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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-450 lb steer calves sold mostly 10.00-13.00 higher, with 450-500 lb and 550-600 lb steer calves trading fully steady to firm, the bulk of the 500-550 lb steers sold mostly in pot load lots and large drafts trading mostly 5.00-14.00 higher than last week's pot load and larger drafts, 600-700 lbs steers traded firm to 10.00 higher, with over 700 lbs selling 4.00-7.00 higher. Heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold 10.00-15.00 higher, with 500-550 lbs selling mostly in pot load lots trading with a sharply higher undertone than last week's much lighter offering, 600-650 lbs sold firm to 5.00 higher and over 650 lbs traded with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was very good on a heavy supply with near 20 straight loads in the offering, with one consignment of near 900 hd of top quality feeders with good weighing conditions in the offering. Overall Monday's sale could be one for the record books here at Callaway as quality ran very deep and prices reaching levels not seen here specially on the pot loads and large drafts of calves weighing from 500-650 lbs. Several stick out sales included 98 hd of steers weighing 522 lbs at 450.00, 54 hd steers weighing 514 lbs at 454.00, 92 steers weighing 569 lbs at 435.75, 62 steers weighing 624 lbs at 407.50, with 99 heifers weighing 540 lbs at 388.50 and 86 heifers 539 lbs at 421.25 all top quality and the list goes on. Slaughter cows on a light offering sold mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $417.41/cwt on 899 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −71.02 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$417.41

899 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,302

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$496

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

$69.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.35

vs MO average

+38.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	422.56	2,333	807
Medium and Large 1-2	553	378.08	2,091	71
Medium and Large 2	521	352.58	1,837	21

One grade step is worth $69.98/cwt here — about $496 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 sale899 hd

417.41

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MO average5 barns · 1,954 hd

399.07

+18.35

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

+38.28

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−71.02

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	1,807	200.68	3,627	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,201	160.33	1,926	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,470	158.91	2,336	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,011	152.02	1,536	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,396	224.00	3,127	4thin

Every lot, as filed

56 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 1-2	650–700	652	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,021	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	352.58/cwt	333.00–363.00	1,837	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	403.85/cwt	395.00–406.00	1,910	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	512.42/cwt	505.00–520.00	1,650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	402.29/cwt	389.00–415.00	2,317	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	386.51/cwt	367.00–389.00	2,474	116
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,317	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	437.99/cwt	405.00–454.00	2,304	372
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	343.17/cwt	337.00–357.50	2,275	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	414.83/cwt	412.50–420.00	1,560	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	424.37/cwt	422.50–427.00	1,371	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	313.75/cwt	313.75–313.75	2,774	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	348.38/cwt	330.00–357.50	2,296	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	383.01/cwt	361.00–388.50	2,011	251
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	539	421.25/cwt	421.25–421.25	2,271	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	462	417.79/cwt	415.00–421.00	1,930	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	580	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,204	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	474.82/cwt	454.00–495.00	1,971	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,609	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	2,304	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	342.18/cwt	336.50–345.00	2,104	120
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	142.46/cwt	137.00–148.00	1,710	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	169.90/cwt	167.00–174.00	2,509	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	156.66/cwt	151.00–164.00	2,308	4
Bulls	—	—	1,905	209.42/cwt	203.00–219.00	3,989	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	160.23/cwt	157.00–164.00	1,618	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	146.16/cwt	140.00–153.00	1,478	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	404.06/cwt	402.00–407.50	2,485	168
Bulls	—	—	1,734	194.13/cwt	190.00–199.00	3,366	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,187	168.86/cwt	165.00–179.00	2,004	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	157.45/cwt	153.00–163.00	1,911	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	146.91/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,138	2
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,396	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	3,127	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,234	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	569	435.75/cwt	435.75–435.75	2,479	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	397.79/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,905	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	357.30/cwt	344.50–362.00	2,044	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	418.07/cwt	410.00–427.00	1,798	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	434.82/cwt	423.00–443.00	2,109	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	353.62/cwt	352.50–359.00	2,235	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	329.60/cwt	313.50–331.00	2,106	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	327.54/cwt	312.00–337.00	1,867	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	377.16/cwt	377.00–377.50	1,633	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,444	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	368.22/cwt	355.00–377.00	2,103	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	1,855	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	336.51/cwt	336.00–339.00	1,810	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,257	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	392.37/cwt	383.00–403.00	2,068	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	468.02/cwt	458.50–475.00	1,708	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	374.23/cwt	362.00–390.00	2,470	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	328.98/cwt	327.00–341.00	2,540	76

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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