Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2026-10-22

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Oct 22
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
683 head
▲ 124 vs last sale 559▲ 96 vs year ago 587 · +16.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
163 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 53▲ 10 vs year ago 153 · +6.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 10▲ 5 vs year ago 25 · +20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 5.00 higher and heifers sold with a higher undertone based on last week's light test. Some reputation consignments of calves and a load of yearling heifers were offered. Demand was good for a moderate supply. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-8.00 lower, bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.13/cwt on 56 head, up $51.95 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 24 comparable sales and sits −22.82 against this barn's trailing median of $406.95.
Average price
$384.13
▲ 51.95 vs prior sale
56 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,052
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$415
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.85
vs MO average
+7.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535393.372,10644
Medium and Large 1-2538355.321,9109thin
Medium and Large 2505335.001,6923thin
One grade step is worth $58.37/cwt here — about $415 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale56 hd
384.13
—
MO average15 barns · 1,580 hd
358.28
+25.85
National average186 barns · 22,034 hd
377.02
+7.11
This barn, trailing median24 sales
406.95
−22.82
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

24 sales
475422370318median 406.9502/2604/1605/2809/2410/29
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.56, low $332.17, median $406.95 across 24 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,535186.642,86523
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,476129.241,9087thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,237122.281,51211
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,043103.361,0785thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2337556.91/cwt530.00–595.001,8777
Steers300–350Large 1-2337476.00/cwt476.00–476.001,6044
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1368520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,9144
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383455.88/cwt420.00–484.001,7467
Steers350–400Medium 1-2391414.00/cwt414.00–414.001,6197
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424419.50/cwt418.00–420.001,7798
Steers400–450Large 1-2427393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,6785
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469428.12/cwt423.00–445.002,00820
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471405.25/cwt398.00–420.001,90938
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529391.90/cwt378.00–401.002,07328
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535417.96/cwt414.00–424.002,23618
Steers500–550Large 1-2540368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,9877
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561407.39/cwt399.00–416.002,28517
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,1455
Steers600–650Large 1-2617362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,2347
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619386.52/cwt379.00–398.002,39317
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed651395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,5716
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665363.37/cwt361.00–374.002,41611
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2288530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5263
Heifers300–350Large 1-2302488.00/cwt488.00–488.001,4747
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2342432.00/cwt432.00–432.001,4772
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8722
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2363350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2714
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2398412.00/cwt412.00–412.001,6404
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413434.00/cwt434.00–434.001,7923
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1431434.85/cwt418.00–445.001,87419
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2447361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,6147
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455396.00/cwt396.00–396.001,8027
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481355.57/cwt346.00–367.001,71012
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6923
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516354.48/cwt354.00–355.001,8294
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528403.46/cwt388.00–414.002,13036
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2555356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,9765
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy567338.94/cwt334.00–344.001,9226
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1562
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed612393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,40596
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,0052
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624372.91/cwt360.00–377.502,32711
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9673
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1712326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,3214
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,130221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,4976
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2417436.27/cwt420.00–464.001,81910
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2545370.56/cwt368.00–372.002,02014
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2561350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9649
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,2034
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2661340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2473
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2743295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,19214
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2756311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,3513
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2956239.00/cwt239.00–239.002,2853
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,398170.20/cwt150.00–178.002,37910
Bulls——1,608191.13/cwt177.00–203.003,0736
Bulls——1,669206.27/cwt204.00–209.003,4437
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043103.36/cwt95.00–108.001,0785
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,145112.25/cwt107.00–117.001,2853
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258122.89/cwt117.00–127.001,5466
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,310135.48/cwt135.00–136.001,7752
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,476129.24/cwt127.00–131.001,9087
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2951235.05/cwt226.00–251.002,2354
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,064208.91/cwt187.50–250.002,2234

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.