Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2025-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 400-450 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on a light test, with 450-500 lbs trading 15.00-20.00 higher, 500-700 lbs sold sold mostly 7.00-15.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on few comparisons. Heifer calves weighing 400-450 lbs sold steady to firm on a light test, with 450-550 lb heifer calves trading 5.00-10.00 higher, spots 15.00 higher, 550-650 lbs sold fully steady to firm over 650 lbs were lightly tested. Market continues in it's upward trend as calves and yearlings are readily absorb on a very active and competitive market. Demand remains very good on all weights of steers and heifers as cattle feeders remain very bullish to own feeders. Stick out sales included 71 steers weighing 601 lbs at 458.00 and 62 steers weighing 821 lbs at 362.75. There was a nice offering of near 90 head of slaughter steers and heifers with slaughter cows selling steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.76/cwt on 192 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −31.68 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$456.76

192 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,507

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$82.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.55

vs MO average

+43.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	465.29	2,536	146
Medium and Large 1-2	559	432.93	2,420	43
Medium and Large 2	587	383.00	2,248	3thin

One grade step is worth $82.29/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

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 sale192 hd

456.76

—

MO average11 barns · 1,937 hd

430.21

+26.55

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+43.24

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−31.68

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	—	Low	1,806	204.63	3,696	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,730	182.40	3,155	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,457	170.87	2,489	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,244	168.19	2,092	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,008	141.19	1,424	25
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,369	241.21	3,302	9thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,304	237.98	3,103	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,574	241.10	3,795	14
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,407	235.74	3,317	54

Every lot, as filed

90 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	442.03/cwt	434.00–452.50	2,162	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,977	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	370.43/cwt	367.50–373.00	2,497	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,383	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,944	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	641	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,493	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	393	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	464	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	349.50/cwt	349.50–349.50	2,817	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,533	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,063	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,034	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,275	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	491.11/cwt	482.50–505.00	1,797	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	544.87/cwt	540.00–557.00	1,711	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	422.92/cwt	404.00–431.00	2,432	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	445.03/cwt	426.00–461.00	2,328	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,803	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	511	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,427	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	512.73/cwt	506.00–521.00	2,164	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	346.75/cwt	346.75–346.75	3,003	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	444.56/cwt	436.00–451.00	2,112	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	378.55/cwt	364.50–391.00	2,574	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	425.70/cwt	407.50–434.00	2,499	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	367.72/cwt	364.00–374.00	2,232	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	490.17/cwt	489.00–493.00	2,103	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	368.50/cwt	368.50–368.50	2,756	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	409.95/cwt	388.00–421.00	2,517	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	444.00/cwt	422.00–450.00	2,291	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	369.50/cwt	368.00–371.00	2,790	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	428.02/cwt	423.00–435.00	1,614	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	386.50/cwt	386.50–386.50	2,458	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	345.13/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,533	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	393.41/cwt	385.00–397.00	2,345	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	415.65/cwt	410.00–419.00	1,900	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,412	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,369	241.21/cwt	240.00–242.00	3,302	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,407	235.74/cwt	235.00–237.50	3,317	54
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,304	237.98/cwt	236.00–239.50	3,103	5
Bulls	—	—	1,795	187.06/cwt	185.00–190.00	3,358	2
Bulls	—	—	1,835	215.46/cwt	209.00–222.00	3,954	8
Bulls	—	—	1,790	200.66/cwt	194.00–207.00	3,592	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,788	175.90/cwt	173.00–179.00	3,145	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	116.13/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,072	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	159.86/cwt	154.00–164.00	1,979	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	180.64/cwt	179.00–183.00	2,236	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	152.43/cwt	145.00–159.00	1,599	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,405	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,150	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	134.89/cwt	128.00–142.00	1,330	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	167.00/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,829	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	159.13/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,366	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	180.57/cwt	178.00–183.00	2,625	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,710	184.56/cwt	181.00–193.00	3,156	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	173.55/cwt	167.00–177.00	2,499	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,011	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,271	5
Steers	Large 1	650–700	680	344.94/cwt	333.50–350.00	2,346	10
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	634	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,327	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	171.28/cwt	166.00–178.00	2,139	27
Steers	Choice	—	1,574	241.10/cwt	240.00–242.50	3,795	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	844	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,781	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	624	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,409	61
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,248	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,743	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	370.11/cwt	367.00–376.00	2,624	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	544.34/cwt	506.00–555.00	1,943	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	478.05/cwt	451.00–499.00	2,500	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	445.01/cwt	440.00–452.00	1,860	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	401.46/cwt	393.00–408.00	2,469	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	614.00/cwt	614.00–614.00	1,879	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	535.58/cwt	532.50–540.00	2,062	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	269	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,614	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	356.22/cwt	350.75–362.75	2,964	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	498.17/cwt	489.00–511.00	2,406	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	396.85/cwt	396.85–396.85	2,794	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	374.03/cwt	373.00–376.50	2,944	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	448.37/cwt	439.00–458.00	2,560	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	2,062	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,331	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	326.98/cwt	325.75–328.25	3,185	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	448.72/cwt	426.00–459.00	2,764	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	414.02/cwt	401.00–418.00	2,753	83
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,847	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	602	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,552	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,545	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,612	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	357.88/cwt	347.00–365.00	2,444	16

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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