Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2025-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, market gained back all it lost last week and added on considerably as a light test from last week of 4 weight steers sold with a sharply higher undertone, 500-550 lbs sold firm to 10.00 higher, 550-600 lb steers sold 15.00-20.00 higher, spots 25.00 higher, 600-700 lbs steers sold 5.00-10.00 higher and yearling steers over 700 lbs sold mostly 8.00-14.00 higher on the large drafts and pot loads. Feeder heifers gained the most as 400-600 lb heifers sold mostly 20.00-30.00 higher spots 35.00-40.00 higher on the 400-450 lb heifers with 600-700 lbs trading mostly steady, over 700 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone. Market was very active on a heavy supply with lots of attractive/top quality calves and yearlings in the offering many selling with good weighing conditions. Much warmer temperatures this week, with the fed cattle market that keeps reaching new highs every week with most sales last week in the Northern Plains at 210.00-212.00, also COF report on Friday was friendly with Placements at 97 percent. Several stick out sales included pot load steers weighing 798 lbs 285.25, pot load steers weighing 829 lbs at 279.75, 120 head 904 lb steers at 266.60 and 38 head of 509 lb heifers at 351.00. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.37/cwt on 444 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −142.07 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$346.37

444 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$314

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$64.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.54

vs MO average

−2.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	354.13	1,978	358
Medium and Large 1-2	554	316.40	1,752	78
Large 1	559	293.00	1,638	4thin
Medium and Large 2	574	290.00	1,665	4thin

One grade step is worth $64.13/cwt here — about $314 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

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 sale444 hd

346.37

—

MO average15 barns · 4,151 hd

338.84

+7.54

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−2.29

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−142.07

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	1,765	186.00	3,283	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,458	134.39	1,960	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,249	129.33	1,615	55
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,747	129.16	2,256	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,045	118.72	1,241	22
Steers	Choice	Average	1,356	201.28	2,729	7thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,595	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,429	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	113.03/cwt	106.00–117.00	1,405	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	728	284.84/cwt	280.75–287.00	2,074	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	594	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,527	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	360.79/cwt	359.00–367.00	1,858	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	318.77/cwt	308.00–337.50	1,648	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	395.36/cwt	384.00–408.00	1,724	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	286.85/cwt	276.50–290.00	2,220	340
Steers	Large 1	550–600	559	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	309.57/cwt	295.00–318.00	2,102	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	322.22/cwt	309.00–339.00	1,982	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	288.10/cwt	277.00–295.50	1,956	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	300.30/cwt	293.50–307.00	1,886	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	366.80/cwt	347.50–390.00	1,959	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	340.35/cwt	329.00–362.00	1,967	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	266.60/cwt	266.60–266.60	2,410	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	374.80/cwt	366.00–385.00	1,777	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	346.69/cwt	339.00–353.00	1,449	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	264.58/cwt	260.50–265.50	2,199	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	283.23/cwt	280.00–286.00	2,034	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	298.50/cwt	288.50–309.25	2,167	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	425.20/cwt	417.50–442.50	1,573	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,257	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	289	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,337	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	263.76/cwt	260.00–271.00	2,005	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	351.07/cwt	332.00–361.00	1,689	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	278.70/cwt	271.00–279.75	2,305	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	314.15/cwt	300.00–324.00	1,831	42
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	564	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,072	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,645	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	565	372.15/cwt	367.00–374.00	2,103	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	414	411.36/cwt	404.00–418.00	1,703	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,369	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,702	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,860	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,259	137.11/cwt	131.00–146.00	1,726	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	125.77/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,560	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	105.66/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,087	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	127.96/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,356	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	129.04/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,852	7
Steers	Choice	—	1,356	201.28/cwt	199.00–207.00	2,729	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	112.93/cwt	111.00–115.00	1,615	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	138.21/cwt	134.00–147.00	2,030	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,764	133.09/cwt	131.00–137.00	2,348	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,725	124.24/cwt	120.00–128.00	2,143	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	115.29/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,197	9
Bulls	—	—	1,765	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	3,283	1
Heifers	Medium 2-3	600–650	625	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,250	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	335.56/cwt	310.00–352.00	1,745	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,668	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	240.34/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,389	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,438	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	537	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,632	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	310.15/cwt	295.00–322.00	1,486	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	339.47/cwt	324.00–361.00	1,623	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	275.71/cwt	270.00–280.50	1,828	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	308.76/cwt	300.00–338.00	1,794	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	361.85/cwt	335.00–384.00	1,523	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	397.80/cwt	361.00–405.00	1,520	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	297.57/cwt	284.00–303.00	1,577	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	270.38/cwt	262.00–276.75	1,925	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,327	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,996	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	285.90/cwt	282.00–296.00	1,781	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	466	387.13/cwt	382.50–390.00	1,804	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,844	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	552	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,943	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	279.05/cwt	276.00–280.00	1,747	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	285.74/cwt	269.00–300.00	1,626	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	316.33/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,392	15
Steers	Large 1	600–650	622	304.91/cwt	301.00–310.50	1,897	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	426.55/cwt	421.00–435.00	1,429	18

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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