Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2026-06-25

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Jun 25
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
Feeder Cattle receipts
278 head
▼ 361 vs last sale 639▲ 278 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 49▲ 85 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. Demand was moderate to good for a light supply. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $450.34/cwt on 57 head, down $10.13 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 23 comparable sales and sits −2.82 against this barn's trailing median of $453.16.
Average price
$450.34
▼ 10.13 vs prior sale
57 head · 531 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,390
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$308
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−27.38
vs MO average
−18.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568459.912,61216thin
Medium and Large 1-2516446.612,30541
One grade step is worth $13.30/cwt here — about $308 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale57 hd
450.34
—
MO average19 barns · 3,475 hd
477.73
−27.38
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
−18.12
This barn, trailing median23 sales
453.16
−2.82
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—Average1,752243.254,26117
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,117179.762,00818
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,475178.322,6306thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low998148.621,4837thin

Every lot

28 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2296585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,7327
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390486.00/cwt486.00–486.001,89511
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2447484.79/cwt482.00–515.002,16723
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516446.61/cwt443.00–468.002,30541
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568459.91/cwt459.00–464.002,61216
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616421.00/cwt421.00–421.002,59310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned645420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,7098
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2698397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,7713
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447508.03/cwt498.00–518.002,2716
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,1953
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1511468.00/cwt468.00–468.002,3919
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy535428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,29012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,2264
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1590410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,4198
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606389.23/cwt385.00–392.002,3595
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,56316
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2521459.86/cwt448.00–476.002,3967
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2556450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,5024
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,528219.19/cwt217.00–221.003,3492
Bulls——1,716238.47/cwt226.00–246.004,0925
Bulls——1,814250.45/cwt246.00–260.004,54310
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%937155.44/cwt148.00–159.001,4563
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043143.51/cwt136.00–147.001,4974
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110177.18/cwt167.00–184.001,96714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,141188.77/cwt187.00–192.002,1544
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,395188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,6231
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,465177.98/cwt173.00–184.002,6074
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,595170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,7121

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.