Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-09-21

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Sep 21
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
← Sep 14Sep 21latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
992 head
▼ 682 vs last sale 1,674▼ 880 vs year ago 1,872 · −47.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 130▼ 139 vs year ago 210 · −66.2%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Sep 3, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter offering this week with steer calves under 550 lbs lightly tested, 550-600 lbs steers sold 2.00-5.00 higher, with 600-700 lbs on a lighter offering trading with a firm to higher undertone, pot load of 852 lb steers sold 5.00 higher than last week's pot of same weight and similar quality the other two pot loads of 800-and 832 lbs were not tested with last week. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold steady to firm on a light comparison with all other weights lightly tested. Demand was good on a light supply with a couple of stick out sales included 51 steers weighing 742 lbs at 380.25 and 60 steers weighing 852 lbs at 337.75. Slaughter cows mostly low and average dressing sold 5.00-10.00 lower on a light offering.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $425.21/cwt on 69 head, up $4.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −62.53 against this barn's trailing median of $487.74.
Average price
$425.21
▲ 4.04 vs prior sale
69 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,377
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$222
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$12.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.46
vs MO average
+25.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564426.822,40760
Medium and Large 1-2527414.522,1859thin
One grade step is worth $12.30/cwt here — about $222 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

30 sales
539483427372median 487.7402/0203/2305/1807/1309/21
Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.16, low $385.53, median $487.74 across 30 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 sale69 hd
425.21
—
MO average17 barns · 1,330 hd
416.75
+8.46
National average152 barns · 9,581 hd
399.46
+25.75
This barn, trailing median30 sales
487.74
−62.53
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
Bulls—Average1,778175.083,1124thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,695142.002,4071thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,243141.361,75725
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,462140.952,0605thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,048127.871,33913

Every lot, as filed

55 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350334501.00/cwt501.00–501.001,6735
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550548365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,0005
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650646386.04/cwt368.00–390.502,49420
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500477418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,9949
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700683342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,3366
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850808341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,7598
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400374521.00/cwt521.00–521.001,9495
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500468476.37/cwt472.00–482.002,22922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600579353.67/cwt345.00–359.002,04829
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600577321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,8523
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950–1000970255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,4744
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700673367.43/cwt365.00–370.002,4736
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550527414.52/cwt406.00–419.002,1859
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800783351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,7486
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned600–650641349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,2377
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650618344.96/cwt341.00–346.502,13211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750733348.50/cwt348.50–348.502,5555
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450448416.00/cwt416.00–416.001,8645
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650622349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,1713
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy700–750734310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,2756
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900855335.86/cwt329.50–337.752,87278
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500491391.45/cwt391.00–392.001,92213
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700669383.04/cwt372.50–397.002,56341
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400377447.66/cwt440.00–453.001,6887
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450408521.00/cwt521.00–521.002,1267
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550525444.65/cwt424.00–472.502,33413
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850816345.92/cwt337.00–355.502,823126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430459.00/cwt459.00–459.001,9749
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800757360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,72520
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400383527.50/cwt527.50–527.502,0203
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600572382.50/cwt360.00–397.002,1888
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500492413.81/cwt405.00–425.002,03638
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550534389.15/cwt381.00–409.002,07824
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600574424.06/cwt413.00–436.002,43444
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650619417.37/cwt405.00–430.002,58426
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500481477.35/cwt475.00–482.002,29620
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610369.49/cwt366.00–373.002,2548
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,253120.53/cwt120.00–121.001,5102
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,695142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,4071
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,249144.72/cwt140.00–148.001,80816
CowsLean 85-90%—1,010134.94/cwt134.00–136.001,3634
CowsLean 85-90%—1,101126.44/cwt121.00–132.001,3928
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,385136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,8841
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600585390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2823
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415436.24/cwt430.00–450.001,81017
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417525.21/cwt525.00–526.002,19014
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950937319.50/cwt319.50–319.502,9945
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed700–750742380.25/cwt380.25–380.252,82151
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750714363.18/cwt360.00–366.002,59315
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,230136.41/cwt134.00–139.001,6786
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,481142.19/cwt139.00–146.002,1064
CowsLean 85-90%—770111.00/cwt111.00–111.008551
Bulls——1,350190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,5651
Bulls——1,920170.10/cwt164.00–175.003,2663
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,195159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,9001

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.