Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 5.00-20.00 higher with bigger groups this week for buyers to put together. The quality was very good throughout the day, with the vast majority being fall-born calves right off the cow. Two loads of 9 weight steers sold as well. Demand was good to very good for a heavy supply. Cash fed cattle sold 1.00-3.00 higher on Thursday but the board was modestly lower, however neither seemed to affect the market much one way or the other and buyers were aggressive with positive fundamentals still. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower, bulls 3.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $492.10/cwt on 297 head, up $14.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 25 comparable sales and sits +26.79 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$492.10

▲ 14.35 vs prior sale

297 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,692

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$49.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.06

vs MO average

+4.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	497.85	2,717	241
Medium and Large 1-2	557	471.92	2,630	45
Large 1-2	534	448.72	2,396	11thin

One grade step is worth $49.13/cwt here — about $321 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

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 sale297 hd

492.10

—

MO average20 barns · 4,773 hd

495.16

−3.06

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+4.55

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

+26.79

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	1,820	244.61	4,451	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,468	175.40	2,575	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,195	175.33	2,095	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	983	157.76	1,551	3thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	514.42/cwt	500.00–532.00	2,202	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	400.86/cwt	395.00–402.00	2,497	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	691.46/cwt	675.00–705.00	2,164	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	1,956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	470.38/cwt	452.00–479.00	2,681	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	577.28/cwt	552.50–612.50	2,430	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	666.78/cwt	655.00–690.00	2,200	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	506.82/cwt	476.00–520.00	2,438	24
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	534	448.72/cwt	448.00–449.00	2,396	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	485.03/cwt	460.00–494.00	2,600	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	450.57/cwt	435.00–469.00	2,843	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,078	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	395.35/cwt	381.00–404.00	2,601	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	519.34/cwt	500.00–524.00	2,171	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	524.49/cwt	504.00–547.00	2,533	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	490.48/cwt	461.00–498.00	2,786	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,204	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	446.56/cwt	446.00–449.00	2,702	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	506.06/cwt	496.00–522.50	2,637	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	626.36/cwt	610.00–665.00	2,343	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	424.75/cwt	414.00–429.00	2,808	7
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	458	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,162	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	300–350	322	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	1,616	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,077	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,014	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	581.91/cwt	560.00–640.00	1,984	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	437.37/cwt	430.00–448.00	2,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	603	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,225	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	300–350	308	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,940	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	528	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,270	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	2,955	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	400.88/cwt	398.00–420.00	2,341	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	502.79/cwt	466.00–540.00	1,931	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,766	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	493.58/cwt	470.00–520.00	1,703	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	332.72/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,545	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	543.85/cwt	510.00–568.00	2,007	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	476.01/cwt	457.00–481.00	2,423	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	470.51/cwt	460.00–492.00	2,291	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	296	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	434.37/cwt	415.00–449.00	2,532	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	411.69/cwt	406.00–417.00	2,552	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	437.71/cwt	430.00–442.50	2,447	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	475.70/cwt	450.00–520.00	2,007	13
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	746	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	445.80/cwt	436.00–460.00	2,126	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,645	1
Bulls	—	—	1,608	235.80/cwt	232.00–240.00	3,792	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,193	175.46/cwt	168.00–181.00	2,093	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,368	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,298	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	157.76/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,551	3
Bulls	—	—	2,530	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	6,730	1
Bulls	—	—	1,878	248.38/cwt	243.00–255.00	4,665	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	191.15/cwt	185.00–197.00	2,275	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	158.33/cwt	157.00–160.00	1,924	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	177.05/cwt	173.50–182.00	2,638	9

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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