Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer and heifer calves sold mostly 20.00-40.00 higher and yearling steers sold 5.00-20.00 higher with no test on yearling heifers. Demand was good to very good as the cash market has recovered a majority of the losses seen in late October and November with sharp gains on the board the last couple weeks. Supply was moderate with several fancy groups of calves and a few loads of yearling steers. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $426.75/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −38.56 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$426.75

176 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,363

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$229

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

$68.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.75

vs MO average

−2.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	438.66	2,434	79
Medium and Large 1-2	550	420.16	2,310	91
Large 1-2	596	370.00	2,205	6thin

One grade step is worth $68.66/cwt here — about $229 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

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 sale176 hd

426.75

—

MO average19 barns · 4,343 hd

415.01

+11.75

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−2.40

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−38.56

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	1,585	179.18	2,840	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	161.96	2,393	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,199	148.30	1,778	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,000	119.92	1,199	4thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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	450–500	479	448.03/cwt	446.00–450.00	2,146	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	280.27/cwt	278.00–281.00	2,343	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	429.60/cwt	425.00–437.50	1,598	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,987	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	360.63/cwt	348.00–366.00	2,542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	397.81/cwt	386.50–400.00	2,514	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	372.99/cwt	369.00–381.00	2,525	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	284	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,285	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,211	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	435.72/cwt	416.00–447.50	1,817	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	412.30/cwt	390.00–428.00	2,004	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,311	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	579.00/cwt	579.00–579.00	2,264	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,053	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	433.16/cwt	412.00–442.50	2,452	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	352.99/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,192	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,426	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	383.42/cwt	369.00–399.00	2,208	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	684	282.22/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,930	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	400.13/cwt	378.00–412.50	2,157	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,272	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	324.77/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,150	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	462.13/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,534	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	359.50/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,711	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	3,124	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,054	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	725	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,480	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	900	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	747	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,516	1
Bulls	—	—	1,655	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	3,194	1
Bulls	—	—	1,673	182.86/cwt	177.00–187.00	3,059	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	168.02/cwt	166.50–169.50	2,577	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,467	160.38/cwt	154.00–166.00	2,353	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	130.34/cwt	127.50–133.00	1,294	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,921	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,108	137.24/cwt	136.00–138.50	1,521	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,224	157.47/cwt	156.00–161.00	1,927	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	148.01/cwt	139.50–153.00	1,795	12
Bulls	—	—	1,413	169.79/cwt	166.00–176.50	2,399	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,291	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,947	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	216.59/cwt	190.00–235.00	2,250	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,777	1
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	596	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,205	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	472	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,829	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,288	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,415	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	445.95/cwt	426.50–450.00	2,408	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	482.11/cwt	456.00–505.00	2,251	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,465	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,551	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	374.19/cwt	359.00–386.00	2,380	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	518.94/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,138	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	1,736	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	343.32/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,184	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,554	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	431.43/cwt	407.50–449.00	2,291	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	374.52/cwt	341.00–386.00	2,004	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	456.29/cwt	447.50–480.00	1,519	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,168	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,909	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	400.34/cwt	386.00–420.00	2,334	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	394.12/cwt	362.00–397.50	1,785	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	339.38/cwt	329.00–345.00	2,070	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	404.06/cwt	382.00–425.00	1,762	10

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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