Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2025-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 600 lbs on a light offering and heifer calves under 650 lbs sold steady to firm on the better quality weaned calves, with 750-800 lb steers trading firm to 2.00 higher. Demand was good on a light to moderate offering. Feeder calves are selling in a wide range with the variance ranging from unweaned, right off the cow, to short weaned 30 days or less to over 45 days with vaccination programs from no shots to 2 rounds, with quality and condition and weather all making a difference. The 6 weight steers were all bigger calves weaned 30-45 days. Stick out sales included a pot load of steers weighing 764 lbs at 375.00 and 34 heifer calves weighing 517 lbs at 420.00. Calves sold mostly in small packages. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $415.66/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −72.77 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$415.66

115 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,279

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$28.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.81

vs MO average

−30.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	426.52	2,347	71
Medium and Large 1-2	545	398.15	2,171	44

One grade step is worth $28.36/cwt here — about $176 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale115 hd

415.66

—

MO average19 barns · 1,615 hd

417.47

−1.81

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−30.19

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−72.77

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	1,725	180.87	3,120	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,715	173.00	2,967	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,484	166.60	2,472	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,248	161.88	2,020	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,014	140.07	1,420	54
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,283	237.32	3,045	3thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,448	224.00	3,244	6thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,381	220.00	3,038	5thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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	450–500	477	397.52/cwt	383.00–406.00	1,896	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	415.26/cwt	412.00–421.00	2,151	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	410.66/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,148	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	487.20/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,842	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,063	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,684	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,202	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,877	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	402.47/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,715	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,705	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	435.93/cwt	426.00–450.00	1,892	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	385.44/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,367	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	385.83/cwt	383.00–388.00	2,226	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	423.87/cwt	409.00–442.00	2,022	55
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	392.91/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,882	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,091	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,238	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,001	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	426.41/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,821	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	337.75/cwt	337.75–337.75	3,077	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	337.25/cwt	337.25–337.25	3,002	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	373.03/cwt	363.00–375.00	2,861	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	446.01/cwt	433.00–468.00	2,132	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	171.34/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,164	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,283	237.32/cwt	236.00–238.00	3,045	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,264	150.11/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,897	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,715	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,967	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	111.28/cwt	100.00–117.00	1,034	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	997	128.85/cwt	120.00–136.00	1,285	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	162.20/cwt	156.00–167.00	2,006	21
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,448	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	3,244	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,031	148.12/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,527	19
Heifers	Select	—	1,381	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,038	5
Bulls	—	—	1,737	174.83/cwt	165.00–185.00	3,037	7
Bulls	—	—	1,795	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,698	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,440	21
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	372	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,190	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	160.22/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,695	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,469	172.12/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,528	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	162.59/cwt	157.00–168.00	2,431	11
Bulls	—	—	1,570	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	3,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	382.44/cwt	378.00–392.00	2,241	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	417.78/cwt	403.00–428.50	2,369	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	374.17/cwt	366.00–377.00	2,316	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,192	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	391.63/cwt	374.00–399.00	2,040	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,783	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	431	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,418	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,463	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,009	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	362.78/cwt	345.00–374.00	2,434	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	420.83/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,028	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,800	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	415	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	358.49/cwt	358.00–359.00	2,079	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	455	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	444.67/cwt	424.00–477.50	2,366	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	492.11/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,375	3

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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