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Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jul 14
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,555 head
2,059 vs last sale 3,614 613 vs year ago 942 · +65.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
60 vs last sale 80 44 vs year ago 96 · +45.8%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's large offering, 450-500 lb steer calves sold 10.00-20.00 higher, with 500-700 lb steers and heifers were lightly tested with last week's large offering of top quality calves but overall 550-600 lb steers and 450-600 lb heifers for the most part traded steady and well within the price ranges seen last week except for the extreme highs paid on large drafts and pot loads that sold, with 500-550 lb steers and 600-700 lb steers not well tested on limited comparisons; two pot loads of 779 and 790 lb steers sold 4.00-5.00 higher than last week's pot load of similar weight and two pot loads of 803 and 808 lb steers trading with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply as the market continues on a very active pace. Several stick out sales included the pot loads of steers with two pot loads weighing 779 and 790 at 331.25-331.75 and 120 hd weighing 803 lbs at 334.25 and 60 hd weighing 808 lbs at 330.25. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-8.00, spots 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $405.31/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits 83.13 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$405.31
170 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,232
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$463
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.09
vs MO average
+32.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551412.502,275135
Medium and Large 1-2556382.042,12429
Medium and Large 2509356.001,8126thin
One grade step is worth $56.50/cwt here — about $463 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
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 sale170 hd
405.31
MO average16 barns · 2,742 hd
392.22
+13.09
National average147 barns · 7,194 hd
372.43
+32.88
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
−83.13
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
BullsHigh1,660205.563,4129thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,690176.002,9741thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,464173.882,54512
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,216169.292,05816
CowsLean 85-90%High1,001147.761,47925
SteersChoiceAverage1,361235.923,21132
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,203233.002,8037thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1-2650–700673339.23/cwt325.00–349.002,28330
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550–600554354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,9615
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400378417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,5763
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550523377.31/cwt370.00–388.001,97381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2900–950948207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,9624
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500483387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,8723
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850836268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,2405
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550529418.08/cwt408.00–431.002,21269
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4073
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567355.99/cwt343.00–367.002,01838
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850805332.91/cwt330.25–334.252,680180
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750706320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,25924
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650620355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,20113
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800782302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,3625
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500473457.01/cwt445.00–472.002,16286
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550524396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,07514
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450430457.05/cwt452.50–470.001,96511
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575406.67/cwt399.00–425.002,33866
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350308537.50/cwt537.50–537.501,6563
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800784331.49/cwt331.25–331.752,599125
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650611391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,3894
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650632330.03/cwt328.00–331.002,08619
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,690176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,9741
Bulls1,593213.72/cwt208.00–218.003,4055
Bulls1,743195.37/cwt186.00–201.003,4054
CowsLean 85-90%1,051171.83/cwt165.00–178.001,8067
CowsBoner 80-85%1,247146.32/cwt144.00–148.001,8253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,224178.54/cwt174.00–186.002,1859
SteersChoice1,361235.92/cwt235.00–240.003,21132
CowsLean 85-90%924130.94/cwt125.00–136.001,2105
CowsLean 85-90%1,022150.22/cwt144.00–158.001,53510
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,506168.70/cwt166.00–174.002,5417
SteersSelect and Choice1,203233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,8037
CowsLean 85-90%943111.41/cwt104.00–117.001,0513
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400351431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,5134
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750723337.91/cwt333.00–344.002,44325
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350316550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7384
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750743323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,4003
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,405181.13/cwt178.00–186.002,5455
CowsBoner 80-85%1,174165.71/cwt161.00–171.001,9454
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450443339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,5023
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550509356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,8126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425436.23/cwt432.50–440.001,8546
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800771311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,3986
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450407420.83/cwt408.00–429.001,71344
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500473402.92/cwt383.00–412.001,90639
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550539393.50/cwt388.00–396.002,12115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574369.76/cwt357.00–383.002,12214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600591328.77/cwt328.00–330.001,94313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383469.02/cwt467.50–470.001,7965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500489434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,1224
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650609290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7664
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500472370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700674325.59/cwt325.00–328.002,19475
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400361504.97/cwt497.50–512.001,82316
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650644315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0296
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450436395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7227

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.