Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a lighter run didn't offer too many similar sales but steers and heifers sold mostly steady. The highlight of the sale was a group of yearling heifers that sold with good demand. More and more new crop calves are starting to show up. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $408.91/cwt on 33 head, down $25.94 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 25 comparable sales and sits −3.57 against this barn's trailing median of $412.47.

Average price

$408.91

▼ 25.94 vs prior sale

33 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,275

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$17.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.55

vs MO average

−21.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	413.75	2,298	24
Medium and Large 1-2	559	395.99	2,212	9thin

One grade step is worth $17.76/cwt here — about $86 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.56, low $390.11, median $412.47 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 sale33 hd

408.91

—

MO average18 barns · 2,628 hd

428.45

−19.55

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−21.50

This barn, trailing median25 sales

412.47

−3.57

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	1,660	192.48	3,195	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,442	168.02	2,422	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,165	157.76	1,839	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,022	144.43	1,476	7thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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	650–700	651	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,461	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,245	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	615.39/cwt	587.50–645.00	2,068	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	499.29/cwt	497.50–502.00	2,232	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,372	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	413.48/cwt	411.00–417.00	2,576	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	491.98/cwt	484.00–494.00	2,612	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	289	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,023	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	447.07/cwt	444.00–450.00	2,383	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	579.89/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,790	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	497.53/cwt	480.00–516.00	2,378	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	497.63/cwt	475.00–520.00	2,180	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	532.00/cwt	532.00–532.00	1,984	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	431.43/cwt	409.00–446.00	2,058	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,675	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	377	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	437	491.55/cwt	484.00–504.00	2,148	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,207	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	384.98/cwt	381.00–390.00	2,210	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	408	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	374.07/cwt	360.00–374.75	2,600	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	475.97/cwt	470.00–482.00	2,109	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,084	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	396.50/cwt	396.50–396.50	2,423	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	443.79/cwt	440.00–446.00	1,846	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	377.65/cwt	367.00–384.00	2,345	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	383	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,574	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	956	296.37/cwt	279.00–317.50	2,833	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	193.34/cwt	177.50–208.00	2,262	2
Bulls	—	—	1,540	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	2,872	1
Bulls	—	—	1,690	193.97/cwt	189.00–196.00	3,278	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,182	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,501	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	159.14/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,827	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,438	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	147.99/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,757	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	168.88/cwt	164.00–176.00	2,412	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,652	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,265	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	145.60/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,472	5

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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