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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jan 22

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811

← Jan 15Jan 22Feb 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

635 head

▼ 87 vs last sale 722▲ 109 vs year ago 526 · +20.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

90 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 61▲ 60 vs year ago 30 · +200.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

0 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 10▲ 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Supply was light, but some quality consignments were offered and the quality was attractive with a load of fancy 833 lb steers highlighting the sale. Demand was good despite the incoming weather. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-6.00 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 $472.50/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 19 of 23 comparable sales and sits +19.34 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.

Average price

$472.50

69 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$53.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.01

vs MO average

+7.17 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	484.04	2,683	54
Medium and Large 1-2	572	430.97	2,465	15thin

One grade step is worth $53.07/cwt here — about $218 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 sale69 hd

472.50

—

MO average19 barns · 4,222 hd

459.50

+13.01

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

+7.17

This barn, trailing median23 sales

453.16

+19.34

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	—	Average	1,627	189.85	3,089	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,427	159.52	2,277	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,119	152.50	1,707	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,005	137.62	1,383	4thin

Every lot

48 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	338	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,927	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	409	582.02/cwt	540.00–587.00	2,380	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,381	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,416	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	498.10/cwt	482.50–499.00	2,715	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	430.97/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,465	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	455.92/cwt	440.00–458.00	2,612	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	612	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,466	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,686	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	422.99/cwt	416.00–433.00	2,690	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	659	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,643	5
Steers	650–700	Medium 1-2	663	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,400	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	417.36/cwt	408.00–420.00	2,809	40
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,698	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	730	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,694	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	797	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,893	18
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	3,007	53
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	930	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,957	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,079	38
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	1,611	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	441.61/cwt	440.00–444.00	2,023	5
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	496	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,773	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,214	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	403.48/cwt	402.00–405.00	2,118	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	398.57/cwt	381.00–410.50	2,304	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	595	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,154	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,317	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	356.33/cwt	346.00–370.00	2,245	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	652	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,282	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,287	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	356.63/cwt	354.00–366.00	2,379	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	334.43/cwt	334.00–335.00	2,374	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,933	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,016	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,142	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,191	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,006	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,199	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,221	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,627	189.85/cwt	183.00–193.00	3,089	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	915	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,327	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,035	135.16/cwt	129.00–142.00	1,399	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,105	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,547	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,107	161.91/cwt	159.00–166.00	1,792	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,124	151.07/cwt	144.00–157.00	1,698	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,421	158.15/cwt	156.00–164.00	2,247	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,640	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,380	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	2,498	1

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 Jan 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 635Last week 722Year ago 526

Slaughter CattleReceipts 90Last week 61Year ago 30

Replacement CattleReceipts 0Last week 10Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	522.50	522.50
3	400–450	420	480.00	480.00
3	450–500	476	450.00	450.00
3	500–550	523	419.00	419.00
3	550–600	575	382.50	382.50
3	650–700	668	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	570.00	570.00
19	400–450	409	540.00–587.00	582.02
4	450–500	495	488.00	488.00
36	500–550	545	482.50–499.00	498.10
18	550–600	573	440.00–458.00	455.92
28	600–650	636	416.00–433.00	422.99
40	650–700	673	408.00–420.00	417.36
3	700–750	710	380.00	380.00
18	750–800	797	363.00	363.00
53	800–850	833	361.00	361.00
38	900–950	933	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	612	403.00	403.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	663	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	486.00	486.00
15	550–600	572	415.00–450.00	430.97
4	600–650	632	425.00	425.00
3	900–950	930	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	659	401.00	401.00
9	700–750	730	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	337	478.00	478.00
5	450–500	458	440.00–444.00	441.61
10	500–550	516	429.00	429.00
25	550–600	578	381.00–410.50	398.57
7	600–650	605	383.00	383.00
18	650–700	667	354.00–366.00	356.63
7	700–750	710	334.00–335.00	334.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	525	402.00–405.00	403.48
6	550–600	595	362.00	362.00
8	600–650	630	346.00–370.00	356.33
3	650–700	663	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	652	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	496	357.50	357.50

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	1	—	1,380	181.00	181.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,627	183.00–193.00	189.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,124	144.00–157.00	151.07
3	—	1,107	159.00–166.00	161.91
1	—	1,105	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	176.00	176.00
12	—	1,421	156.00–164.00	158.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,035	129.00–142.00	135.16
1	—	915	145.00	145.00

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.