Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-06-22

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jun 22
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,411 head
604 vs last sale 2,015 255 vs year ago 1,156 · +22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
70 vs last sale 115 93 vs year ago 92 · +101.1%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-550 lb steer calves on a larger offering of top quality calves sold with a sharply higher undertone, 550-650 lbs sold fully steady to firm and 650-700 lbs steers traded mostly 10.00 higher, spots 15.00 higher, 700-750 lb steers sold steady to firm a pot load of 976 lb steers were not tested. Heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold firm to 10.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold steady to firm and over 600 lbs were scarce. Demand was very good on the steer calves and yearling steers weighing from 400-700 lbs. Friday's late fed cattle market had reports of pushing to 258.00-260.00. Monday's Feeder Cattle futures closed 3.82 to 4.35 higher on the front four months. Several stick out sales included 45 hd of 495 lb steers at 590.00, with 16 hd weighing 453 lbs at 608.00; pot load 77 hd steers weighing 672 lbs at 450.00, with a part load weighing 663 lbs at 454.00. Slaughter cows sold on a good offering sold firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $512.38/cwt on 242 head, up $12.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 29 comparable sales and sits +23.94 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$512.38
12.35 vs prior sale
242 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+40.08
vs MO average
+43.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553517.022,860211
Medium and Large 1-2570480.782,74131
One grade step is worth $36.24/cwt here — about $119 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 sale242 hd
512.38
MO average16 barns · 2,633 hd
472.30
+40.08
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
+43.92
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
+23.94
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
BullsHigh1,762231.674,0828thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,675195.003,2661thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,441184.072,65219
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,218183.492,23445
CowsLean 85-90%Low974160.481,56351
HeifersChoiceAverage1,350256.503,4633thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,160252.002,9232thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,381254.833,51916

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 1-2500–550508435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,2103
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350317680.00/cwt680.00–680.002,1563
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350322534.29/cwt530.00–537.501,7205
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850815325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6494
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400388545.97/cwt531.00–557.002,11812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400389604.63/cwt597.50–607.502,35214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700674415.39/cwt406.00–420.002,80016
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600579435.66/cwt425.00–451.002,52247
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750737380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,8013
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750741312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,3127
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800758338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,5626
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500484481.81/cwt472.00–495.002,33252
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550527539.46/cwt522.50–563.002,84358
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450433512.49/cwt510.00–527.502,21921
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700668451.95/cwt441.00–465.003,019137
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750736411.65/cwt404.00–417.003,03068
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450444483.48/cwt480.00–486.002,14712
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450435592.83/cwt575.00–600.002,57928
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550534456.39/cwt446.00–464.002,43754
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500498505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,5153
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400378621.41/cwt612.50–625.002,34911
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350338570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9276
SteersChoice1,381254.83/cwt254.50–255.003,51916
HeifersChoice1,350256.50/cwt256.50–256.503,4633
HeifersSelect and Choice1,160252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,9232
CowsLean 85-90%919145.51/cwt137.00–154.001,33721
CowsLean 85-90%1,007181.95/cwt175.00–187.001,83213
CowsLean 85-90%1,021164.47/cwt157.00–171.001,67916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650642435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,79312
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450441477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,1064
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300274602.50/cwt602.50–602.501,65112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900881348.00/cwt348.00–348.003,0665
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550529491.52/cwt489.00–494.002,60012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950940320.00/cwt320.00–320.003,0083
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600596474.00/cwt474.00–474.002,82519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350307655.00/cwt655.00–655.002,0113
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850816351.33/cwt350.00–354.002,8679
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800750370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,7754
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500485463.41/cwt457.50–467.002,24810
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623464.98/cwt454.00–480.002,89773
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563508.52/cwt480.00–525.002,863153
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000976342.75/cwt342.75–342.753,34558
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500485584.79/cwt552.50–597.502,836102
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450420420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7643
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700670344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,3053
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,675195.00/cwt195.00–195.003,2661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,150166.07/cwt160.00–172.001,9103
CowsBoner 80-85%1,209180.77/cwt176.00–184.002,18617
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,470181.67/cwt178.00–185.002,6719
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500455610.30/cwt608.00–617.502,77721
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650621408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,5346
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,421190.15/cwt187.00–197.002,7028
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,390170.51/cwt170.00–171.002,3702
CowsBoner 80-85%1,170147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,7201
CowsBoner 80-85%1,234189.11/cwt186.00–195.002,33424
Bulls1,762231.67/cwt222.00–240.004,0828
CowsLean 85-90%935132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2341

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.