Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2024-07-15

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jul 15
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
942 head
2,505 vs last sale 3,447 789 vs year ago 1,731 · 45.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
154 vs last sale 250 209 vs year ago 305 · 68.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter offering this week with steer and heifer calves weighing under 600 lbs. selling in mostly small packages and not a good comparison with last week's large offering of top quality calves, a few comparisons of 4 weight steers did sell with a steady to firm undertone with other calves trading with a weak to lower undertone. A pot load of 728 lb. steers off the same consignment as last week weighing near the same sold 5.00 lower. Three pot loads of 650-669 lb. heifers were not tested with last week's scarce offering of heifers weighing over 650 lbs. Demand was moderate to good on a light supply . Slaughter cows 4.00-6.00 lower compared to last week's very active market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $290.44/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 147.50 against this barn's trailing median of $437.95.
Average price
$290.44
129 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,635
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$279
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.19
vs MO average
+32.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571302.031,72471
Medium and Large 1-2553277.311,53355
Medium and Large 2562257.001,4443thin
One grade step is worth $45.03/cwt here — about $279 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
497449400352median 437.9501/0503/0204/2006/1508/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.04, low $365.59, median $437.95 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale129 hd
290.44
MO average16 barns · 2,488 hd
280.25
+10.19
National average156 barns · 7,883 hd
257.80
+32.64
This barn, trailing median29 sales
437.95
−147.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsLow1,625170.232,76611
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,700164.002,7881thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,488151.942,2608thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,231144.791,78227
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,035132.221,36827
SteersChoiceAverage1,271196.762,5015thin

Every lot, as filed

60 lots · USDA AMS · Callaway Livestock Center - Kingdom City, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 2Unweaned600–650600239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4343
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600586305.49/cwt300.00–314.001,79017
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700656286.33/cwt271.00–290.501,87814
Bulls1,720154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,6491
Bulls1,758177.69/cwt174.00–181.003,1245
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,489157.54/cwt154.00–164.002,3464
SteersChoice1,271196.76/cwt195.00–201.002,5015
Bulls1,473166.01/cwt163.00–169.002,4455
CowsLean 85-90%1,091110.91/cwt109.00–113.001,2104
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433378.00/cwt378.00–378.001,6375
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500461381.50/cwt371.00–387.001,75922
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450444368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,6346
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550504338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,7044
HeifersMedium 2600–650628237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4883
CowsLean 85-90%1,030147.69/cwt139.00–159.001,5219
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650623265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,6513
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400390345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,3463
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650626260.75/cwt260.75–260.751,63210
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450429273.69/cwt260.00–284.001,1747
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523338.57/cwt330.00–354.001,77126
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622310.32/cwt304.00–313.001,93014
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600562257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,4443
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750713240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7113
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700675247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,6673
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600590272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,6083
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700672249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,6775
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750711254.51/cwt252.00–256.001,81013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427341.57/cwt337.00–350.001,4598
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900863241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,0803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500483323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,5603
CowsLean 85-90%1,022128.37/cwt120.00–135.001,31214
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,700164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,7881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,271123.54/cwt118.00–130.001,5705
CowsBoner 80-85%1,211139.96/cwt134.00–147.001,6957
CowsBoner 80-85%1,227154.13/cwt149.00–160.001,89115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486146.33/cwt143.00–149.002,1744
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472332.44/cwt330.00–335.001,56916
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750728292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,12674
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560319.73/cwt319.00–320.001,79011
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510308.23/cwt302.00–316.001,57222
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600598299.25/cwt299.25–299.251,79049
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700651278.25/cwt278.25–278.251,811176
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450410346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,41910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650640254.50/cwt254.50–254.501,6299
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450428336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,4383
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550520280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4563
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350348345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650637286.14/cwt273.00–295.001,82319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450448285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2774
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350338330.17/cwt322.50–337.501,1166
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750720230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500483306.97/cwt301.00–313.001,4836
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600555272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5105
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570271.38/cwt262.00–279.501,54730
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800780242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,8923
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550507329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,6685
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650606276.06/cwt265.75–282.001,67324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450421299.38/cwt293.00–304.001,26010
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532284.42/cwt271.00–293.001,51325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700669269.50/cwt269.50–269.501,80380

How this sale compares

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.