Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2024-10-07

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Oct 7
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,313 head
25 vs last sale 1,288 168 vs year ago 1,481 · 11.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
10 vs last sale 150 70 vs year ago 210 · 33.3%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers calves weighing 400-450 lbs and 550-600 lbs sold 5.00-12.00 higher with 450-500 lbs trading with a sharply higher undertone on light comparison, 500-550 lb sold fully steady to firm with 600-650 lbs selling 6.00-8.00 higher, pot load of yearlings steers weighing 688 lbs sold with a higher undertone and 700-750 lbs traded 4.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500 lbs sold steady to firm, with 5 weight heifers selling with a higher undertone on a light comparison the 6 weight heifers were mostly yearlings selling with a higher undertone than last week's light test. Demand was good on a moderate offering with the best demand on a good quality offering of steers weighing 400-750 lbs. Bulk of the steer calves were weaned with shots a few unweaned consignments sold with discounts few stick out sales included a pot load of steers weighing 688 lbs at 287.00, couple part loads and group of yearling heifers weighing 667-685 lbs sold from 267.75-274.25. Slaughter cows pretty much got back all they lost last week selling 3.00-8.00 higher, spots 10.00-12.00 higher on the high dressing cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $296.77/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 191.66 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$296.77
202 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,660
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$25.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+15.82
vs MO average
+2.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558299.641,673179
Medium and Large 1-2569274.431,56323
One grade step is worth $25.22/cwt here — about $110 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 sale202 hd
296.77
MO average15 barns · 1,410 hd
280.95
+15.82
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
+2.46
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
−191.66
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
BullsHigh1,840154.792,84813
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,721135.862,3387thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,443133.051,92036
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,240121.891,51244
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,03499.441,02919

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400374281.69/cwt275.00–289.001,0546
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400395352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,3925
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900875243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,1264
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550530313.67/cwt300.00–321.001,66254
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500483277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,3388
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550513266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3653
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600596255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5204
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350308375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1553
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800786252.87/cwt250.00–255.001,9889
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623284.98/cwt279.00–290.001,77583
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750724274.14/cwt271.75–277.001,98574
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500461356.13/cwt351.00–360.001,64221
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425352.42/cwt335.00–357.001,49828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575271.34/cwt265.00–276.001,56020
SteersLarge 1-2700–750746258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,92514
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600568302.41/cwt288.00–315.501,71895
SteersLarge 1-2650–700675262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,7695
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700656257.76/cwt257.00–259.001,6918
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,5814
SteersLarge 1-2600–650606267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6187
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650637256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6319
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600578265.64/cwt262.00–272.501,53530
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550532295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,5693
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700685286.32/cwt279.50–287.001,96184
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700674274.25/cwt274.25–274.251,84842
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550522293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,52919
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400395341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,3477
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550524289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,5145
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600586248.02/cwt246.00–251.001,45310
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500482325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5674
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,436126.46/cwt122.00–129.001,8167
CowsBoner 80-85%1,251108.29/cwt102.00–112.001,35511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,247131.68/cwt128.00–138.001,64217
CowsBoner 80-85%1,226120.83/cwt116.00–126.001,48116
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,721135.86/cwt134.00–138.002,3387
CowsLean 85-90%1,07597.44/cwt92.00–104.001,0477
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445135.34/cwt130.00–145.001,95628
CowsLean 85-90%1,040113.17/cwt110.00–118.001,1777
CowsLean 85-90%97083.03/cwt81.00–85.008055
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6621
Bulls1,985161.17/cwt160.00–163.503,1995
Bulls1,790153.35/cwt145.00–160.002,7457
Bulls1,460133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,9421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550531264.54/cwt261.00–267.001,40531
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500472285.52/cwt284.00–288.001,34837
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500487255.67/cwt250.00–260.001,2459
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600571255.48/cwt255.00–257.001,45916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425276.23/cwt269.00–281.001,17412
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy650–700652245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,59713
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900879224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,9694
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527272.35/cwt270.00–284.001,43545
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700680268.12/cwt267.75–269.501,82351
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600569276.03/cwt271.00–280.501,57117
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350312330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0305
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450406258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,0475
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500465274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,2743
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800750224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,6845
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700659244.42/cwt244.00–245.001,6117
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616245.41/cwt245.00–246.001,5125
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650635276.50/cwt276.50–276.501,75632

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.