Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2026-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs were lightly tested, the best test was on steers weighing 550-700 lbs trading steady to firm, with 700-750 lbs selling with a firm to higher undertone and over 850 lbs were not tested. Heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs on a light test sold with a weak to lower undertone with all other weights trading on limited comparisons with last week. Several groups and consignments of calves that were short weaned (30 days or less). Demand was moderate to good, best on the 550-750 lb steers. The stick out sale of the day was 84 hd of thin fleshed 632 lb steers selling at 451.00. Slaughter cows sold mostly 3.00-5.00 lower with the bulk average and low dressing cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.17/cwt on 220 head, up $6.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 31 comparable sales and sits −54.88 against this barn's trailing median of $487.05.

Average price

$432.17

▲ 6.95 vs prior sale

220 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$18.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+29.56

vs MO average

+18.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	443.19	2,504	88
Medium and Large 1	563	424.82	2,391	132

One grade step is worth $18.37/cwt here — about $113 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

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.16, low $385.53, median $487.05 across 31 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 sale220 hd

432.17

—

MO average15 barns · 2,314 hd

402.61

+29.56

National average172 barns · 15,995 hd

413.83

+18.34

This barn, trailing median31 sales

487.05

−54.88

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	—	Low	1,824	194.62	3,549	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,463	139.45	2,040	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,803	138.80	2,503	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,244	138.59	1,724	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	119.37	1,215	57
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,635	233.50	3,818	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,657	225.39	3,735	5thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	131.01/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,889	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	133.46/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,347	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	109.63/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,094	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	147.36/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,842	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	128.85/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,598	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	140.06/cwt	135.00–144.00	2,063	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	427.42/cwt	417.00–437.50	2,441	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	613	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,115	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	442.37/cwt	441.00–445.00	2,265	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	388.80/cwt	379.00–405.00	2,589	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,343	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	367.71/cwt	356.00–375.50	2,074	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	613	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,023	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	375.15/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,801	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	362.84/cwt	358.00–376.50	2,663	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	410.87/cwt	403.00–424.00	2,621	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	483.60/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,239	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,853	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,143	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	340.32/cwt	335.00–342.50	2,474	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	558	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	689	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,177	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,099	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,125	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	459.03/cwt	450.00–477.00	1,731	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	514.26/cwt	500.00–522.50	2,011	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	338.79/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,067	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	335.11/cwt	325.50–345.00	2,272	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,348	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,083	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,715	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	337.35/cwt	330.00–342.50	2,635	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	364.18/cwt	350.00–376.00	1,937	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	138.58/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,723	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,447	145.64/cwt	144.00–147.00	2,107	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	119.99/cwt	115.00–127.00	1,244	26
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,635	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	3,818	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,657	225.39/cwt	222.00–229.00	3,735	5
Bulls	—	—	1,827	186.40/cwt	180.00–190.00	3,406	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	450–500	477	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,670	3
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	658	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,224	3
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	610	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,135	7
Bulls	—	—	1,763	195.86/cwt	192.00–200.00	3,453	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,803	138.80/cwt	137.00–140.00	2,503	4
Bulls	—	—	1,940	204.48/cwt	204.00–205.00	3,967	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,839	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	408.06/cwt	406.00–413.00	2,273	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	632	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,850	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,102	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,884	11
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	414	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,277	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	407.19/cwt	406.00–410.00	2,301	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	592	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,013	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,539	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	740	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,738	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	2,207	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	407	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,618	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	539.10/cwt	532.50–552.50	1,704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,569	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,856	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	466.18/cwt	447.50–491.00	2,242	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,699	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	395.00/cwt	380.00–403.00	1,691	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	350.87/cwt	346.00–356.00	1,982	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	565	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,543	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	380.02/cwt	364.00–394.00	2,333	20

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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