Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light run of calves and feeders sold mostly steady. Demand was moderate to good for a light supply. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-8.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $441.77/cwt on 29 head, down $4.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 25 comparable sales and sits −23.55 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$441.77

▼ 4.20 vs prior sale

29 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$18.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.88

vs MO average

−30.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	445.53	2,574	23
Medium and Large 1-2	551	427.33	2,353	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.20/cwt here — about $221 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 sale29 hd

441.77

—

MO average15 barns · 1,701 hd

477.65

−35.88

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

−30.35

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−23.55

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	1,538	203.54	3,129	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	176.96	2,556	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,172	166.62	1,952	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	141.09	1,453	6thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 2	350–400	367	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,798	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	504.76/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,413	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	367.49/cwt	363.00–369.00	2,470	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,712	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	410.13/cwt	397.00–425.00	2,777	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	412.85/cwt	408.00–419.00	2,362	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	570	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,234	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,242	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,953	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,006	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	551.84/cwt	518.00–600.00	2,296	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	347.66/cwt	347.00–348.00	2,493	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	722	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,408	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,178	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	378.35/cwt	378.00–379.00	2,327	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	584	438.38/cwt	435.00–446.00	2,560	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,652	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,094	260.28/cwt	240.00–286.00	2,847	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	289.58/cwt	256.00–312.00	2,852	6
Bulls	—	—	1,670	193.14/cwt	192.00–194.00	3,225	2
Bulls	—	—	1,485	204.41/cwt	194.00–213.00	3,035	5
Bulls	—	—	1,535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,377	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	167.99/cwt	159.00–175.00	1,957	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	154.10/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,764	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,296	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	172.67/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,492	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	181.26/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,621	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,166	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	152.14/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,605	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	827	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,861	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	475	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,374	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,688	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	430	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	577	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,227	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	337.23/cwt	329.50–346.00	2,587	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,024	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,437	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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