Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light test of calves and yearlings sold mostly steady. Heavy rain overnight limited receipts. Demand was moderate for the light supply. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.05/cwt on 52 head, up $10.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 25 comparable sales and sits +22.73 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$488.05

▲ 10.96 vs prior sale

52 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$86

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

$30.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.93

vs MO average

+4.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	501.47	2,695	29
Large 1	556	472.00	2,624	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	470.73	2,609	16thin

One grade step is worth $30.74/cwt here — about $86 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale52 hd

488.05

—

MO average19 barns · 2,709 hd

484.12

+3.93

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+4.87

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

+22.73

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	1,863	223.58	4,164	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,462	177.74	2,599	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,177	174.27	2,052	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	922	153.31	1,414	3thin

Every lot, as filed

45 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	400–450	430	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,279	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	620	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,368	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	757	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,385	4
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	470	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,040	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	418.98/cwt	410.00–428.00	2,346	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	533.44/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,448	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	506.56/cwt	492.00–521.00	2,685	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	452.63/cwt	447.00–464.00	2,734	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	485.49/cwt	482.00–494.00	2,724	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	456.37/cwt	446.00–484.00	2,683	7
Steers	Large 1	550–600	556	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,624	7
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	565	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,254	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,696	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	481.90/cwt	474.00–484.00	2,544	9
Steers	Large 1	650–700	658	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,711	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	595.68/cwt	590.00–600.00	2,317	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,161	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	569.78/cwt	544.00–586.00	2,404	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,711	3
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	405	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,025	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,307	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	487.60/cwt	475.00–504.00	2,097	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,755	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	2,258	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	538.55/cwt	536.00–541.00	2,537	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	436.48/cwt	428.00–449.00	2,095	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,649	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,309	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	672	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	444.39/cwt	444.00–445.00	1,862	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	525.67/cwt	514.00–542.00	1,971	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,226	1
Bulls	—	—	1,742	211.36/cwt	204.00–216.00	3,682	3
Bulls	—	—	1,983	235.79/cwt	228.00–240.00	4,676	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	156.07/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,748	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	183.22/cwt	179.00–188.00	2,580	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	190.33/cwt	186.00–194.00	2,299	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	169.51/cwt	169.00–170.00	2,616	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	153.31/cwt	142.00–159.00	1,414	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,176	169.62/cwt	165.00–177.00	1,995	6

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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