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Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Dec 1
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,777 head
102 vs last sale 1,879 22 vs year ago 1,755 · +1.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
103 vs last sale 290 60 vs year ago 127 · +47.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers weighing 450-700 lbs and heifers weighing 400-650 lbs sold mostly 10.00-25.00 higher with 400-450 lb and 600-650 lb steers tacking on even more sharper higher advances in spots, with a pot load of steers weighing 891 lbs selling 9.00-12.00 higher than last weeks pot load of similar weight with the other pot loads of 800-935 lb steers trading with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply despite 3-5 inches of snow falling with slick roads. Overall a good quality offering of steers and heifers sold on and active market after CME Cattle futures ended last week's last two sessions with sharply higher gains had buyers more aggressive to own feeders. Slaughter cows sold firm to 5.00 higher, spots 8.00 higher on the high dressing cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $402.47/cwt on 247 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits 85.97 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$402.47
247 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$41.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.02
vs MO average
26.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545413.302,251182
Medium and Large 1-2564372.152,09865
One grade step is worth $41.15/cwt here — about $153 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
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 sale247 hd
402.47
MO average9 barns · 1,618 hd
391.45
+11.02
National average190 barns · 23,426 hd
429.15
−26.68
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
−85.97
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
BullsLow1,782182.963,26011
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,645174.402,8693thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,447157.572,28028
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,225155.201,90147
CowsLean 85-90%High989135.091,33638

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1350–400387434.44/cwt434.00–435.001,68131
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488398.12/cwt388.00–412.501,94347
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500478424.70/cwt412.50–437.502,03035
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550522422.31/cwt401.00–433.002,20498
CowsBoner 80-85%1,199141.94/cwt136.00–145.001,7027
Bulls1,682172.67/cwt165.00–181.002,9045
Bulls1,950205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,9981
CowsLean 85-90%1,043157.95/cwt155.00–162.001,6475
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800752274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,0603
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900891320.10/cwt320.10–320.102,85260
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750721285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0554
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy600–650649305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9794
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550523380.50/cwt380.00–381.001,99014
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700670352.80/cwt343.00–361.002,364151
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850823329.29/cwt327.25–331.502,710124
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600580337.22/cwt330.00–357.001,95629
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400356490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,7444
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed650–700660362.25/cwt362.25–362.252,39120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500486373.34/cwt352.00–381.001,81429
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700657340.59/cwt340.00–341.002,23812
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526385.63/cwt363.00–398.002,02894
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy450–500487368.00/cwt368.00–368.001,7926
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415457.86/cwt444.00–468.001,90059
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950936315.50/cwt315.50–315.502,95355
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600575369.86/cwt363.00–377.002,12751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500472360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6999
CowsLean 85-90%1,032146.51/cwt138.00–152.001,51212
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,461168.66/cwt162.00–176.002,4649
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229153.51/cwt147.00–158.001,88726
CowsLean 85-90%899109.62/cwt109.00–110.009855
CowsLean 85-90%968127.35/cwt120.00–135.001,23316
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,413145.27/cwt144.00–146.002,0534
Bulls1,848188.85/cwt184.00–194.003,4905
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,645174.40/cwt170.00–179.002,8693
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650634360.84/cwt355.00–363.252,28844
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750745329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,45119
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610382.68/cwt363.00–392.502,33442
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600571402.79/cwt388.00–410.002,30084
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,448154.19/cwt149.00–159.002,23315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,231164.97/cwt160.00–173.002,03114
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500482356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,7163
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850815257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,0953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429398.69/cwt387.50–401.001,71024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450426426.87/cwt426.00–430.001,81812
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450428426.58/cwt412.50–436.001,82657
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800781289.57/cwt286.00–290.002,26237
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550536341.48/cwt334.00–348.001,83019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400362460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6653
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600572340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9455
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned250–300286499.00/cwt499.00–499.001,4274
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650642325.52/cwt319.00–334.002,09010
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450438365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,5993
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750702328.50/cwt327.00–329.002,30612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800764283.43/cwt283.00–284.002,1657
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350331500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6558
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650629356.41/cwt350.00–359.002,24210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850822289.03/cwt287.00–292.002,37610

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.