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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Mar 20

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811

← Mar 13Mar 20Mar 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

640 head

▼ 119 vs last sale 759▲ 34 vs year ago 606 · +5.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

90 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 115▼ 109 vs year ago 199 · −54.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

20 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 40▼ 5 vs year ago 25 · −20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply. The calves are starting to overtake the yearlings in terms of numbers with the majority of the offering being calves fresh off the cow selling with minimal discounts. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $351.39/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −101.77 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.

Average price

$351.39

59 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$22.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.10

vs MO average

−5.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	583	352.83	2,057	35
Medium and Large 1-2	548	352.05	1,931	21
Large 1-2	598	330.00	1,973	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.83/cwt here — about $84 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 sale59 hd

351.39

—

MO average17 barns · 2,713 hd

358.49

−7.10

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−5.77

This barn, trailing median23 sales

453.16

−101.77

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.10, low $375.17, median $453.16 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	1,718	169.04	2,903	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,374	141.09	1,939	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,182	140.05	1,656	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,085	116.00	1,259	1thin

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,656	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	422	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,688	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	438.93/cwt	406.00–445.00	1,879	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	436	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,578	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	464	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,717	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,732	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	403.91/cwt	396.00–405.50	1,991	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,908	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	341.46/cwt	338.00–351.00	1,957	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	352.83/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,057	35
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	598	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,973	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,234	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,103	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	320.65/cwt	319.00–323.00	2,158	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,151	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	317.70/cwt	308.00–327.50	2,262	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	292.02/cwt	287.00–294.00	2,129	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	765	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,111	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,256	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	352	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,260	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	388	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,242	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	402	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,455	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	405	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,571	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	405	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,373	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	390.63/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,680	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	336.38/cwt	329.00–344.00	1,561	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	351.63/cwt	345.00–359.00	1,649	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	331.89/cwt	321.00–334.00	1,689	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	319.17/cwt	311.00–330.00	1,663	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	298.46/cwt	294.00–303.00	1,656	6
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	560	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,467	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,562	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	306.38/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,737	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	586	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,612	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	279.94/cwt	276.00–287.00	1,733	12
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	625	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,850	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	289.73/cwt	287.00–294.00	1,822	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,742	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	727	256.01/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,861	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,955	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	847	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,990	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,133	2
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1-2	958	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	2,074	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	396.34/cwt	390.00–398.00	1,518	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,724	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,922	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,946	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	288.52/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,757	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,348	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	2,022	2
Bulls	—	—	1,761	171.93/cwt	161.00–182.00	3,028	8
Bulls	—	—	2,110	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	3,882	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,259	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,168	138.15/cwt	133.00–142.50	1,614	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	145.75/cwt	143.00–148.00	1,785	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,374	141.09/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,939	9
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	962	211.12/cwt	190.00–224.00	2,031	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,223	161.04/cwt	150.00–167.50	1,970	3

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 Mar 20, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 640Last week 759Year ago 606

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 115Year ago 199

Replacement CattleReceipts 20Last week 40Year ago 25

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	392	422.50	422.50
36	400–450	428	406.00–445.00	438.93
41	450–500	493	396.00–405.50	403.91
35	550–600	583	345.00–370.00	352.83
12	600–650	642	348.00	348.00
6	650–700	673	319.00–323.00	320.65
12	700–750	712	308.00–327.50	317.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	422	400.00	400.00
5	450–500	464	370.00	370.00
7	750–800	765	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	492	352.00	352.00
12	500–550	530	360.00	360.00
9	550–600	573	338.00–351.00	341.46
7	600–650	643	327.00	327.00
4	650–700	696	309.00	309.00
7	700–750	729	287.00–294.00	292.02
3	850–900	888	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	598	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	352	358.00	358.00
32	400–450	430	360.00–400.00	390.63
17	450–500	469	345.00–359.00	351.63
26	500–550	509	321.00–334.00	331.89
18	550–600	567	305.00–309.00	306.38
26	600–650	629	287.00–294.00	289.73
2	950–1000	950	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	402	362.00	362.00
6	450–500	464	329.00–344.00	336.38
9	500–550	521	311.00–330.00	319.17
6	550–600	555	294.00–303.00	298.46
12	600–650	619	276.00–287.00	279.94
2	650–700	670	260.00	260.00
8	700–750	727	255.00–259.00	256.01
6	750–800	785	249.00	249.00
2	800–850	847	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	562	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	560	262.00	262.00
4	950–1000	958	216.50	216.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	339.00	339.00
3	550–600	586	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	625	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	383	390.00–398.00	396.34
2	450–500	487	354.00	354.00
3	550–600	556	350.00	350.00
5	600–650	609	280.00–301.00	288.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	549	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,085	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,374	137.00–145.00	141.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,225	143.00–148.00	145.75
12	—	1,168	133.00–142.50	138.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	150.00	150.00
1	—	2,110	184.00	184.00
8	—	1,761	161.00–182.00	171.93

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,223	150.00–167.50	161.04
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	962	190.00–224.00	211.12

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.