	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,851	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,491	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,980	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	612	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,157	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	154.66/cwt	148.00–163.50	1,918	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,765	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	689	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,205	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,440	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	249.14/cwt	243.00–258.00	2,688	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	416.11/cwt	407.00–423.00	1,943	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	489	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,858	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	377.30/cwt	365.00–392.50	1,803	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	348	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,566	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,208	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	407.77/cwt	398.00–412.50	1,582	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	477.63/cwt	470.00–498.00	1,863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,276	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	380.41/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,191	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	590	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,012	9

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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