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Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jul 21
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
984 head
571 vs last sale 1,555 963 vs year ago 1,947 · 49.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
156 head
16 vs last sale 140 55 vs year ago 101 · +54.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light offering this week for the most part was on a limited test with 500-600 lb steer calves trading mostly steady on comparable weights and quality, 600-700 lbs were not well tested but sold with firm undertone and a pot load of 758 lb steers and a part load weighing 753 lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone, a pot load of 885 lb steers sold with a firm undertone. Heifer calves under 600 lbs sold steady to firm over 600 lbs were not tested. Demand was good on a light supply with locally overnight heavy to moderate rains throughout the trade area. Overall calves sold in small groups and packages. The stick out sales included pot load of steers weighing 758 lbs at 368.75, part load (40 hd) weighing 753 lbs at 366.00 and pot load steers weighing 885 lbs at 315.50. Slaughter cows traded steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $397.91/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 90.52 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$397.91
98 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,194
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$366
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$66.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.65
vs MO average
+22.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558408.332,27965
Medium and Large 1-2532386.972,05826
Medium and Large 2560341.861,9137thin
One grade step is worth $66.47/cwt here — about $366 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 sale98 hd
397.91
MO average12 barns · 1,312 hd
386.26
+11.65
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
+22.17
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
−90.52
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
BullsLow1,694201.313,41013
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,479177.902,63224
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,226168.722,06942
CowsLean 85-90%High1,029146.481,50728
HeifersChoiceAverage1,315237.463,1236thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,339235.413,15213

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1550–600582401.09/cwt393.00–409.002,33429
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800756367.76/cwt366.00–368.752,780111
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,0508
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650617385.03/cwt372.00–396.002,37649
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450433391.09/cwt380.00–395.001,69319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500491404.89/cwt388.00–418.001,98836
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500481390.75/cwt382.00–400.001,88037
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533380.04/cwt370.00–390.002,02633
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650629323.15/cwt321.50–326.002,03323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400363401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,4563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700691307.98/cwt304.00–312.002,1288
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650627318.17/cwt315.00–319.001,99526
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600598321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,9203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900–950903258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,3303
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550511374.00/cwt374.00–374.001,9115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550526338.10/cwt325.00–352.501,77824
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400390460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7943
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600569361.66/cwt350.00–378.002,0587
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500463321.66/cwt313.00–335.001,48910
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600583316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,8424
CowsLean 85-90%1,070167.09/cwt164.00–172.001,7883
Bulls1,653177.75/cwt175.00–180.002,9382
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,385158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,1882
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,513183.21/cwt178.00–188.002,77213
Bulls1,782213.44/cwt209.00–218.003,8046
Bulls1,605196.18/cwt186.00–205.003,1495
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750748318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,3795
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500477375.29/cwt360.00–381.001,79024
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450412462.00/cwt462.00–462.001,9035
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700315.75/cwt315.75–315.752,2108
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415409.58/cwt402.50–417.501,70019
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600557360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,00519
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550539414.16/cwt414.00–416.002,23236
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700675369.41/cwt359.00–376.002,49447
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600575343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,9723
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550501297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,4886
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550518396.29/cwt391.00–400.002,05319
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700650354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,3015
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750733352.99/cwt347.00–361.002,5877
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900885315.50/cwt315.50–315.502,79260
CowsBoner 80-85%1,254179.64/cwt175.00–186.002,25314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,452174.65/cwt174.00–176.002,5369
CowsLean 85-90%1,043150.71/cwt145.00–156.001,57215
SteersLarge 1-2600–650633343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,1716
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550548341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,8694
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750718285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0463
CowsLean 85-90%996133.94/cwt124.00–140.001,33410
HeifersChoice1,315237.46/cwt233.00–240.003,1236
SteersChoice1,339235.41/cwt233.00–239.003,15213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,225143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,7521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,189154.73/cwt150.00–158.001,8409
CowsBoner 80-85%1,223168.66/cwt164.00–173.002,06318

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.