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Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Aug 3Aug 10latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
406 head
899 vs last sale 1,305 728 vs year ago 1,134 · 64.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
35 vs last sale 115 9 vs year ago 71 · +12.7%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the only good test was on a pot load of 821 lb steers off the same consignment as last week and sold 6.00 higher, all other weights were lightly tested on a light offering. Numbers continue to be light as we are in the "Dog Days of Summer". Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on a light offering, mostly average and low dressing.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $426.15/cwt on 35 head, down $20.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits 62.29 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.
Average price
$426.15
20.96 vs prior sale
35 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,326
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.24
vs MO average
+24.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503450.002,26410thin
Medium and Large 1-2563416.612,34625
One grade step is worth $33.39/cwt here — about −$82 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
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 sale35 hd
426.15
MO average14 barns · 1,074 hd
429.39
−3.24
National average152 barns · 6,242 hd
401.88
+24.27
This barn, trailing median29 sales
488.44
−62.29
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
BullsAverage1,725210.003,6231thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,444178.682,58112
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,251176.162,20310
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,745169.332,9553thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average972156.941,52513
SteersChoiceAverage1,289237.703,0648thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,458232.003,3832thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,715180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,0871
CowsBoner 80-85%1,285160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0562
Bulls1,725210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,6231
SteersSelect and Choice1,458232.00/cwt232.00–232.003,3832
CowsLean 85-90%985166.26/cwt160.00–172.001,6385
CowsLean 85-90%775140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0851
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500484458.55/cwt447.50–468.002,2199
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600564384.91/cwt370.00–391.002,1717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616397.72/cwt389.50–406.002,45031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1403
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650648340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2034
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700654341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,2336
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400365543.00/cwt543.00–543.001,9829
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400386537.03/cwt530.00–547.502,0735
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450433445.79/cwt444.00–447.501,9307
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750726361.82/cwt359.00–365.502,6279
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550530437.02/cwt422.50–460.002,31610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450417516.21/cwt482.50–537.502,15315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400350441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,5443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600585403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,35815
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700693379.50/cwt379.50–379.502,6309
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550503450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,26410
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600552328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,8113
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750725304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,2044
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350343451.27/cwt442.00–480.001,54812
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned500–550530410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1733
HeifersLarge 1650–700678332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,25110
SteersLarge 1750–800763358.25/cwt358.25–358.252,73320
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,1579
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466421.43/cwt420.00–422.501,9648
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500451482.00/cwt482.00–482.002,1744
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850821359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,94762
SteersChoice1,289237.70/cwt236.00–239.003,0648
CowsBoner 80-85%1,242180.20/cwt177.00–182.002,2388
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,427172.66/cwt172.00–173.002,4643
CowsLean 85-90%990152.71/cwt149.00–156.001,5127
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,760164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,8862
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,450180.69/cwt176.00–185.002,6209

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.