Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light offering of steer and heifer calves weighing under 600 lbs sold with a steady to firm undertone on comparable sales and weights, with 600-700 lb steers trading firm to 5.00 higher and a pot load of 863 lb steers selling 3.00 higher last week's pot loads of similar weight and quality. Feeder heifers weighing over 600 lbs on a light test sold steady to firm. Demand was good on a light to moderate offering with calves selling mostly in small packages and groups with three pot loads of yearling steers and several part loads. Stick out sales included pot load of 863 lb steers at 365.00, pot load steers weighing 638 lbs ay 425.50, 45 hd steers weighing 633 lbs 438.00, 42 heifers weighing 623 lbs at 390.50, 43 heifers weighing 665 lbs at 380.00. Slaughter cows sold firm to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $454.39/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 4 of 29 comparable sales and sits −34.05 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$454.39

107 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,459

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$252

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

$38.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.07

vs MO average

−3.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	458.72	2,488	95
Medium and Large 1-2	532	420.12	2,236	12thin

One grade step is worth $38.60/cwt here — about $252 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale107 hd

454.39

—

MO average18 barns · 1,896 hd

429.32

+25.07

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−3.75

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−34.05

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	—	High	1,857	194.84	3,618	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,740	169.43	2,949	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,452	166.45	2,417	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,232	160.78	1,981	67
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,017	146.63	1,491	48
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,063	230.00	2,445	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,218	233.50	2,844	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,138	232.00	2,640	3thin

Every lot, as filed

75 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	750–800	751	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,509	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	471.82/cwt	455.00–489.00	2,458	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	460.57/cwt	460.00–461.00	1,575	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	365.25/cwt	364.50–366.00	2,506	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	443.14/cwt	429.00–463.00	2,145	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	926	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,884	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	414	423.96/cwt	417.50–435.00	1,755	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	364.31/cwt	359.00–368.00	2,120	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	418.98/cwt	404.00–425.00	1,764	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	405.78/cwt	402.00–411.00	1,940	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	409.02/cwt	385.00–424.00	1,718	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	3,150	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	444.76/cwt	430.00–456.00	2,513	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,539	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	374.22/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,956	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	428.19/cwt	418.00–438.00	2,732	148
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	408.63/cwt	382.00–418.00	1,941	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	489.85/cwt	487.00–494.00	2,131	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	415.66/cwt	415.50–416.00	2,195	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	446.29/cwt	435.00–456.00	1,848	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,296	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,029	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	392.25/cwt	375.50–403.00	2,248	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	484.43/cwt	468.00–495.00	2,272	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	436.26/cwt	427.50–445.00	2,059	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	153.46/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,861	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	163.10/cwt	159.00–169.00	1,995	33
Steers	Choice	—	1,218	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,844	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	164.42/cwt	159.00–172.00	1,759	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	147.94/cwt	142.00–156.00	1,509	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,713	176.98/cwt	173.00–181.00	3,032	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	133.82/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,299	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	133.77/cwt	123.00–139.00	1,699	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,138	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,640	3
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,063	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,445	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,685	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,713	1
Bulls	—	—	1,853	215.44/cwt	210.00–220.00	3,992	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,777	167.20/cwt	164.00–171.00	2,971	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,424	177.34/cwt	172.00–185.00	2,525	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	166.49/cwt	160.00–171.00	2,441	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	174.51/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,237	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	149.96/cwt	146.00–157.00	2,171	4
Bulls	—	—	1,968	175.40/cwt	173.00–179.00	3,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,956	5
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	448	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,541	15
Steers	Large 1	700–750	729	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	2,672	21
Steers	Large 1	600–650	618	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,472	9
Bulls	—	—	1,750	193.69/cwt	191.00–197.00	3,390	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,233	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	861	342.75/cwt	342.75–342.75	2,951	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,531	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	392.19/cwt	387.00–395.00	2,675	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	623	390.50/cwt	390.50–390.50	2,433	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	413.19/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,397	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	364.07/cwt	363.50–364.50	2,578	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	428.13/cwt	416.00–439.00	2,218	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	477.71/cwt	477.50–478.00	2,068	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	436	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,718	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,846	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,387	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	483.90/cwt	477.50–490.00	1,795	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	396.09/cwt	391.00–406.00	2,278	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	384.98/cwt	378.50–398.00	2,445	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	347.73/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,222	10

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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