Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light test, steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone. A quality run of reputation type calves and yearlings was offered and met with good demand. Cattle futures have been volatile lately but surprised with a mostly limit up move Thursday. This came after what felt like a bearish announcement on Wednesday of a confirmed case of New World Screw Worm in Texas. Supply was heavy. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.68/cwt on 270 head, up $0.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 25 comparable sales and sits −2.63 against this barn's trailing median of $465.31.

Average price

$462.68

▲ 0.57 vs prior sale

270 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,591

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$50.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.65

vs MO average

+3.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	467.09	2,619	202
Medium and Large 1-2	555	452.34	2,508	61
Large 1	585	432.00	2,527	4thin
Medium and Large 2	575	417.00	2,398	3thin

One grade step is worth $50.09/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale270 hd

462.68

—

MO average20 barns · 4,903 hd

465.33

−2.65

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+3.49

This barn, trailing median25 sales

465.31

−2.63

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	1,871	238.01	4,453	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,478	183.17	2,708	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,237	178.35	2,206	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,096	152.37	1,670	6thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1-2	750–800	755	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	349.31/cwt	346.00–365.00	2,417	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	467.37/cwt	450.00–473.00	2,463	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	435.83/cwt	418.00–445.00	2,266	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	453.78/cwt	444.00–475.00	2,160	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	400.38/cwt	399.00–401.00	2,510	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	511.15/cwt	482.00–555.00	1,907	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,484	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	466.19/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,033	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,553	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	718	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,614	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	448.09/cwt	434.00–455.00	2,339	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	419.13/cwt	407.00–426.00	2,389	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	481.42/cwt	461.00–505.00	2,566	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	508.77/cwt	486.00–532.00	2,422	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	436.80/cwt	415.00–448.00	2,547	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	456.68/cwt	442.00–470.00	2,653	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	417.67/cwt	415.00–429.50	2,878	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	1,801	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	381.28/cwt	375.00–384.00	2,963	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	565	357.29/cwt	352.50–367.00	2,019	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	514.14/cwt	502.50–540.00	1,949	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	515.92/cwt	500.00–539.00	2,203	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	435.48/cwt	428.00–440.00	2,713	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,592	4
Bulls	—	—	1,940	247.20/cwt	245.00–249.00	4,796	2
Bulls	—	—	1,825	231.88/cwt	217.00–241.00	4,232	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,096	152.37/cwt	146.00–157.00	1,670	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,906	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	187.99/cwt	187.00–189.00	2,299	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	178.28/cwt	168.00–185.00	2,207	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	503.78/cwt	477.50–532.50	2,116	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,205	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	401.50/cwt	367.00–412.00	2,353	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	466.70/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,170	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	475.10/cwt	460.00–492.00	2,043	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,832	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,912	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,029	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	483.91/cwt	460.00–510.00	2,241	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	426.30/cwt	405.00–436.00	2,664	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	488.14/cwt	478.00–496.00	1,845	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	479.72/cwt	446.00–488.00	2,303	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	563.35/cwt	550.00–572.50	2,118	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	383.98/cwt	378.00–385.00	2,830	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	395.50/cwt	395.50–395.50	2,705	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	501.47/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,161	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	618	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,132	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	900–950	900	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,700	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	800–850	803	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,802	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,812	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	401.76/cwt	385.00–409.50	2,945	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	282.74/cwt	255.00–320.00	2,856	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,231	221.41/cwt	206.00–236.00	2,726	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,000	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	181.85/cwt	176.00–186.00	2,686	9
Steers	Large 1	550–600	585	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,527	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	5
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	930	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,050	6
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	441	518.09/cwt	470.00–538.00	2,285	10

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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