Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2026-06-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, receipts of steer calves weighing 450-650 lbs and heifer calves weighing under 600 lbs were much lighter not having bigger bunches and overall numbers as last week as well as overall quality and sold with a weak to lower undertone with three pot loads of 920-940 steers trading with a higher undertone on limited comparisons from last week. Feeder heifers weighing 600-650 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Demand was moderate to good on a light to moderate offering. Stick out sales included the pot loads of yearling steers with 119 hd weighing 922 lbs at 364.85 and 57 hd weighing 940 lbs at 359.85. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.48/cwt on 122 head, down $27.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −3.96 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$484.48

▼ 27.90 vs prior sale

122 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$216

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

$42.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.13

vs MO average

+15.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	502.88	2,749	69
Medium and Large 1-2	550	460.53	2,533	53

One grade step is worth $42.36/cwt here — about $216 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 sale122 hd

484.48

—

MO average20 barns · 3,118 hd

473.35

+11.13

National average32 barns · 3,072 hd

468.91

+15.57

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−3.96

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	—	Average	1,685	231.37	3,899	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,794	195.13	3,501	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,488	188.20	2,800	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	182.47	2,217	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,034	164.95	1,706	18
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,573	227.50	3,579	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,289	251.64	3,244	13

Every lot, as filed

56 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	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,641	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,360	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	529	376.50/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,992	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,413	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	457.16/cwt	445.00–467.00	2,578	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	532.62/cwt	512.50–545.00	2,615	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,025	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,331	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	466.37/cwt	465.00–467.50	2,192	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	404.78/cwt	394.00–414.00	2,307	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	371.52/cwt	364.00–389.00	2,344	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	455.39/cwt	440.00–462.00	2,154	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,457	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	435.47/cwt	435.00–435.50	2,905	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	363.21/cwt	359.85–364.85	3,371	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	532	447.67/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,382	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	573	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	652	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,608	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	420.19/cwt	414.00–430.00	2,450	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	407.55/cwt	405.00–410.25	2,502	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	165.88/cwt	157.00–172.00	1,680	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	152.24/cwt	147.50–155.00	1,571	3
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,573	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	3,579	6
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,289	251.64/cwt	250.00–254.00	3,244	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	188.62/cwt	185.00–193.00	2,316	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	179.83/cwt	176.00–184.00	2,167	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	309	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,947	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	414.96/cwt	403.00–425.00	2,585	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	444.08/cwt	438.00–450.00	2,487	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,396	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	481.58/cwt	465.00–504.00	2,567	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	383.91/cwt	382.50–385.50	2,883	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,097	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,499	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	460.93/cwt	442.50–485.00	2,028	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	425.11/cwt	416.50–432.50	2,262	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	464.76/cwt	452.50–468.00	2,835	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	600.45/cwt	575.00–612.50	2,498	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	526.51/cwt	522.50–530.00	2,706	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	428.66/cwt	412.50–440.00	1,848	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	412.73/cwt	405.25–429.00	2,798	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	555.62/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,372	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	960	125.79/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,208	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,794	195.13/cwt	193.00–196.00	3,501	4
Steers	Medium 2-3	450–500	478	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,326	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	482.45/cwt	472.00–487.50	2,774	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	573.67/cwt	555.00–587.50	2,702	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	662.85/cwt	660.00–665.00	2,300	7
Bulls	—	—	1,645	220.96/cwt	220.00–222.00	3,635	2
Bulls	—	—	1,701	235.54/cwt	226.00–241.00	4,007	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	182.39/cwt	179.00–184.00	2,803	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	180.80/cwt	174.00–186.00	1,944	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	166.04/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,976	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,461	191.37/cwt	187.00–196.00	2,796	11

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →