Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2024-08-19

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 19
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,787 head
638 vs last sale 1,149 1,224 vs year ago 563 · +217.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
8 vs last sale 83 83 vs year ago 158 · 52.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs on a light offering traded steady to firm, 550-600 lbs sold firm to 10.00 higher, with 650-700 lbs trading steady to firm, with 5 pot loads of yearling steers over 700 lbs all selling with a firm to higher undertone with no recent comparisons of pot loads. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs were lightly tested, with 500-550 lbs trading near steady, 550-600 lbs sold firm to 7.00 higher, 600-650 lbs traded 8.00-10.00 higher and a light test of 650-700 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Demand was best on the pot loads with a pot load of top quality steers weighing 735 lbs at 285.75, two pot loads steers weighing 903-910 lbs 238.50-241.00, two pot loads weighing 951-985 lbs 232.00-235.00 and 74 hd of 584 lb heifers at 285 .50. Demand was also very good on the 600-650 lb heifers. Slaughter cows sold firm to 5.00 higher with the most advance on the high dressing cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $314.01/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 174.43 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$314.01
146 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$281
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.02
vs MO average
+43.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1562320.991,804105
Medium and Large 1-2549296.611,62938
Medium and Large 2525290.001,5233thin
One grade step is worth $30.99/cwt here — about $281 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
539488437386median 488.4401/0503/0204/2006/1508/10
Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.16, low $400.00, median $488.44 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 sale146 hd
314.01
MO average13 barns · 1,475 hd
296.98
+17.02
National average163 barns · 7,520 hd
270.50
+43.51
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
−174.43
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
BullsHigh1,648180.542,97412
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,623152.542,4762thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,443149.642,15913
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,216144.011,75124
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,012129.781,31413
SteersChoiceAverage1,339190.532,5514thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000970233.43/cwt232.00–235.002,264114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800771253.65/cwt253.25–255.501,95622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700676275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,86212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850829244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,0234
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350325392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,2763
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400373383.20/cwt382.00–390.001,42949
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950943210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,9803
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600566315.86/cwt302.00–325.001,78864
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700671282.35/cwt277.50–286.751,89572
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735285.75/cwt285.75–285.752,10075
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,5129
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950906239.74/cwt238.50–241.002,172115
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550–600567333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,88822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650631278.52/cwt269.00–285.501,75791
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800787255.50/cwt255.50–255.502,0113
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700653253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,6528
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300283420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,18928
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575285.49/cwt282.00–292.001,64218
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5233
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473337.77/cwt329.00–345.001,59816
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,2683
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed600–650626299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,8729
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485287.00/cwt280.00–290.001,39247
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed650–700650280.03/cwt278.75–283.501,82052
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550507284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,4409
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400353345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2189
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600592277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,6407
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700656260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7065
SteersChoice1,339190.53/cwt190.00–191.002,5514
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445151.19/cwt145.00–159.002,18512
CowsLean 85-90%960104.89/cwt100.00–110.001,0073
CowsBoner 80-85%1,218147.28/cwt143.00–159.001,79416
CowsBoner 80-85%1,212137.47/cwt131.50–142.001,6668
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,623152.54/cwt151.00–154.002,4762
CowsLean 85-90%1,033138.94/cwt132.00–144.001,4358
CowsLean 85-90%1,008130.48/cwt130.00–131.001,3152
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,415131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,8541
Bulls1,656183.68/cwt179.00–186.003,04210
Bulls1,605164.81/cwt159.00–171.002,6452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569257.38/cwt252.00–263.001,46419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450427296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,2649
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518280.89/cwt274.00–285.001,45512
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500455300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3656
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658267.04/cwt264.00–270.001,75718
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525291.49/cwt285.00–296.001,53027
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,87610
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650621274.14/cwt266.50–277.001,702100
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600577285.93/cwt274.00–292.501,650122
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450413322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,3309
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526306.61/cwt301.00–309.001,61320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650629258.49/cwt256.50–265.001,62624
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750725255.65/cwt250.00–263.501,85332
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600–650619287.84/cwt287.75–288.001,78228
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450417290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2095
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650622239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,4873
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550542324.37/cwt324.00–325.001,75819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476312.13/cwt307.50–315.001,48617

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.