Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2026-02-19

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Feb 19
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,228 head
▲ 695 vs last sale 533▲ 1,228 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
67 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 75▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
15 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 20▲ 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

With last week being a light run, the sale from two weeks ago was a better comparison and steers and heifers sold firm to 10.00 higher. Several reputation strings of home raised cattle were offered and found very good demand as grass orders are being finished up. Producers were rewarded for holding onto their cattle this long with some of the highest prices seen yet in this rally. Supply was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $505.68/cwt on 210 head. That ranks 24 of 23 comparable sales and sits +52.52 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.
Average price
$505.68
210 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$227
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.08
vs MO average
+18.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1546513.062,800170
Medium and Large 1-2543474.302,57340
One grade step is worth $38.76/cwt here — about $227 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 sale210 hd
505.68
—
MO average20 barns · 3,668 hd
488.60
+17.08
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
+18.33
This barn, trailing median23 sales
453.16
+52.52
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—Low1,623191.993,1168thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,510173.172,61511
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,210160.011,93715
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,022142.831,4594thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295685.00/cwt685.00–685.002,0214
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,1135
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1377630.00/cwt630.00–630.002,3752
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned405522.00/cwt522.00–522.002,1145
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2411600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,4663
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429583.26/cwt565.00–610.002,50241
Steers450–500Large 1465496.00/cwt496.00–496.002,3063
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1494552.89/cwt550.00–556.002,73120
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518473.52/cwt470.00–477.502,45324
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522535.54/cwt527.50–543.002,796101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577466.44/cwt460.00–475.002,6917
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580485.10/cwt460.00–499.002,81465
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed581482.50/cwt482.50–482.502,8039
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned591400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,3644
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1616465.21/cwt443.00–470.002,86693
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,77230
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1653452.92/cwt448.50–462.002,95868
Steers650–700Large 1686370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5385
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2699417.00/cwt417.00–417.002,9158
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717413.48/cwt395.00–417.002,96545
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2730390.16/cwt375.00–394.002,84814
Steers700–750Large 1-2731377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,7564
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy750372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,79016
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768383.59/cwt379.50–392.002,94655
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1847347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,93916
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860347.07/cwt345.00–348.002,98516
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed258690.00/cwt690.00–690.001,7803
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,8854
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389532.38/cwt525.00–590.002,07118
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417517.45/cwt485.00–530.002,15826
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9533
Heifers400–450Large 1435448.00/cwt448.00–448.001,9496
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488470.23/cwt460.00–481.002,29548
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned501422.00/cwt422.00–422.002,1143
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523421.23/cwt420.00–422.502,2038
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532451.60/cwt435.00–469.002,40350
Heifers550–600Large 1564369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,0816
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573439.17/cwt425.00–450.502,51632
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2593398.75/cwt382.00–407.002,36512
Heifers600–650Medium 1602349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,1014
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1611419.18/cwt412.50–434.002,56150
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy630356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,2433
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4729
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1691366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,5294
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement716374.28/cwt369.00–381.002,68038
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1758334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,5323
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6793
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,6222
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1844324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,7355
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,8802
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,022288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,9434
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,0086
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2426506.00/cwt506.00–506.002,1564
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,370178.97/cwt178.00–180.002,4522
Bulls——1,645194.00/cwt188.00–199.003,1915
Bulls——2,020208.00/cwt208.00–208.004,2021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%997145.11/cwt142.00–148.501,4473
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,095136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,4891
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,169148.28/cwt140.00–157.001,7334
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,200178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,1362
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231161.22/cwt155.00–165.001,9859
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,260163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,0541
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535174.19/cwt170.00–182.002,67410
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2946297.68/cwt296.00–300.002,8165
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,088196.58/cwt177.50–217.502,1393

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.