Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2026-02-12

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Feb 12
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
533 head
▲ 14 vs last sale 519▲ 533 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 4 vs last sale 79▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 0▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light supply didn't offer too many true comparisons but steers and heifers sold mostly steady with the overall quality not quite matching last week. Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher. A bigger run is expected next week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $475.37/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 19 of 23 comparable sales and sits +22.21 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.
Average price
$475.37
62 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,654
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$278
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.76
vs MO average
−3.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1579495.002,86615thin
Medium and Large 1-2552469.102,58847
One grade step is worth $25.90/cwt here — about $278 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 sale62 hd
475.37
—
MO average18 barns · 4,852 hd
482.13
−6.76
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
−3.02
This barn, trailing median23 sales
453.16
+22.21
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—Low1,783193.303,4477thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,444168.612,43513
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,161150.681,75021
CowsLean 85-90%Average943143.381,3522thin

Every lot

53 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2282645.00/cwt645.00–645.001,8194
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369545.09/cwt498.00–554.002,01113
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438509.49/cwt508.00–510.002,23211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455538.00/cwt538.00–538.002,4482
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468458.86/cwt450.00–472.002,14721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0905
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535472.21/cwt467.00–480.002,52630
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,86615
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581463.61/cwt458.00–470.002,69417
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600477.00/cwt477.00–477.002,8623
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned605394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,3843
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620422.28/cwt408.00–433.002,61824
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy656372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,4403
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,8359
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676395.04/cwt385.00–399.002,67037
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716381.40/cwt375.00–388.002,7318
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy736361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,6576
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2854337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,8785
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,5193
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322562.00/cwt562.00–562.001,8109
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2398488.00/cwt488.00–488.001,94215
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1420480.45/cwt476.00–485.002,0184
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460426.00/cwt426.00–426.001,9603
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,9774
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,1302
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517409.38/cwt400.00–424.002,11631
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1535435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,3277
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,41913
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584384.55/cwt379.00–387.002,24610
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625368.55/cwt367.00–370.002,3038
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy626369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,3105
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned631352.01/cwt351.00–353.002,2216
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662353.20/cwt350.00–355.002,33811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy663326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1694354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,4575
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3623
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,4743
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753347.44/cwt347.00–348.002,6169
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2388530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0563
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2531426.25/cwt425.00–428.002,26312
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2611396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,4204
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,443179.00/cwt178.00–180.002,5832
Bulls——1,883191.84/cwt186.00–199.003,6123
Bulls——1,973209.79/cwt205.00–214.004,1392
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%943143.38/cwt138.00–148.001,3522
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,146145.50/cwt144.00–148.001,66713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,166157.82/cwt151.00–162.001,8407
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,2261
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,404169.83/cwt166.00–175.002,3847
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460182.29/cwt182.00–182.502,6612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,506159.62/cwt154.00–162.002,4044
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,225219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,6831
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,243172.91/cwt160.00–180.002,1495

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.