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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jan 23

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811

← Jan 16Jan 23Jan 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

526 head

▼ 599 vs last sale 1,125▲ 19 vs year ago 507 · +3.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 46▼ 10 vs year ago 40 · −25.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher except for a couple fancy groups of 550-600 lbs grazing type steers selling 10.00-15.00 higher. Demand was good for a light supply. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $288.27/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −116.73 against this barn's trailing median of $405.00.

Average price

$288.27

95 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$14.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.98

vs MO average

−16.15 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	295.38	1,613	48
Medium and Large 1-2	554	281.00	1,558	47

One grade step is worth $14.38/cwt here — about $55 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale95 hd

288.27

—

MO average15 barns · 3,251 hd

296.25

−7.98

National average149 barns · 17,148 hd

304.42

−16.15

This barn, trailing median23 sales

405.00

−116.73

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

23 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $460.56, low $332.17, median $405.00 across 23 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,893	158.36	2,998	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	128.43	2,104	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,233	126.43	1,559	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,083	111.43	1,207	3thin

Every lot

48 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,413	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	382	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,429	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	345.39/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,606	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	354.72/cwt	343.00–363.00	1,802	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	353.29/cwt	327.00–357.00	2,031	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,888	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,971	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	308.17/cwt	299.00–310.00	2,065	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	276.34/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,907	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,066	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	259	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,062	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	377.54/cwt	360.00–392.00	1,253	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	364.78/cwt	339.00–376.00	1,350	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	327.51/cwt	326.00–334.00	1,290	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,516	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	326.21/cwt	308.00–337.00	1,540	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	499	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,542	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	501	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,323	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	285.24/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,492	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	293.75/cwt	293.50–294.00	1,566	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	300.79/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,684	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	278.60/cwt	268.00–286.00	1,594	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	264.10/cwt	253.00–268.00	1,614	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	277.45/cwt	275.50–280.00	1,706	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	617	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,530	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	623	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,654	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	626	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,840	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	666	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,715	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,725	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	692	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,640	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	723	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,706	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	253.37/cwt	251.00–254.50	1,837	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	248.51/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,901	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,628	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,766	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,797	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,838	6
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,782	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,703	143.31/cwt	138.50–149.00	2,441	2
Bulls	—	—	1,980	165.09/cwt	161.00–169.00	3,269	2
Bulls	—	—	2,100	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	3,675	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,083	111.43/cwt	104.00–116.00	1,207	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	133.23/cwt	133.00–133.50	1,619	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	125.80/cwt	119.50–131.00	1,535	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,365	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,891	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,385	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,641	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,507	118.76/cwt	115.00–123.50	1,790	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,712	130.53/cwt	123.00–135.50	2,235	9

This sale against other markets

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

MO-Kan Livestock Market - Butler, MO

Thu Jan 23, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 526Last week 1,125Year ago 507

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 46Year ago 40

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	354.00	354.00
9	500–550	521	339.00	339.00
4	650–700	678	265.00	265.00
6	700–750	735	250.00	250.00
5	800–850	825	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	617	248.00	248.00
5	650–700	692	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	370	339.00–376.00	364.78
8	400–450	446	340.00	340.00
11	450–500	472	308.00–337.00	326.21
16	500–550	533	293.50–294.00	293.75
28	550–600	560	285.00–310.00	300.79
14	600–650	615	275.50–280.00	277.45
3	650–700	690	250.00	250.00
6	700–750	725	251.00–254.50	253.37
6	750–800	765	246.00–251.00	248.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	723	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	259	410.00	410.00
8	300–350	332	360.00–392.00	377.54
10	350–400	394	326.00–334.00	327.51
5	450–500	499	309.00	309.00
17	500–550	523	280.00–295.00	285.24
30	550–600	572	268.00–286.00	278.60
15	600–650	611	253.00–268.00	264.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	501	264.00	264.00
10	600–650	623	265.50	265.50
20	650–700	666	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
31	600–650	626	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	436.00	436.00
4	350–400	382	374.00	374.00
9	450–500	465	340.00–347.00	345.39
9	500–550	508	343.00–363.00	354.72
4	550–600	581	325.00	325.00
9	650–700	690	273.00–280.00	276.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	575	327.00–357.00	353.29
8	600–650	612	322.00	322.00
24	650–700	670	299.00–310.00	308.17
9	700–750	715	289.00	289.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,703	138.50–149.00	143.31
2	—	1,980	161.00–169.00	165.09
1	—	2,100	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,712	123.00–135.50	130.53
1	—	1,365	138.50	138.50
3	—	1,507	115.00–123.50	118.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,083	104.00–116.00	111.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,220	119.50–131.00	125.80
2	—	1,215	133.00–133.50	133.23
1	—	1,385	118.50	118.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.