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Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Apr 21
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,073 head
2,183 vs last sale 3,256 1,111 vs year ago 2,184 · 50.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
169 head
111 vs last sale 280 111 vs year ago 280 · 39.6%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter offering this week with steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs selling unevenly steady as overall numbers and quality didn't run as deep as last week with several inches of rain and storms over the Easter weekend had receipts much lighter. Steers weighing 650-800 lbs were not well tested but sold with a firm to higher undertone with three pot loads of 9 weight steers selling mostly steady, heifers over 600 lbs were not tested. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $369.91/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 118.53 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$369.91
108 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,980
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$196
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.13
vs MO average
4.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534377.802,01688
Medium and Large 1-2543335.181,82020
One grade step is worth $42.62/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale108 hd
369.91
MO average18 barns · 2,522 hd
364.77
+5.13
National average172 barns · 11,123 hd
374.02
−4.11
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
−118.53
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
BullsAverage1,634176.622,8868thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,451150.862,18924
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,228148.511,82441
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,770142.002,5131thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,015129.271,31237

Every lot, as filed

54 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
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560359.37/cwt350.00–369.002,01230
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650634344.06/cwt342.00–345.002,18147
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600588294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,7293
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650602291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,7523
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500451364.07/cwt352.50–369.001,64230
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900864246.25/cwt246.25–246.252,12822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650604325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9634
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000971219.50/cwt219.50–219.502,13110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450419350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4678
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500480332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,59410
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400364450.34/cwt437.50–455.001,63911
HeifersLarge 11100–11501,118205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,2926
HeifersLarge 1750–800767258.75/cwt258.75–258.751,9858
Bulls2,035175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,5611
Bulls1,558189.96/cwt183.00–196.002,9604
Bulls1,602159.37/cwt154.00–163.002,5533
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,444144.26/cwt136.00–149.002,0837
CowsLean 85-90%1,005128.45/cwt123.00–135.001,29121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,211132.20/cwt127.00–135.001,6017
CowsLean 85-90%96090.00/cwt90.00–90.008641
CowsLean 85-90%1,019141.57/cwt138.50–146.001,44310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,202142.67/cwt139.00–146.501,7158
CowsBoner 80-85%1,241154.70/cwt149.00–162.001,92026
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,770142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,5131
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,455155.55/cwt150.00–163.002,26316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,430122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,7451
CowsLean 85-90%1,062115.98/cwt115.00–118.001,2325
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500463341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,5797
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500478330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5777
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665269.54/cwt267.25–270.501,79210
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550532327.94/cwt320.00–342.501,74545
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400362392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,4213
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600550324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,7824
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800792292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,313135
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450418410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7143
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned350–400396400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5847
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500475385.33/cwt374.00–391.001,83037
SteersLarge 1600–650614328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,0147
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500454404.37/cwt400.00–407.001,8368
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350338439.19/cwt437.50–440.001,4849
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750746312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,33172
SteersLarge 1650–700684301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,0598
SteersLarge 1900–950908258.25/cwt258.25–258.252,34513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700661303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,0035
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500469386.00/cwt386.00–386.001,81012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550528335.03/cwt328.00–350.001,76914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578335.52/cwt335.00–336.001,9396
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000963263.50/cwt263.50–263.502,538116
SteersLarge 11050–11001,074223.50/cwt223.50–223.502,4005
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520387.33/cwt365.00–398.002,01458
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950902273.25/cwt273.25–273.252,46562
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700677332.13/cwt314.25–334.502,24964
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800775228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400378392.00/cwt392.00–392.001,4823

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.