Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves overall were lightly tested selling in small packages with a light test of 5 weight steers trading mostly steady on comparable weights, with 6 weight steers selling steady to 5.00 lower on a light test with last week, 7 weights were not well tested as quality was not as attractive, two pot loads of 915 lb steers were not tested with last week but sold with a steady to firm undertone. Heifer calves weighing 450-500 lbs sold mostly steady with a pot load of 616 lb heifers trading mostly steady and a pot load of 817 lb heifers not tested with last week but sold near steady. Demand was good on a light offering. Despite last Thursday and Friday's sell off in the Feeder Cattle futures, Feeder futures rebounded late after a lower opening to close 1.85 to 2.27 higher on the front months as the market held up well here on Monday especially on the pot loads of yearlings all selling with good demand. Stick out sales included 120 hd of steers weighing 915 lbs at 340.00; 90 hd of heifers weighing 616 lbs at 415.00 and 66 heifers weighing 817 lbs at 330.00. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.05/cwt on 76 head, down $1.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 29 comparable sales and sits −2.38 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$486.05

▼ 1.00 vs prior sale

76 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,605

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

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

$44.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.85

vs MO average

+10.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	499.64	2,659	53
Medium and Large 1-2	544	454.75	2,475	23

One grade step is worth $44.89/cwt here — about $184 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 sale76 hd

486.05

—

MO average18 barns · 2,291 hd

478.21

+7.85

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+10.49

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−2.38

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	1,660	208.13	3,454	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,822	172.91	3,149	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,234	165.22	2,040	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,485	164.39	2,442	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	148.11	1,465	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,373	237.27	3,258	3thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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	Large 1	950–1000	961	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,893	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	479.51/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,321	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,556	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	415.72/cwt	415.00–418.00	2,407	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	848	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,612	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	504.33/cwt	495.00–512.00	2,592	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	424.44/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,810	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	493.52/cwt	493.00–495.00	2,744	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,263	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,111	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	462.15/cwt	450.00–482.50	2,449	16
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	452	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,007	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	402	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,930	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,649	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,408	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	437.83/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,526	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	374.33/cwt	370.00–384.00	2,718	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	413.26/cwt	404.50–419.00	2,525	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	491.12/cwt	468.00–513.00	2,333	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,639	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	452.61/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,820	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	572.00/cwt	572.00–572.00	2,288	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	468	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,452	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	433.96/cwt	427.50–447.50	2,261	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,291	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,308	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,051	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,871	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,370	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	153.09/cwt	147.00–161.00	1,562	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	178.61/cwt	174.00–185.00	2,218	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,246	167.40/cwt	163.00–173.00	2,086	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	155.53/cwt	146.00–161.00	2,316	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	788	112.42/cwt	107.50–117.00	886	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	971	141.11/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,370	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,373	237.27/cwt	236.00–239.00	3,258	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	178.89/cwt	176.00–184.00	2,617	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,735	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	3,071	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,908	168.81/cwt	165.00–173.00	3,221	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	172.39/cwt	167.00–178.00	1,801	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,494	167.21/cwt	162.00–174.00	2,498	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,219	143.82/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,753	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	157.32/cwt	151.00–161.00	1,911	8
Bulls	—	—	1,700	216.33/cwt	214.00–221.00	3,678	4
Bulls	—	—	1,619	199.92/cwt	197.00–202.00	3,237	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	467.42/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,001	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	390.43/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,296	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	429.48/cwt	425.00–438.00	2,066	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,696	66
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,396	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	418.75/cwt	400.00–432.00	2,178	33
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	634	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,257	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,517	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,793	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	509.75/cwt	505.00–517.50	1,917	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	510.42/cwt	499.00–520.00	2,108	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,938	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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