Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs were lightly tested with mostly all new crop calves short weaned ( 30 days or less), 550-650 lbs sold steady on comparable sales and weights, 650-700 lb steers on a light test sold steady to 7.00 higher and couple pot loads of yearling steers weighing 863 and 970 lbs were not well tested on comparable weights. Heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold 8.00-12.00 higher, with 500-650 lbs mostly steady with two part loads of 758-781 lb heifers selling with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply with quality overall good but mostly new crop short weaned steer calves weaned 3-4 weeks, also a much lighter offering of calves this week especially steer calves with demand best on the 4 weight heifers selling on and active market and two part loads of 758-781 lb heifers trading at 276.35-277.75 and 45 steers weighing 664 lbs at 345.25. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.33/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −131.11 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$357.33

136 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$56.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.51

vs MO average

−11.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	360.04	1,978	105
Medium and Large 1-2	525	352.86	1,853	28
Medium and Large 2	548	304.00	1,666	3thin

One grade step is worth $56.04/cwt here — about $312 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale136 hd

357.33

—

MO average17 barns · 2,526 hd

365.83

−8.51

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−11.68

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−131.11

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	—	Average	1,705	170.47	2,906	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,783	146.66	2,615	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,468	142.04	2,086	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,218	137.85	1,679	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	125.39	1,264	45
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,269	210.39	2,670	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,433	223.75	3,206	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,659	216.00	3,583	4thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	626	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,066	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	383.32/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,644	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,815	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	340.64/cwt	324.50–345.25	2,272	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	368.28/cwt	344.00–388.00	1,746	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	303.89/cwt	295.00–312.00	1,890	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,021	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,339	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	346.68/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,466	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,274	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	494.31/cwt	482.50–510.00	1,562	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	651	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,051	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	285.88/cwt	283.50–291.50	2,035	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,911	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	358.63/cwt	352.00–367.00	1,858	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	408.19/cwt	390.00–416.00	1,853	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	313.89/cwt	306.00–327.00	1,886	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	371.31/cwt	362.00–374.00	1,782	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	389.85/cwt	375.00–392.00	1,700	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	340.69/cwt	333.00–354.50	2,143	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,515	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	2,524	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	421.64/cwt	400.00–432.00	1,779	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	382.63/cwt	380.00–384.00	1,814	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,014	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,400	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	367.05/cwt	365.00–371.00	1,901	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	353.51/cwt	338.00–370.50	2,026	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,399	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	428.09/cwt	411.00–443.00	1,571	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	342.47/cwt	339.00–346.00	1,842	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	396.57/cwt	395.00–397.50	1,697	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	362.49/cwt	360.00–364.00	1,729	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,560	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,835	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,147	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	326.31/cwt	316.00–344.00	1,870	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	146.46/cwt	142.00–157.00	2,143	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,472	137.48/cwt	133.00–141.00	2,024	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	992	111.26/cwt	102.00–115.00	1,104	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,786	147.74/cwt	147.00–149.00	2,639	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	144.31/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,761	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,778	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	2,569	2
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,433	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	3,206	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,659	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,583	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,269	210.39/cwt	208.50–211.00	2,670	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	127.49/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,910	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,212	125.21/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,518	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	136.21/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,396	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	122.94/cwt	118.00–129.00	1,229	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	134.77/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,640	28
Bulls	—	—	1,603	168.45/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,700	9
Bulls	—	—	1,847	151.79/cwt	147.00–160.00	2,804	3
Bulls	—	—	1,774	181.06/cwt	177.00–186.00	3,212	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	271.51/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	403.64/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,469	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	322.36/cwt	310.00–339.00	1,837	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,840	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,696	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,904	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	335.96/cwt	327.50–354.00	1,797	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,978	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	237.71/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,571	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	424.71/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,172	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	310.56/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,612	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,227	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,891	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,032	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	260.58/cwt	260.00–261.50	1,858	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	277.08/cwt	276.35–277.75	2,134	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,180	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,917	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,643	19

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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