Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2025-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a week ago, feeder cattle under 600 pounds sold 10.00-20.00 higher with the feeders over 600 pounds selling with steady to higher undertones. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $439.68/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −48.76 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$439.68

45 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,453

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$12.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.50

vs MO average

+52.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	443.62	2,491	31
Medium and Large 1-2	550	430.95	2,371	14thin

One grade step is worth $12.67/cwt here — about $120 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

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 sale45 hd

439.68

—

MO average12 barns · 1,931 hd

416.18

+23.50

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+52.19

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−48.76

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	—	Average	1,646	205.86	3,389	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,402	179.94	2,523	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,893	179.03	3,389	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,198	174.01	2,084	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,019	156.01	1,590	10

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	400–450	429	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,798	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	685	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,993	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	3,056	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,550	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,474	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	441.77/cwt	439.00–447.50	2,112	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	364.70/cwt	364.50–364.75	2,334	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	575	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,105	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,528	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,665	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	445.55/cwt	443.00–448.00	2,357	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	477	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,024	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	341.30/cwt	339.50–350.00	2,177	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,036	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	371.72/cwt	371.00–373.00	2,517	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	2,221	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,377	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	442.27/cwt	437.00–447.50	2,167	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	892	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,854	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	160.68/cwt	154.00–165.00	1,808	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	167.02/cwt	163.00–174.00	1,729	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	152.73/cwt	149.00–159.00	1,474	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	182.19/cwt	180.00–186.00	2,265	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,174	169.78/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,993	6
Bulls	—	—	1,720	202.19/cwt	197.00–207.00	3,478	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,893	179.03/cwt	177.00–181.00	3,389	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	140.53/cwt	137.00–145.00	1,539	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,411	177.70/cwt	167.00–184.00	2,507	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	163.49/cwt	163.00–164.00	2,425	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,373	186.34/cwt	185.00–189.00	2,558	9
Bulls	—	—	1,215	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	363.13/cwt	360.00–366.00	2,077	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,184	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,072	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,555	7
Bulls	—	—	1,788	225.95/cwt	224.00–228.00	4,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,967	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	814	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,409	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	364.79/cwt	345.50–370.75	2,645	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	361.50/cwt	361.50–361.50	2,755	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	417.78/cwt	410.00–440.50	2,214	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,406	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	390.57/cwt	383.00–410.00	2,621	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,403	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	1,967	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	330.76/cwt	322.00–340.00	2,365	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	374.24/cwt	365.00–379.00	2,174	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,796	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	408.21/cwt	405.50–410.00	2,608	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	435.28/cwt	425.50–442.50	2,481	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,150	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	2,510	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	301	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,573	5

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.

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