Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-01-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale two weeks ago, based on light comparisons, steers and heifers sold steady to 10.00 higher. Demand was good for the Annual Customer Appreciation Sale on New Years Day with the current World Champion Auctioneer helping sell. Supply was moderate to heavy with mostly reputation strings of cattle offered and the quality was attractive. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $453.87/cwt on 204 head, up $9.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 25 comparable sales and sits −11.45 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$453.87

▲ 9.05 vs prior sale

204 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

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

$26.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.90

vs MO average

+1.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	465.56	2,598	113
Medium and Large 1-2	553	439.34	2,430	91

One grade step is worth $26.22/cwt here — about $168 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 sale204 hd

453.87

—

MO average3 barns · 1,057 hd

442.96

+10.90

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

+1.71

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−11.45

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	1,662	176.67	2,935	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,497	169.20	2,532	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	149.13	1,807	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,126	132.21	1,489	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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	395.96/cwt	388.00–412.00	2,673	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	445.71/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,126	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	1,991	2
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	614	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,536	15
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	895	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	528	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,144	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	469	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,935	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,919	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	460.51/cwt	442.50–479.00	2,247	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	391.60/cwt	387.00–395.00	2,377	7
Steers	Large 1	650–700	673	371.53/cwt	366.00–374.00	2,500	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,089	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	375.60/cwt	360.00–382.50	2,535	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	453.76/cwt	437.50–469.00	2,605	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	374.12/cwt	368.00–375.50	2,862	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,346	3
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	673	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,645	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	415.07/cwt	407.00–425.00	2,594	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	372.39/cwt	364.00–381.50	2,711	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	600	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,490	4
Steers	Large 1	750–800	750	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,685	7
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	650	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,649	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	415.91/cwt	402.50–437.50	2,379	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	516.67/cwt	482.00–530.00	2,454	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	351.47/cwt	345.00–354.00	2,924	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	474	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,489	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	484.07/cwt	479.00–489.00	2,580	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,445	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,461	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	338.53/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,471	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	612	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,472	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	461	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,213	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	416	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,101	3
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	498	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,987	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,453	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	464.37/cwt	435.00–472.50	2,475	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	348.61/cwt	345.00–358.00	2,705	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	340.64/cwt	336.00–350.00	2,483	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	416.26/cwt	395.00–422.00	2,185	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	380.19/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,137	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	457	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,189	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	561	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,339	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	622	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,308	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,731	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	529.50/cwt	521.00–555.00	1,922	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	392.80/cwt	384.00–422.00	2,294	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	314.47/cwt	311.50–317.50	2,572	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	430.52/cwt	420.00–452.00	2,269	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	337.85/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,253	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	427.37/cwt	395.00–440.00	1,893	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,163	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,919	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	489.10/cwt	475.00–505.00	1,829	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	397.57/cwt	375.00–422.50	1,884	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	462.29/cwt	432.50–489.00	2,016	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	660	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	364.00/cwt	360.00–374.00	2,391	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	369.23/cwt	359.00–389.00	2,326	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,175	7
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	565	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,189	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	368.50/cwt	349.00–381.00	2,277	30
Bulls	—	—	1,718	186.88/cwt	179.00–194.00	3,211	2
Bulls	—	—	1,605	166.46/cwt	164.50–168.00	2,672	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	162.21/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,449	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	172.70/cwt	168.00–176.00	2,573	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	132.21/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,489	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	135.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,650	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	148.46/cwt	143.00–154.00	1,753	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	163.65/cwt	157.00–167.00	2,080	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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