Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2025-06-05

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jun 5
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
245 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 301▼ 286 vs year ago 531 · −53.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 77▼ 23 vs year ago 88 · −26.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 10▼ 10 vs year ago 15 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NOTE: MoKan will hold its monthly special replacement cow sale, cow calf pairs, bred heifers, bred cows, breeding bulls at 1:00 pm Saturday June 7th.

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Supply was light, demand was good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $380.21/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −72.95 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.
Average price
$380.21
39 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,064
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.98
vs MO average
+1.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533393.912,09917thin
Medium and Large 1-2551369.622,03622
One grade step is worth $24.29/cwt here — about $63 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 sale39 hd
380.21
—
MO average17 barns · 5,113 hd
383.19
−2.98
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
+1.63
This barn, trailing median23 sales
453.16
−72.95
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
506458409361median 453.1603/1204/1605/2809/2410/29
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,719197.363,3938thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,264160.082,02413
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,206152.721,84231
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,036140.941,4607thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,278$2,5543thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,275$2,3662thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370472.00/cwt472.00–472.001,7463
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned423418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,7683
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1424434.33/cwt420.00–450.001,8426
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430411.00/cwt409.00–412.001,7673
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476385.14/cwt370.00–398.001,83310
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480422.47/cwt422.00–424.002,0284
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned500392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,9604
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526396.62/cwt388.00–400.002,0868
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526381.59/cwt380.00–382.002,0075
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned558366.10/cwt360.00–370.002,04317
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570391.10/cwt377.00–401.002,2295
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned622344.50/cwt344.50–344.502,14313
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625368.63/cwt367.50–369.002,3048
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,27920
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Unweaned656314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,0605
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,2982
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned705318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,2424
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,2703
Steers1050–1100Large 1-21,075223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,3972
Steers1200–1250Large 1-21,225215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,6342
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned335426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,4272
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,4773
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2365394.00/cwt394.00–394.001,4382
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420381.73/cwt376.00–383.001,6038
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned432372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,6073
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned433339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,4682
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2445335.00/cwt334.00–336.001,4912
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468335.42/cwt327.00–360.001,57011
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2507326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,6533
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519338.09/cwt334.00–341.001,7558
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned522314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,6397
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,7175
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2550321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,7663
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy581322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8718
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned584320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,86912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614315.75/cwt315.00–316.001,9394
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628305.09/cwt296.00–313.001,91610
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676294.88/cwt292.50–302.001,9938
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2779264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,0575
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2438408.02/cwt404.00–412.001,7872
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,7662
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2643322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0703
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,662194.44/cwt183.00–203.003,2326
Bulls——1,890206.14/cwt204.00–208.003,8962
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,036140.94/cwt133.00–145.001,4607
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,178163.34/cwt158.00–167.001,9248
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200158.69/cwt155.50–165.001,90411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203149.88/cwt142.00–155.001,80319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,335141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,8821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,402154.86/cwt153.00–157.002,1715
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2752,366.18/head2,175.00–2,550.002,3662
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2782,554.30/head2,300.00–2,750.002,5543

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.