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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Mar 27

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811

← Mar 20Mar 27Apr 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

594 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 640▼ 160 vs year ago 754 · −21.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

67 head

▼ 23 vs last sale 90▼ 44 vs year ago 111 · −39.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 20▲ 0 vs year ago 15 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher except heifers under 600 lbs selling 5.00-15.00 higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply. Planters have started rolling full steam ahead this week planting corn. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

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 $322.72/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −82.27 against this barn's trailing median of $405.00.

Average price

$322.72

62 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,749

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$108

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

$28.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.10

vs MO average

+0.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	328.92	1,772	48
Large 1-2	550	303.00	1,667	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	555	299.97	1,664	7thin

One grade step is worth $28.95/cwt here — about $108 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 sale62 hd

322.72

—

MO average17 barns · 2,482 hd

323.82

−1.10

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

+0.98

This barn, trailing median23 sales

405.00

−82.27

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	—	Average	1,651	182.45	3,012	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	143.39	2,120	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,171	141.00	1,651	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	116.91	1,214	9thin

Every lot

63 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	436.45/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,606	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	391.10/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,846	29
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,613	2
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	492	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,604	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	503	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,836	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	340.65/cwt	331.00–351.00	1,765	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	378.35/cwt	377.00–379.00	2,028	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,053	2
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	571	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,941	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	340.81/cwt	333.00–348.00	1,953	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	359.47/cwt	333.00–366.00	2,196	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,080	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	304.35/cwt	291.00–319.00	2,006	8
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	660	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,086	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,115	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	717	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,294	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	295.85/cwt	285.00–307.00	2,160	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,263	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,378	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	351	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,229	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	400.91/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,479	11
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2Unweaned	381	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,219	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	399.45/cwt	386.00–405.50	1,666	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	341.34/cwt	340.00–342.00	1,464	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	364.68/cwt	346.00–380.00	1,681	35
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	463	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,523	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	319.15/cwt	295.00–334.00	1,532	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	335.69/cwt	323.00–350.00	1,739	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	303.16/cwt	294.00–317.00	1,649	5
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	550	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,667	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	322.02/cwt	310.50–335.00	1,816	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,757	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,699	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	269.40/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,657	5
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2	630	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,783	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	287.41/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,934	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,870	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	264.82/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,896	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	283	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,336	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	337	434.81/cwt	406.00–452.00	1,465	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	394.63/cwt	388.00–399.00	1,500	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	403	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,431	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	350.55/cwt	337.00–362.00	1,665	19
Bulls	450–500	Large 1-2	493	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,597	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	333.38/cwt	331.00–335.00	1,737	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	341.48/cwt	336.00–347.00	1,943	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,074	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	708	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,053	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,425	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,266	1
Bulls	—	—	1,555	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	3,250	1
Bulls	—	—	1,615	176.62/cwt	161.00–183.00	2,852	5
Bulls	—	—	1,818	191.12/cwt	186.00–195.00	3,475	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	975	104.42/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,018	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,040	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,258	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,056	120.48/cwt	109.00–129.00	1,272	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,160	138.31/cwt	131.00–144.00	1,604	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,195	145.80/cwt	142.00–152.00	1,742	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,415	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,868	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	142.71/cwt	134.00–147.00	2,081	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,583	149.88/cwt	148.00–153.00	2,373	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	983	161.46/cwt	145.00–178.00	1,587	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	986	218.09/cwt	186.00–236.00	2,150	4

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 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 594Last week 640Year ago 754

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 90Year ago 111

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 20Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	336.00	336.00
6	500–550	518	331.00–351.00	340.65
15	550–600	573	333.00–348.00	340.81
4	600–650	638	326.00	326.00
8	650–700	659	291.00–319.00	304.35
4	700–750	730	285.00–307.00	295.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	460.00	460.00
6	350–400	368	430.00–440.00	436.45
29	450–500	472	370.00–400.00	391.10
14	500–550	536	377.00–379.00	378.35
2	550–600	552	372.00	372.00
16	600–650	611	333.00–366.00	359.47
4	650–700	663	319.00	319.00
2	750–800	757	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	492	326.00	326.00
4	550–600	571	340.00	340.00
8	650–700	660	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	717	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	409.00	409.00
11	350–400	369	390.00–417.50	400.91
32	400–450	417	386.00–405.50	399.45
35	450–500	461	346.00–380.00	364.68
27	500–550	518	323.00–350.00	335.69
19	550–600	564	310.50–335.00	322.02
8	650–700	673	285.00–290.00	287.41
5	700–750	716	264.00–266.00	264.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	429	340.00–342.00	341.34
14	450–500	480	295.00–334.00	319.15
5	500–550	544	294.00–317.00	303.16
2	550–600	582	292.00	292.00
5	600–650	615	269.00–270.00	269.40
3	650–700	680	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	580	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	329.00	329.00
7	550–600	550	303.00	303.00
7	600–650	630	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	381	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	351	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	472.00	472.00
8	300–350	337	406.00–452.00	434.81
11	350–400	380	388.00–399.00	394.63
3	400–450	403	355.00	355.00
19	450–500	475	337.00–362.00	350.55
6	500–550	521	331.00–335.00	333.38
6	550–600	569	336.00–347.00	341.48
2	650–700	667	311.00	311.00
4	700–750	708	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	324.00	324.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	975	104.00–105.00	104.42
7	—	1,056	109.00–129.00	120.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,583	148.00–153.00	149.88
12	—	1,458	134.00–147.00	142.71
1	—	1,415	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	121.00	121.00
12	—	1,195	142.00–152.00	145.80
14	—	1,160	131.00–144.00	138.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,615	161.00–183.00	176.62
1	—	1,555	209.00	209.00
3	—	1,818	186.00–195.00	191.12
1	—	1,425	159.00	159.00

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	2	—	983	145.00–178.00	161.46
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	986	186.00–236.00	218.09

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.