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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Dec 18

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811

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Feeder Cattle receipts

518 head

▼ 274 vs last sale 792▲ 39 vs year ago 479 · +8.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

90 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 152▼ 2 vs year ago 92 · −2.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

15 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 0▼ 10 vs year ago 25 · −40.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady with two loads of yearling steers highlighting the sale. Demand was moderate to good for a light supply. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower.

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 $444.82/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 10 of 23 comparable sales and sits −8.34 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.

Average price

$444.82

26 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$98

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

$18.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.27

vs MO average

+0.72 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	456.00	2,419	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	530	437.83	2,320	16thin

One grade step is worth $18.17/cwt here — about $98 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 sale26 hd

444.82

—

MO average21 barns · 3,700 hd

431.55

+13.27

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+0.72

This barn, trailing median23 sales

453.16

−8.34

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	1,759	177.49	3,122	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,544	162.12	2,504	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	143.33	1,737	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	117.61	1,205	15

Every lot

44 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	552.50/cwt	552.50–552.50	1,934	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,992	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,434	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,444	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	472.41/cwt	448.00–480.00	2,263	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,447	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	437.83/cwt	424.00–441.00	2,320	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,364	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	610	401.27/cwt	400.00–409.00	2,448	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,570	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	352.39/cwt	342.00–370.00	2,414	8
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,035	311.25/cwt	311.25–311.25	3,221	58
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,055	306.25/cwt	306.25–306.25	3,231	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	286	562.00/cwt	562.00–562.00	1,607	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	1,880	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	480.40/cwt	462.00–486.00	2,018	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	445	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,922	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	493	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,011	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,129	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,109	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	580	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,250	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	353.00/cwt	348.00–358.00	2,083	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,258	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium 1	655	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,168	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,264	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	341.25/cwt	341.25–341.25	2,413	22
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	332.27/cwt	322.50–334.00	2,519	35
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,984	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	404.01/cwt	398.00–410.00	2,258	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,385	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,329	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,615	182.82/cwt	176.00–188.00	2,953	3
Bulls	—	—	1,975	169.49/cwt	167.00–172.00	3,347	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	976	99.90/cwt	95.00–106.00	975	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,340	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,047	123.05/cwt	115.00–133.00	1,288	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,168	142.12/cwt	138.00–148.00	1,660	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,234	135.94/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,677	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,307	159.25/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,081	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,460	162.31/cwt	156.00–165.00	2,370	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	167.31/cwt	166.00–169.00	2,560	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,910	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	2,884	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	282.71/cwt	255.00–295.00	2,262	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	212.62/cwt	200.00–230.00	2,349	2

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 Dec 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 518Last week 792Year ago 479

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 152Year ago 92

Replacement CattleReceipts 15Last week 0Year ago 25

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	350	552.50	552.50
9	400–450	427	570.00	570.00
2	450–500	470	520.00	520.00
6	500–550	514	476.00	476.00
4	550–600	555	426.00	426.00
5	650–700	678	379.00	379.00
58	1000–1050	1,035	311.25	311.25
57	1050–1100	1,055	306.25	306.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	383	520.00	520.00
17	450–500	479	448.00–480.00	472.41
16	500–550	530	424.00–441.00	437.83
14	600–650	610	400.00–409.00	401.27
8	650–700	685	342.00–370.00	352.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	286	562.00	562.00
3	500–550	530	398.00	398.00
4	550–600	590	348.00–358.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	363	518.00	518.00
20	400–450	420	462.00–486.00	480.40
16	500–550	501	425.00	425.00
7	600–650	617	366.00	366.00
4	650–700	660	343.00	343.00
22	700–750	707	341.25	341.25
35	750–800	758	322.50–334.00	332.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	432.00	432.00
3	650–700	655	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	493	408.00	408.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	580	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	522.00	522.00
6	550–600	559	398.00–410.00	404.01
3	600–650	631	378.00	378.00
5	650–700	681	342.00	342.00

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	—	1,105	200.00–230.00	212.62
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	800	255.00–295.00	282.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,975	167.00–172.00	169.49
3	—	1,615	176.00–188.00	182.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,460	156.00–165.00	162.31
1	—	1,910	151.00	151.00
2	—	1,530	166.00–169.00	167.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,168	138.00–148.00	142.12
3	—	1,307	155.00–165.00	159.25
5	—	1,234	132.00–140.00	135.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,047	115.00–133.00	123.05
1	—	1,000	134.00	134.00
4	—	976	95.00–106.00	99.90

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.