Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-07-27

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jul 27
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Receipts
591 head
1,169 vs last sale 1,760 591 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, the bulk of Monday's sale was 4 pot loads of yearling steers weighing 820-902 lbs and a part load of 664 lb heifers. The best test was on the pot load of 902 lb steers trading 12.00 lower than a pot load of near same weight from two weeks ago with all other loads trading with a sharply lower undertone as comparisons were very limited on those weights. Very hot and humid weather over the weekend and here on Monday have hampered and made the movement and receiving of cattle very stressful. The market has moved sharply lower over the last two weeks as the month of July has seen the fat cattle trade lose near 30.00 which is pressuring the feeder cattle along with the heat. Slaughter cows were scarce.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $400.00/cwt on 26 head, down $86.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 88.44 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$400.00
86.75 vs prior sale
26 head · 572 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,288
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
29.39
vs MO average
+0.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572400.002,28826
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale26 hd
400.00
MO average13 barns · 633 hd
429.39
−29.39
National average142 barns · 3,877 hd
399.29
+0.71
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
−88.44
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

20 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 2Unweaned350–400395385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450418458.00/cwt458.00–458.001,9149
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350322382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,2323
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400353428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,5114
SteersLarge 1-2750–800775325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5193
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650615389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,39219
HeifersMedium and Large 2Unweaned450–500462324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,4973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466401.82/cwt401.00–404.001,87222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450448387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,7364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650626331.85/cwt329.00–339.002,07714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700665324.11/cwt320.00–324.502,15559
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600564348.76/cwt340.00–354.001,9678
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500464415.88/cwt406.00–432.501,93010
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550543371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,0154
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700658361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,37519
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950902329.75/cwt329.75–329.752,97459
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600572400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,28826
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850820348.75/cwt348.75–348.752,860120
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550520372.00/cwt372.00–372.001,93421
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850826337.25/cwt337.25–337.252,78660

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.