Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2026-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter offering this week coming off the Easter Holiday weekend, with steer calves trading with a firm to higher undertone weighing 400-600 lbs, 600-650 lbs fully steady to firm and the pot loads of yearling steers over 800 lbs having the best test trading mostly 12.00-15.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded fully steady to firm, with 50 hd of heifers weighing 569 lbs selling 10.00 higher on the 550-600 lb heifers. Demand was good on an overall good quality offering. Several stick out sales included 61 steers weighing 643 lbs at 444.00, 62 steers weighing 800 lbs at 378.25, 68 steers weighing 820 lbs at 373.00 and 120 hd steers weighing 919 lbs at 350.25. Slaughter cows traded steady on a light offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $488.44/cwt on 125 head, up $21.10 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 29 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$488.44

▲ 21.10 vs prior sale

125 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,712

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$53.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.90

vs MO average

−2.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	493.34	2,732	109
Medium and Large 1-2	558	460.09	2,565	12thin
Large 1	590	440.00	2,596	4thin

One grade step is worth $53.34/cwt here — about $136 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale125 hd

488.44

—

MO average19 barns · 2,227 hd

492.33

−3.90

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−2.39

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

+0.00

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	1,797	219.59	3,945	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,808	183.00	3,308	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,466	176.50	2,587	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,259	170.64	2,148	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,007	160.07	1,612	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,465	239.79	3,513	48

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,560	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	497.00/cwt	497.00–497.00	2,207	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	457.00/cwt	457.00–457.00	1,727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	406.00/cwt	405.00–409.00	2,497	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,505	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	448.12/cwt	432.00–450.00	2,541	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	443.68/cwt	440.00–452.50	2,298	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	444.74/cwt	430.50–458.00	2,824	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	3,067	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	515.02/cwt	502.00–555.00	2,730	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	465.78/cwt	449.00–502.50	2,720	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	493	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,292	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	728	404.20/cwt	401.00–405.00	2,943	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,673	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	365.35/cwt	364.50–366.00	2,853	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	435.42/cwt	431.00–440.00	2,543	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	375.59/cwt	373.00–378.50	3,042	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	350.25/cwt	350.25–350.25	3,219	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	484.76/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,574	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,891	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	632.78/cwt	625.00–645.00	2,329	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	574.45/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,516	11
Steers	Large 1	550–600	590	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,596	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	561.08/cwt	550.00–575.00	2,688	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	411.56/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,626	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	444	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,420	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	597.21/cwt	590.00–617.50	2,556	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	413.56/cwt	400.00–427.00	2,304	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	505.36/cwt	503.00–509.00	2,390	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	501	503.00/cwt	503.00–503.00	2,520	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,730	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,235	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,272	171.33/cwt	165.00–176.00	2,179	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	154.99/cwt	150.00–162.00	1,922	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	178.79/cwt	177.00–182.00	2,230	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,885	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	3,374	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	161.10/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,625	8
Steers	Choice	—	1,465	239.79/cwt	239.00–246.00	3,513	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	147.44/cwt	139.00–150.00	1,353	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	175.15/cwt	168.00–180.00	1,874	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	895	113.39/cwt	106.00–120.00	1,015	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	161.51/cwt	161.00–162.00	2,318	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,452	181.23/cwt	178.00–187.00	2,631	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	174.57/cwt	169.00–177.00	2,598	9
Bulls	—	—	1,925	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,658	1
Bulls	—	—	1,771	225.51/cwt	215.00–235.00	3,994	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	406.77/cwt	404.00–407.90	2,351	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	415.67/cwt	415.00–417.50	2,245	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	704	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,830	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	483.28/cwt	473.00–495.00	2,276	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	1,926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	497.45/cwt	490.00–522.00	1,870	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	466.75/cwt	440.00–486.00	1,960	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,462	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	509.14/cwt	499.00–535.00	2,154	14

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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