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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-03

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Apr 3

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811

← Mar 27Apr 3Apr 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

532 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 594▼ 516 vs year ago 1,048 · −49.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

75 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 67▼ 125 vs year ago 200 · −62.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was moderate to good for a moderate supply. Cattle futures followed the stock market down on Thursday. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 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 $324.19/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −80.81 against this barn's trailing median of $405.00.

Average price

$324.19

70 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,731

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$32.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.27

vs MO average

+2.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	330.20	1,768	49
Medium and Large 1-2	535	312.18	1,670	18thin
Medium and Large 2	506	298.00	1,508	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.20/cwt here — about $260 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale70 hd

324.19

—

MO average17 barns · 2,498 hd

320.92

+3.27

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

+2.81

This barn, trailing median23 sales

405.00

−80.81

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	1,650	180.94	2,986	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,450	146.87	2,130	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,178	139.91	1,649	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,006	123.09	1,239	7thin

Every lot

54 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,706	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	400.56/cwt	399.00–410.00	1,682	21
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,731	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	378.76/cwt	376.00–386.00	1,792	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,765	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	482	357.75/cwt	357.00–360.00	1,724	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	518	342.78/cwt	340.00–348.00	1,776	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,938	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	1,914	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,103	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,974	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	351.78/cwt	344.00–362.00	2,192	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	627	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,956	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	329.28/cwt	329.00–330.00	2,203	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	764	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,193	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,372	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,373	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	379.67/cwt	366.00–388.00	1,477	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	372.52/cwt	366.00–376.00	1,553	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	334.58/cwt	322.00–344.00	1,405	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	435	351.26/cwt	338.00–363.00	1,528	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	463	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,435	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	329.41/cwt	320.00–341.50	1,571	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	506	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,508	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	332.97/cwt	324.00–345.00	1,741	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	314.49/cwt	308.00–329.00	1,645	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	306.17/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,733	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	599	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,893	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	313.49/cwt	302.50–318.00	1,934	67
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	620	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,612	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,774	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,959	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,396	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,564	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,456	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	382.96/cwt	380.00–394.00	1,639	20
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	338.22/cwt	299.00–370.00	1,613	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	342.14/cwt	338.00–348.00	1,779	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	645	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,993	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	700	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,002	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	932	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,911	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,348	165.51/cwt	161.00–169.00	2,231	2
Bulls	—	—	1,576	179.16/cwt	171.00–184.00	2,824	7
Bulls	—	—	1,931	191.78/cwt	189.00–195.00	3,703	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	990	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,079	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,009	125.44/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,266	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,164	141.48/cwt	134.50–146.00	1,647	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,196	125.16/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,497	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,204	147.32/cwt	145.50–149.00	1,774	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,270	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,651	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,379	153.04/cwt	152.00–155.00	2,110	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,508	145.90/cwt	142.00–149.00	2,200	8
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,004	203.38/cwt	189.00–209.00	2,042	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,133	172.77/cwt	147.00–198.00	1,957	6

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 Apr 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 532Last week 594Year ago 1,048

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 67Year ago 200

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 15Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	432.00	432.00
21	400–450	420	399.00–410.00	400.56
7	450–500	473	376.00–386.00	378.76
5	550–600	581	362.00	362.00
10	600–650	623	344.00–362.00	351.78
7	650–700	669	329.00–330.00	329.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	482	357.00–360.00	357.75
10	500–550	518	340.00–348.00	342.78
2	600–650	627	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	436	397.00	397.00
5	450–500	477	370.00	370.00
5	500–550	528	367.00	367.00
5	550–600	554	345.50	345.50
6	600–650	600	329.00	329.00
7	750–800	764	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	368.00	368.00
14	400–450	420	322.00–344.00	334.58
16	450–500	477	320.00–341.50	329.41
13	500–550	523	308.00–329.00	314.49
5	550–600	566	305.00–307.00	306.17
2	600–650	645	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	422.00	422.00
8	350–400	389	366.00–388.00	379.67
17	400–450	417	366.00–376.00	372.52
41	500–550	523	324.00–345.00	332.97
8	550–600	599	316.00	316.00
67	600–650	617	302.50–318.00	313.49
5	700–750	745	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	506	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	435	338.00–363.00	351.26
2	600–650	620	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	364.00	364.00
7	450–500	477	299.00–370.00	338.22
7	500–550	520	338.00–348.00	342.14
7	600–650	645	309.00	309.00
2	700–750	700	286.00	286.00
2	900–950	932	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	343	407.00	407.00
3	350–400	376	416.00	416.00
20	400–450	428	380.00–394.00	382.96

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	990	109.00	109.00
6	—	1,009	122.00–128.00	125.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	130.00	130.00
4	—	1,379	152.00–155.00	153.04
8	—	1,508	142.00–149.00	145.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,164	134.50–146.00	141.48
5	—	1,204	145.50–149.00	147.32
4	—	1,196	119.00–130.00	125.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	161.00–169.00	165.51
4	—	1,931	189.00–195.00	191.78
7	—	1,576	171.00–184.00	179.16

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	6	—	1,133	147.00–198.00	172.77
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,004	189.00–209.00	203.38

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.