Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, calves and yearlings sold mostly steady. Demand was moderate to good for a light supply with wet conditions around. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.95/cwt on 17 head, down $16.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 25 comparable sales and sits +6.64 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$471.95

▼ 16.68 vs prior sale

17 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$9.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.76

vs MO average

−16.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	474.78	2,631	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	565	465.15	2,628	5thin

One grade step is worth $9.63/cwt here — about $3 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 sale17 hd

471.95

—

MO average19 barns · 3,926 hd

497.71

−25.76

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−16.40

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

+6.64

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	—	High	1,721	226.91	3,904	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,406	175.23	2,464	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,208	173.11	2,091	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	958	148.55	1,423	8thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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	Large 1-2	350–400	385	526.00/cwt	526.00–526.00	2,025	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	429.71/cwt	417.00–438.00	2,638	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	406.78/cwt	389.00–417.00	2,323	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,501	4
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	446	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	447.91/cwt	439.00–457.00	2,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,060	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,865	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	381.16/cwt	379.00–385.00	2,741	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,359	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	347.09/cwt	342.00–356.00	3,027	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,786	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	461.71/cwt	446.00–470.00	2,641	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	3,167	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,875	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	465.15/cwt	462.00–470.00	2,628	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	380.35/cwt	379.00–381.00	2,910	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	252	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	1,701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	496.00/cwt	480.00–512.00	2,133	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,539	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,172	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	579.74/cwt	565.00–595.00	2,139	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,462	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	532.00/cwt	532.00–532.00	2,373	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,599	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,389	178.16/cwt	174.00–186.00	2,475	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	175.14/cwt	165.00–183.00	2,117	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	138.35/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,339	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	151.95/cwt	144.00–161.50	1,451	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	164.98/cwt	164.00–166.00	2,417	2
Bulls	—	—	1,733	239.92/cwt	234.00–244.00	4,158	4
Bulls	—	—	1,470	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,690	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	148.07/cwt	143.00–156.00	1,752	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	195.55/cwt	189.00–197.00	2,411	6
Bulls	—	—	1,788	224.19/cwt	218.00–229.00	4,009	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	274.92/cwt	249.00–297.50	2,812	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	204.00/cwt	194.00–237.50	2,201	10
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	806	196.97/cwt	192.00–214.00	1,588	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,187	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,399	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,792	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	442.33/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,291	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,722	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	978	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	578.00/cwt	578.00–578.00	1,936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,242	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	478.32/cwt	476.00–486.00	1,971	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	640	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,330	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,320	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	534.65/cwt	472.00–586.00	1,732	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	654.00/cwt	654.00–654.00	2,132	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	538.72/cwt	515.00–548.00	2,133	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	286	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,573	3

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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