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Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 4
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,626 head
642 vs last sale 984 1,383 vs year ago 243 · +569.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
94 vs last sale 156 202 vs year ago 48 · +420.8%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, steer and heifer calves under 650 lbs sold mostly 20.00-30.00 higher, spots 35.00 higher with yearling steers over 700 lbs trading with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply with over all quality very good on the steer and heifer calves. The feeder market continues to be very active as the fed cattle market continues to set new highs as in the Northern Plains at 245.00-247.00 last week and along with a record corn crop in the making has feeder cattle market very active. Stick out sales included 34 steer calves weighing 486 at 491.00, pot load steers 855 lbs at 344.75, 52 hd steers weighing 886 at 340.25 and 69 heifers weighing 575 lbs at 386.25. Slaughter cows sold steady with two weeks ago with the bulk being average dressing cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $436.95/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits 51.49 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$436.95
176 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,395
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$288
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+28.66
vs MO average
+46.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550439.572,418162
Medium and Large 1-2524406.552,13014thin
One grade step is worth $33.02/cwt here — about $288 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale176 hd
436.95
MO average10 barns · 1,078 hd
408.29
+28.66
National average145 barns · 8,057 hd
390.02
+46.93
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
−51.49
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
BullsLow1,615198.933,2139thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,758176.993,1112thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,434172.702,47620
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,246170.792,12951
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,041150.621,56846
HeifersSelectAverage1,259226.822,85613
SteersSelectAverage1,401229.143,21023

Every lot, as filed

59 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450419438.66/cwt417.50–448.001,83822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700656343.28/cwt342.50–346.002,25218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750743315.25/cwt315.25–315.252,34220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550524406.55/cwt402.00–410.002,13014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900882315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7785
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450420448.18/cwt447.00–450.001,8825
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550531421.40/cwt420.00–424.002,23814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000950305.50/cwt305.50–305.502,9026
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600574354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,0324
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500468460.40/cwt450.00–471.002,15539
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676380.14/cwt373.00–390.002,57033
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450426483.00/cwt477.50–500.002,05811
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600575425.04/cwt411.00–431.502,44472
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615419.11/cwt415.00–424.002,57881
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400379415.65/cwt412.50–417.501,57511
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550537398.81/cwt390.00–410.002,14289
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350341513.00/cwt513.00–513.001,7497
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550521452.29/cwt428.00–469.002,35675
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750719367.77/cwt366.00–368.002,64479
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750728331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,4103
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576382.33/cwt368.50–386.252,202126
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476411.96/cwt401.00–427.501,96145
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700673346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,32934
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,432171.52/cwt168.00–176.002,4569
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188152.44/cwt145.00–163.001,8117
CowsBoner 80-85%1,281181.60/cwt178.00–185.002,3268
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,758176.99/cwt176.00–178.003,1112
CowsLean 85-90%1,024139.97/cwt130.00–145.001,43314
CowsLean 85-90%1,040168.55/cwt165.00–174.001,7538
CowsBoner 80-85%1,250171.96/cwt165.00–176.002,15036
SteersSelect1,401229.14/cwt226.50–231.003,21023
CowsLean 85-90%1,013115.21/cwt110.00–120.001,1672
HeifersSelect1,259226.82/cwt223.00–229.002,85613
Bulls1,394182.98/cwt176.00–189.002,5514
Bulls1,812219.40/cwt212.00–224.003,9763
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500486491.00/cwt491.00–491.002,38634
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600577445.75/cwt445.75–445.752,57215
CowsLean 85-90%1,055154.09/cwt150.00–159.001,62622
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,421160.29/cwt154.00–164.002,2784
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,444181.30/cwt178.00–187.002,6187
Bulls1,763200.12/cwt195.00–207.003,5282
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6583
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,1273
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800789317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,5014
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800770356.05/cwt344.00–362.002,742172
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700653372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,4293
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600556393.00/cwt393.00–393.002,1854
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900870341.69/cwt331.25–344.752,973122
SteersMedium and Large 2800–850837294.50/cwt294.50–294.502,4653
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700653318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,0773
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned450–500473325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5375
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650613346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,1213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550547353.45/cwt336.00–371.001,9336
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650634363.37/cwt358.00–374.002,30489
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900853306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,6104
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450413397.93/cwt395.00–400.001,6437
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623338.54/cwt326.00–349.002,1099
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750728342.38/cwt335.00–349.002,49312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500468440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,0596

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.