Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2025-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light test overall with steer calves under 600 lbs sold within last week's price ranges and for the most part sold near the top end, with a light test over 600 lbs not well tested on comparable sales and selling with a lower undertone, included a pot load of steers weighing 765 lbs at 286.50. Heifer calves under 600 lbs all sold with a lower undertone with mostly new crop calves with few sales over 600 lbs were not tested. Demand was good for a light offering with most producers taking a wait and see attitude and letting the dust settle as overall markets have been in a tailspin. Last Friday's mass liquidation in the CME Cattle futures and Monday's sell-off along with the sell-off in the equity markets as well as the tariff uncertainties have producers and buyers taking a cautious approach. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.19/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −123.25 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$365.19

110 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$22.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.75

vs MO average

+10.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	372.98	1,963	72
Medium and Large 1-2	548	350.42	1,919	38

One grade step is worth $22.57/cwt here — about $44 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale110 hd

365.19

—

MO average17 barns · 1,997 hd

361.44

+3.75

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+10.89

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−123.25

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	1,747	173.93	3,039	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,464	142.95	2,093	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,213	137.33	1,666	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,015	120.82	1,226	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,284	209.84	2,694	15
Steers	Choice	Average	1,346	210.07	2,828	33
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,368	202.39	2,769	7thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 2	400–450	427	318.82/cwt	310.00–322.00	1,361	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	383.53/cwt	372.00–391.00	1,960	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	711	275.31/cwt	268.00–277.00	1,957	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	398.37/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,315	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	404	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	297.25/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,953	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	431.84/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,611	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	358.25/cwt	348.00–362.50	1,920	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	303.83/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,768	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	380.32/cwt	380.00–381.00	1,609	9
Steers	Large 1	450–500	450	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,692	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	425.79/cwt	407.50–432.50	1,780	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	351.38/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,978	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	328.48/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,905	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,192	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	309.17/cwt	307.00–314.00	1,886	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,095	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,922	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	386.87/cwt	377.00–393.00	1,888	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,135	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	367.16/cwt	360.00–379.00	1,935	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,472	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	447.00/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,363	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	378	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,418	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	383.06/cwt	380.00–386.00	1,793	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,997	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	687	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,704	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,290	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,806	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,550	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,516	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,029	107.28/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,104	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,284	209.84/cwt	207.00–212.50	2,694	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	137.37/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,044	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	122.56/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,218	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	886	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	133.13/cwt	130.50–135.00	1,374	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,346	210.07/cwt	206.50–212.50	2,828	33
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,368	202.39/cwt	201.00–205.00	2,769	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	145.43/cwt	142.00–152.00	2,115	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	144.59/cwt	139.50–152.00	1,791	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	125.66/cwt	123.50–128.00	1,469	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	134.29/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,616	19
Bulls	—	—	1,792	180.46/cwt	177.00–186.00	3,234	3
Bulls	—	—	1,725	170.67/cwt	164.00–176.00	2,944	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	258.15/cwt	256.00–258.75	1,766	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,925	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	338.25/cwt	327.00–352.00	1,424	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	348.61/cwt	342.50–359.00	1,642	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,307	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	364.87/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,397	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	284.98/cwt	279.00–291.00	1,627	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	425	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,381	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,559	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	329.49/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,720	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	301.05/cwt	288.00–308.00	1,547	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,689	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	336.23/cwt	335.00–337.50	1,560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,263	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	291.81/cwt	284.00–294.00	1,777	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,075	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	277.97/cwt	275.00–281.00	1,718	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	314.67/cwt	309.00–316.00	2,058	16

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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