Sale reports / Missouri / Mo-Kan Livestock Market / 2026-11-05

Mo-Kan Livestock Market

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Butler, Missouri · Thu, Nov 5
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1811
← Oct 29Nov 5latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
593 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 631▼ 202 vs year ago 795 · −25.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 139▼ 68 vs year ago 118 · −57.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 20▲ 53 vs year ago 20 · +265.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a lighter run of calves didn't offer too many true comparisons but steer calves sold with a weak to lower undertone and heifer calves sold mostly steady. Three loads of green yearling steers averaging 936 lb's highlighted the sale. Cattle futures continued their tumble lower Thursday. Supply was light to moderate. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $381.01/cwt on 37 head, down $27.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 24 comparable sales and sits −70.74 against this barn's trailing median of $451.75.
Average price
$381.01
▼ 27.10 vs prior sale
37 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,196
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−20.99
vs MO average
−33.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1567405.182,29611thin
Medium and Large 1-2581370.782,15326
One grade step is worth $34.40/cwt here — about $143 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 sale37 hd
381.01
—
MO average16 barns · 2,164 hd
402.00
−20.99
National average135 barns · 15,890 hd
414.30
−33.29
This barn, trailing median24 sales
451.75
−70.74
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

24 sales
506458409361median 451.7503/1204/2306/0410/0111/05
Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.10, low $375.17, median $451.75 across 24 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—High1,853185.893,4448thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,439126.161,81616
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,206116.411,40316
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,026106.461,0928thin

Every lot

47 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1442460.68/cwt460.00–464.002,03611
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465447.95/cwt440.00–460.002,0839
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487401.75/cwt378.00–418.001,9578
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,0972
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1547388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,1222
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,3359
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585368.51/cwt366.00–370.002,15624
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612357.94/cwt354.00–362.002,1914
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1647350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2657
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,3195
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy735329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,4186
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy895285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,5517
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1936321.50/cwt321.50–321.503,009187
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375457.51/cwt434.00–470.001,7166
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,6192
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438435.87/cwt424.00–442.001,90913
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473357.97/cwt356.00–360.001,6934
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474411.89/cwt376.00–436.001,95217
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523365.43/cwt363.00–367.001,9115
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529353.42/cwt330.00–366.001,87011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1557360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,0052
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned569314.00/cwt314.00–314.001,7875
Heifers550–600Large 1-2581285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6563
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618339.77/cwt337.00–341.002,10016
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,1044
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy786294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,3115
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,48737
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy854280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,3916
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2315570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,7963
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2442442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,9542
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2466384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,7893
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530352.96/cwt344.00–362.001,8714
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2565345.23/cwt342.00–350.001,9515
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned750302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,2654
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,817176.97/cwt172.00–185.003,2165
Bulls——1,912200.75/cwt193.00–211.003,8383
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,026106.46/cwt94.00–115.001,0928
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164117.46/cwt114.00–127.001,36711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,240128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,5871
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,270118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,4991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,311110.63/cwt106.00–114.001,4504
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,412124.31/cwt118.00–129.001,75511
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,556133.27/cwt131.00–137.002,0744
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2898256.91/cwt244.00–310.002,30716
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,093202.72/cwt180.00–228.002,2169
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150155.44/cwt152.00–184.001,78810
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,178155.37/cwt137.00–166.001,8306

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.