Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's very active market, this week's market was very uneven with a light test of 400-500 lb steers selling with a lower undertone, 500-550 lb steers held their ground and traded steady to firm with 550-600 lbs steers selling mostly 5.00-10.00 lower, 600-650 lb steers sold mostly 10.00-15.00 lower with 650-800 lb selling 2.00-5.00 lower and yearling steers over 800 lbs trading 3.00-10.00 lower with the most decline on the 8 weight steers. Feeder heifers weighing 450-550 lbs on a lighter offering than last week sold 10.00-18.00 lower, with 600-650 lb heifers selling steady to firm, and near 350 head of 650-700 lb heifers sold with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was moderate to good with supply moderate to heavy. The market lost some momentum on the 550-650 lb steers this week also on the 450-550 lb heifers but numbers were also much lighter on the heifers and the the overall quality on many of the calves didn't run as deep as last week. Demand still remains good on the top quality feeders that are long timed weaned and with a vaccination program but last week's aggressive market was hard to top. Several stick out sales included 40 head of 522 lb steers at 380.00, 82 head of 701 lb steers at 298.25, pot load of 939 lb steers at 255.35 and a pot load of heifers weighing 662 lbs at 283.85. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-10.00 higher on and active market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.95/cwt on 352 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −149.48 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$338.95

352 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$111

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$38.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.02

vs MO average

−1.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	345.09	1,895	284
Medium and Large 1-2	553	313.94	1,737	62
Large 1	581	307.00	1,784	6thin

One grade step is worth $38.09/cwt here — about $111 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

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 sale352 hd

338.95

—

MO average18 barns · 4,251 hd

332.93

+6.02

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−1.99

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−149.48

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,753	174.60	3,061	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,698	141.50	2,403	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,456	137.45	2,002	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,196	134.14	1,604	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	986	105.44	1,039	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,034	196.00	2,027	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	206.69	2,976	4thin

Every lot, as filed

80 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,042	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	389	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,144	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	574	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,458	6
Steers	Large 1	600–650	602	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,788	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,580	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	312.99/cwt	303.50–328.50	1,934	246
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	806	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,902	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	8
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,040	207.25/cwt	207.25–207.25	2,155	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	302.88/cwt	291.50–309.50	1,993	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	375.99/cwt	372.00–387.50	1,605	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	264.31/cwt	262.50–265.50	2,136	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	316.17/cwt	313.00–327.00	1,821	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	354.50/cwt	344.00–372.00	1,709	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	278.53/cwt	273.00–282.00	2,175	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	295.33/cwt	290.00–298.25	2,115	287
Steers	Large 1	550–600	581	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	274.94/cwt	257.50–280.50	2,015	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	255.10/cwt	254.85–255.35	2,388	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	361.35/cwt	339.00–380.00	1,883	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	326.87/cwt	323.00–335.00	1,886	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	256.89/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,965	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	216.89/cwt	216.50–217.75	2,119	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	426	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,367	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	330.54/cwt	325.00–337.00	1,554	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	280.95/cwt	265.00–289.00	1,888	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,154	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	311.85/cwt	291.00–325.00	1,659	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	248.71/cwt	244.00–254.50	1,838	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,256	4
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	635	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	295.65/cwt	285.00–305.50	1,836	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,417	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	291	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,237	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	656	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	290.27/cwt	285.50–300.00	1,808	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	255.25/cwt	244.00–274.00	1,220	8
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	531	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,248	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,579	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	137.98/cwt	133.00–148.00	1,649	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	112.96/cwt	107.00–116.00	1,167	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	140.25/cwt	134.00–147.00	2,025	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	128.10/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,919	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,379	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,195	125.32/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,498	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,440	206.69/cwt	200.00–211.00	2,976	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,034	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,027	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,698	141.50/cwt	139.00–144.00	2,403	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	125.26/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,261	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	88.89/cwt	81.00–91.00	812	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	97.95/cwt	95.00–103.00	999	4
Bulls	—	—	1,978	186.87/cwt	182.00–189.00	3,696	4
Bulls	—	—	1,660	171.52/cwt	166.00–175.00	2,847	3
Bulls	—	—	1,547	161.32/cwt	160.00–164.00	2,496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	305.61/cwt	296.00–323.00	1,604	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,893	11
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	576	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,596	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	277.75/cwt	271.75–283.85	1,883	345
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	236.18/cwt	234.00–241.00	1,840	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	261.77/cwt	258.25–267.00	1,919	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	300.48/cwt	288.00–318.00	1,728	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	326.36/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,358	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	312.69/cwt	309.00–327.50	1,473	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,982	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	261.39/cwt	248.50–269.00	1,738	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	271.25/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,693	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	232.20/cwt	227.00–236.00	1,598	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	306.28/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,259	32
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	563	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,408	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	303	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	954	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	481	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,361	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	299.28/cwt	291.00–302.00	1,446	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	275.58/cwt	264.00–285.00	1,587	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,480	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	283.26/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,515	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	588	316.08/cwt	315.00–316.50	1,859	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	773	244.58/cwt	244.50–245.00	1,891	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	724	257.35/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,863	9

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.

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