Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady with two loads of yearling steers highlighting the sale. Demand was moderate to good for a light supply. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $444.82/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 3 of 25 comparable sales and sits −20.49 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$444.82

26 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$18.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.27

vs MO average

+0.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	456.00	2,419	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	530	437.83	2,320	16thin

One grade step is worth $18.17/cwt here — about $98 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 sale26 hd

444.82

—

MO average21 barns · 3,700 hd

431.55

+13.27

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+0.72

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−20.49

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	1,759	177.49	3,122	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,544	162.12	2,504	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	143.33	1,737	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	117.61	1,205	15

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	311.25/cwt	311.25–311.25	3,221	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	353.00/cwt	348.00–358.00	2,083	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	341.25/cwt	341.25–341.25	2,413	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	472.41/cwt	448.00–480.00	2,263	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	404.01/cwt	398.00–410.00	2,258	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,385	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,329	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,934	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,364	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	437.83/cwt	424.00–441.00	2,320	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,434	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	306.25/cwt	306.25–306.25	3,231	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	332.27/cwt	322.50–334.00	2,519	35
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	445	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,922	6
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	655	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,168	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,992	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,447	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,264	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,258	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	352.39/cwt	342.00–370.00	2,414	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	401.27/cwt	400.00–409.00	2,448	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,011	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	1,880	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	580	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,250	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,129	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	480.40/cwt	462.00–486.00	2,018	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	562.00/cwt	562.00–562.00	1,607	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	212.62/cwt	200.00–230.00	2,349	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	282.71/cwt	255.00–295.00	2,262	4
Bulls	—	—	1,975	169.49/cwt	167.00–172.00	3,347	2
Bulls	—	—	1,615	182.82/cwt	176.00–188.00	2,953	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	162.31/cwt	156.00–165.00	2,370	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,910	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,884	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	142.12/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,660	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	159.25/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,081	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	135.94/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,677	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	167.31/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,560	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	123.05/cwt	115.00–133.00	1,288	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,340	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	976	99.90/cwt	95.00–106.00	975	4

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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