Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2026-06-18

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jun 18
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
639 head
▼ 1,038 vs last sale 1,677▲ 639 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
49 head
▼ 361 vs last sale 410▲ 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the big sale two weeks ago, the steers weighing 400-500 lbs. sold 20.00 to 25.00 higher. The 500-650 lb. steers sold steady to 10.00 higher, and the heavier weights were not well tested. The heifers sold mostly steady on very limited comparisons. The largest lot of the day was 41 hd. of 977 lb. heifers that sold with good demand at 297.00/cwt. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady, with a high dressing bull that sold up to 257.00/cwt. The cattle futures have had considerable gains to start the week, but ended up closing slightly lower on Thursday afternoon. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $460.48/cwt on 142 head, down $2.20 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 23 comparable sales and sits +7.32 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.
Average price
$460.48
▼ 2.20 vs prior sale
142 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,590
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$290
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$71.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.12
vs MO average
+1.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1566467.132,646102
Medium and Large 1-2550446.022,45138
Medium and Large 2595396.002,3562thin
One grade step is worth $71.13/cwt here — about $290 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale142 hd
460.48
—
MO average16 barns · 2,956 hd
470.60
−10.12
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
+1.43
This barn, trailing median23 sales
453.16
+7.32
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—Average1,830237.614,3496thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,405179.982,52812
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,159171.371,98616
CowsLean 85-90%Average924146.171,35111

Every lot

60 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,0745
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400536.00/cwt536.00–536.002,1442
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435538.91/cwt526.00–556.002,3449
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465509.34/cwt509.00–510.002,3689
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476531.00/cwt518.00–545.002,52818
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2482464.00/cwt464.00–464.002,2362
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned497450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2372
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527489.90/cwt479.00–499.002,58226
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538455.06/cwt441.00–466.002,44818
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560437.88/cwt430.00–452.002,45220
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580459.34/cwt449.00–478.002,66476
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Unweaned595396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,3562
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned620400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4802
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621427.40/cwt421.00–429.002,65410
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623446.88/cwt430.00–460.002,78426
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned636429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,7288
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Unweaned643351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,2574
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned655408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,6723
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679396.49/cwt382.00–403.502,69229
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715399.50/cwt399.50–399.502,85620
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,8272
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1945314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,9672
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364524.15/cwt516.00–540.001,90812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377489.38/cwt458.00–536.001,8459
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424496.96/cwt486.00–506.002,10716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,8459
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2462453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,0932
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned477439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,0944
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1487463.95/cwt460.00–469.002,2599
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2505441.27/cwt430.00–445.002,2288
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517449.29/cwt445.00–451.002,32345
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2522389.95/cwt380.00–402.002,0369
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned543414.91/cwt404.00–420.002,25316
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1577408.93/cwt389.00–420.002,36011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Full595350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0832
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625367.02/cwt346.00–385.002,29426
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1676348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,3528
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned765323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,4712
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,6005
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2946289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,7343
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1977297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,90241
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2993272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,7013
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2618395.22/cwt390.00–398.002,4429
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Full672290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9492
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2822306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,5152
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,460206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,0081
Bulls——1,758234.38/cwt233.00–236.004,1202
Bulls——1,945244.00/cwt244.00–244.004,7461
Bulls——2,030253.44/cwt250.00–257.005,1452
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%740121.01/cwt100.00–137.008953
Cows—Lean 85-90%872149.37/cwt149.00–150.001,3033
Cows—Lean 85-90%988156.20/cwt153.00–158.001,5433
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,144165.71/cwt162.00–168.001,8967
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164174.61/cwt170.00–183.002,0328
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,183164.07/cwt162.00–166.001,9412
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,220185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,2571
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,366178.48/cwt174.00–184.002,4388
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,447186.99/cwt186.00–188.002,7063
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,585171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,7101

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.