Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2026-02-19

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Feb 19
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,228 head
695 vs last sale 533 1,228 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
8 vs last sale 75 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
5 vs last sale 20 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With last week being a light run, the sale from two weeks ago was a better comparison and steers and heifers sold firm to 10.00 higher. Several reputation strings of home raised cattle were offered and found very good demand as grass orders are being finished up. Producers were rewarded for holding onto their cattle this long with some of the highest prices seen yet in this rally. Supply was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $505.68/cwt on 210 head, up $30.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 25 comparable sales and sits +40.37 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.
Average price
$505.68
30.32 vs prior sale
210 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.08
vs MO average
+18.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546513.062,800170
Medium and Large 1-2543474.302,57340
One grade step is worth $38.76/cwt here — about $227 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
520487455422median 465.3112/1802/1204/0205/1407/16
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 sale210 hd
505.68
MO average20 barns · 3,668 hd
488.60
+17.08
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
+18.33
This barn, trailing median25 sales
465.31
+40.37
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,623191.993,1168thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,510173.172,61511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,210160.011,93715
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,022142.831,4594thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400377630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,3752
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy750–800750372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,79016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600593398.75/cwt382.00–407.002,36512
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600580485.10/cwt460.00–499.002,81465
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700699417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,9158
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,77230
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900860347.07/cwt345.00–348.002,98516
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750730390.16/cwt375.00–394.002,84814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850835314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,6222
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850847347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,93916
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650616465.21/cwt443.00–470.002,86693
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800768383.59/cwt379.50–392.002,94655
SteersLarge 1650–700686370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5385
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350325650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,1135
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450420465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9533
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600581482.50/cwt482.50–482.502,8039
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750717413.48/cwt395.00–417.002,96545
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518473.52/cwt470.00–477.502,45324
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500494552.89/cwt550.00–556.002,73120
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700653452.92/cwt448.50–462.002,95868
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450411600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,4663
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522535.54/cwt527.50–543.002,796101
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450429583.26/cwt565.00–610.002,50241
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600591400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3644
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450405522.00/cwt522.00–522.002,1145
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250–300295685.00/cwt685.00–685.002,0214
HeifersLarge 1400–450435448.00/cwt448.00–448.001,9496
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950935308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,8802
HeifersLarge 1550–600564369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,0816
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550532451.60/cwt435.00–469.002,40350
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450426506.00/cwt506.00–506.002,1564
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400365550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0086
CowsBoner 80-85%1,231161.22/cwt155.00–165.001,9859
CowsBoner 80-85%1,169148.28/cwt140.00–157.001,7334
CowsLean 85-90%1,095136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,4891
CowsLean 85-90%997145.11/cwt142.00–148.501,4473
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,260163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,0541
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,535174.19/cwt170.00–182.002,67410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,1362
Bulls1,370178.97/cwt178.00–180.002,4522
Bulls2,020208.00/cwt208.00–208.004,2021
Bulls1,645194.00/cwt188.00–199.003,1915
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,088196.58/cwt177.50–217.502,1393
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2946297.68/cwt296.00–300.002,8165
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800788340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6793
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400389532.38/cwt525.00–590.002,07118
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650611419.18/cwt412.50–434.002,56150
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800758334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,5323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523421.23/cwt420.00–422.502,2038
HeifersMedium 1600–650602349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,1014
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850844324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,7355
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700668370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4729
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488470.23/cwt460.00–481.002,29548
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,022288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,9434
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450417517.45/cwt485.00–530.002,15826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650630356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,2433
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550501422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,1143
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573439.17/cwt425.00–450.502,51632
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed250–300258690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,7803
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750716374.28/cwt369.00–381.002,68038
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700691366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,5294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350325580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,8854
SteersLarge 1-2700–750731377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,7564
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600577466.44/cwt460.00–475.002,6917
SteersLarge 1450–500465496.00/cwt496.00–496.002,3063

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.