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Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Name: Mo-Kan Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2026-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Mar 19

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811

← Mar 12Mar 19Mar 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

368 head

▼ 102 vs last sale 470▼ 272 vs year ago 640 · −42.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

48 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 96▼ 42 vs year ago 90 · −46.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

10 head

▼ 30 vs last sale 40▼ 10 vs year ago 20 · −50.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light run of calves and feeders sold mostly steady. Demand was moderate to good for a light supply. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-8.00 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 $441.77/cwt on 29 head, down $4.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 23 comparable sales and sits −11.39 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.

Average price

$441.77

▼ 4.20 vs prior sale

29 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,528

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$18.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.88

vs MO average

−30.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	445.53	2,574	23
Medium and Large 1-2	551	427.33	2,353	6thin

One grade step is worth $18.20/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale29 hd

441.77

—

MO average15 barns · 1,701 hd

477.65

−35.88

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

−30.35

This barn, trailing median23 sales

453.16

−11.39

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	1,538	203.54	3,129	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,445	176.96	2,556	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,172	166.62	1,952	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,030	141.09	1,453	6thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	339	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,712	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,242	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,798	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	551.84/cwt	518.00–600.00	2,296	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	475	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,660	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	504.76/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,413	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,374	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,550	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,647	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	570	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,234	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,599	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	584	438.38/cwt	435.00–446.00	2,560	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,698	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,688	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	410.13/cwt	397.00–425.00	2,777	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,914	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	759	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,839	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	827	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,861	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	296	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,806	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,006	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,652	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,012	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,975	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	430	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,883	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,178	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,953	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	412.85/cwt	408.00–419.00	2,362	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,139	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	577	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,227	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	378.35/cwt	378.00–379.00	2,327	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	367.49/cwt	363.00–369.00	2,470	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,441	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	347.66/cwt	347.00–348.00	2,493	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	722	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,408	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	337.23/cwt	329.50–346.00	2,587	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,024	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,437	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,485	204.41/cwt	194.00–213.00	3,035	5
Bulls	—	—	1,535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,377	1
Bulls	—	—	1,670	193.14/cwt	192.00–194.00	3,225	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	980	118.98/cwt	118.00–120.00	1,166	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,055	152.14/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,605	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,145	154.10/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,764	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,165	167.99/cwt	159.00–175.00	1,957	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,290	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,296	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,443	172.67/cwt	165.00–175.00	2,492	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,446	181.26/cwt	178.00–185.00	2,621	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	289.58/cwt	256.00–312.00	2,852	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,094	260.28/cwt	240.00–286.00	2,847	4

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 Mar 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 368Last week 470Year ago 640

Slaughter CattleReceipts 48Last week 96Year ago 90

Replacement CattleReceipts 10Last week 40Year ago 20

Compared to last week, a light run of calves and feeders sold mostly steady. Demand was moderate to good for a light supply. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-8.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	339	505.00	505.00
8	350–400	367	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	635.00	635.00
7	400–450	416	518.00–600.00	551.84
20	450–500	478	500.00–520.00	504.76
2	500–550	522	507.00	507.00
2	550–600	575	452.00	452.00
2	600–650	605	446.00	446.00
13	650–700	677	397.00–425.00	410.13
3	750–800	753	387.00	387.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	492	482.50	482.50
2	500–550	512	498.00	498.00
7	600–650	611	440.00	440.00
5	750–800	759	374.00	374.00
4	800–850	827	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	570	392.00	392.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	584	435.00–446.00	438.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	560.00	560.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	296	610.00	610.00
2	300–350	340	590.00	590.00
2	350–400	387	520.00	520.00
4	400–450	403	490.00	490.00
12	450–500	485	449.00	449.00
18	550–600	572	408.00–419.00	412.85
12	650–700	672	363.00–369.00	367.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	432.50	432.50
5	450–500	487	401.00	401.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	372.00	372.00
6	600–650	615	378.00–379.00	378.35
3	650–700	680	359.00	359.00
6	700–750	717	347.00–348.00	347.66
10	750–800	767	329.50–346.00	337.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	722	333.50	333.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	438.00	438.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	577	386.00	386.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	590	413.00	413.00

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	4	—	1,094	240.00–286.00	260.28
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	985	256.00–312.00	289.58

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,670	192.00–194.00	193.14
5	—	1,485	194.00–213.00	204.41
1	—	1,535	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,165	159.00–175.00	167.99
2	—	1,145	153.00–155.00	154.10
1	—	1,290	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,443	165.00–175.00	172.67
4	—	1,446	178.00–185.00	181.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	980	118.00–120.00	118.98
4	—	1,055	145.00–159.00	152.14

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.