Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2024-09-09

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Sep 9
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,485 head
1,423 vs last sale 1,062 510 vs year ago 1,975 · +25.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
30 vs last sale 180 111 vs year ago 261 · 42.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago much lighter offering, steers calves under 550 lbs were not well tested, with a much lighter offering of steer calves and yearlings weighing from 550-800 lbs selling with a weak to lower undertone, with 6 pot loads of 850-983 lb steers also trading with a lower undertone. Feeder heifers had the best test on 550-600 lbs trading steady to firm, spots 5.00 higher with the 600-650 lb heifers selling 6.00-8.00 lower all other weights of heifers were lightly tested. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate supply. Overall a nice quality offering of calves and yearlings with the largest draft 116 head of 983 lb steers selling at 227.00, four pot loads of yearling steers weighing 850-890 lbs sold from 232.75-235.75, pot load of 613 lb heifers sold at 263.25 and a pot load heifers weighing 668 lbs at 253.00. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $291.68/cwt on 240 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 196.75 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$291.68
240 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$14.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.23
vs MO average
+23.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556296.601,649156
Medium and Large 1-2549282.551,55284
One grade step is worth $14.05/cwt here — about $97 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.

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 sale240 hd
291.68
MO average13 barns · 2,096 hd
281.45
+10.23
National average178 barns · 13,815 hd
268.20
+23.48
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
−196.75
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
BullsLow1,696160.532,72317
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,635141.872,3202thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,264136.861,73137
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,463136.551,99822
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,042117.061,22024

Every lot, as filed

68 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 1450–500457332.42/cwt319.00–340.001,51920
SteersLarge 1950–1000983227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,231116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500472271.71/cwt265.00–281.001,28259
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550504272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,3714
SteersMedium and Large 2950–1000974214.50/cwt214.50–214.502,08920
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700668237.13/cwt236.00–237.501,5848
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850846236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,99738
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450432322.42/cwt317.00–330.001,3937
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550548241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3213
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900867234.27/cwt232.75–236.502,031200
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567292.59/cwt285.00–301.001,659125
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550511312.78/cwt300.00–318.001,59831
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850810226.68/cwt225.25–230.001,83620
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650627271.89/cwt263.00–276.001,70549
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700673275.41/cwt268.75–282.751,85495
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750714255.29/cwt249.50–256.501,82317
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800767248.76/cwt243.25–253.001,90863
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619290.80/cwt279.00–298.501,80059
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800790237.75/cwt237.75–237.751,87864
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720259.92/cwt256.50–264.501,87190
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950942228.05/cwt226.00–228.502,14871
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700671249.34/cwt245.50–252.501,6739
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900860222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,9093
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650636250.31/cwt247.00–252.501,59210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400385306.27/cwt301.00–322.501,17920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550533288.36/cwt282.00–297.001,53739
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569278.05/cwt269.00–285.001,58241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500476303.17/cwt294.00–316.001,44315
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550529273.92/cwt268.00–280.001,44950
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,47220
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900853179.50/cwt179.50–179.501,5316
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600583270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,57410
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned350–400395292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,15310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700663244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,6185
CowsLean 85-90%1,03586.84/cwt83.00–91.008993
CowsBoner 80-85%1,260125.74/cwt123.00–129.001,5844
CowsLean 85-90%1,082111.43/cwt106.00–116.001,2066
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,497122.93/cwt120.00–125.001,8403
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486141.72/cwt138.00–148.002,1069
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,635141.87/cwt139.00–145.002,3202
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265134.46/cwt130.00–136.001,70111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,265140.09/cwt137.00–145.001,77222
CowsLean 85-90%1,015132.48/cwt132.00–133.001,3452
CowsLean 85-90%1,030124.26/cwt120.00–130.001,28013
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,432135.98/cwt134.00–137.001,94710
Bulls1,755149.13/cwt142.00–152.002,6174
Bulls1,678164.04/cwt156.00–170.002,75313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800758227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,72411
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700685224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,5343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750706231.04/cwt220.00–234.251,63128
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550525246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,2923
HeifersLarge 1-2950–1000978199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,94610
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415297.37/cwt297.00–298.001,23411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600580254.00/cwt252.00–255.501,47332
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600590264.22/cwt256.50–268.501,55974
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500486290.14/cwt284.00–299.001,41024
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950921209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,9296
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,1453
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850802228.25/cwt228.25–228.251,83124
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650624255.76/cwt243.00–260.001,59629
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700668253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,69081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350328297.32/cwt292.00–301.009755
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950942218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,0546
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700680238.61/cwt235.00–241.001,62325
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650617264.29/cwt261.00–271.501,631126
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600570240.37/cwt240.00–242.001,37016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450424283.99/cwt283.00–285.001,20411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000953198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,8878

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.