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Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Mar 10
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,184 head
▼ 769 vs last sale 2,953▲ 1,106 vs year ago 1,078 · +102.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
338 head
▲ 155 vs last sale 183▲ 168 vs year ago 170 · +98.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs sold steady with a larger offering of new crop calves in the mix, 550-700 lb steers sold 5.00-15.00 higher with the most advance on the 650-700 lb steers, 700-800 lb steers sold 2.00-8.00 higher and seven pot loads of steers over 800 lbs traded steady. Heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs on a light test and 600-700 lb heifers traded 5.00-10.00 higher with 500-550 lb heifers selling fully steady to firm. Demand was good on a moderate supply with a nice quality offering of calves and yearlings all selling on and active market. Several stick out sales included 41 steers weighing 695 lbs at 315.50, 46 steers weighing 762 lbs at 290.25, pot load steers weighing 885 lbs at 271.50 and pot load of heifers weighing 654 lbs at 285.25. Also selling was a large offering of slaughter steers and heifers selling with very good demand with four pot loads of heifers weighing from 1220 to 1309 lbs selling from 204.25-206.75 and several small packages and groups trading from 208.50-210.25. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $359.55/cwt on 217 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −120.47 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$359.55
217 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$192
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.43
vs MO average
+0.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554362.132,006193
Medium and Large 1-2536338.801,81524
One grade step is worth $23.33/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale217 hd
359.55
—
MO average15 barns · 2,418 hd
354.12
+5.43
National average173 barns · 15,162 hd
358.67
+0.88
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
−120.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
539483427372median 480.0203/0204/2706/2909/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.16, low $385.53, median $480.02 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Low1,821170.093,09711
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,812140.372,5434thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,442138.932,00319
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,243133.961,66535
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,010115.281,16523
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,343208.802,80410
HeifersChoiceAverage1,291205.362,651161
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,605210.253,3755thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,562206.503,2265thin

Every lot

76 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4143
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369393.00/cwt393.00–393.001,4504
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423379.28/cwt375.00–381.501,6049
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425409.13/cwt392.50–416.001,73950
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6428
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474391.58/cwt390.00–398.001,85640
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511338.75/cwt335.00–340.001,73112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed519360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8684
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523368.16/cwt349.00–381.001,92584
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578357.48/cwt332.00–370.252,066109
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581328.26/cwt327.00–329.001,9078
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1614338.92/cwt319.00–351.002,08160
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2635275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7465
Steers600–650Large 1-2637255.50/cwt255.50–255.501,6286
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9325
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2675282.84/cwt275.00–295.001,90916
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677317.22/cwt304.00–329.002,148104
Steers650–700Large 1686293.65/cwt291.75–299.002,01411
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728295.32/cwt287.00–297.752,15063
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735283.29/cwt280.00–284.002,08217
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760289.06/cwt284.00–290.252,19757
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2793260.92/cwt257.75–261.752,06924
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827274.87/cwt274.75–275.002,273125
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2830250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0753
Steers850–900Large 1870264.25/cwt264.25–264.252,29961
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1882269.17/cwt260.00–271.502,37478
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930264.43/cwt261.75–265.752,459178
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed289418.00/cwt418.00–418.001,2087
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321410.05/cwt408.00–419.001,31617
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378385.42/cwt375.00–392.501,45712
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407363.14/cwt357.50–377.501,47826
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2363
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy426398.00/cwt398.00–398.001,6954
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472352.22/cwt335.00–375.001,66241
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474322.94/cwt321.00–326.001,53110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1520327.71/cwt310.00–347.001,70453
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,4633
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560306.01/cwt303.00–309.001,7148
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570290.63/cwt283.50–299.001,65741
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2582267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,5573
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2611250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5287
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612268.94/cwt258.50–278.001,64618
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned617248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,5303
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,91617
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2656263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,7255
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660282.99/cwt275.00–289.001,868177
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy685264.50/cwt264.50–264.501,81214
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9564
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1936249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,33112
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,3677
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2408361.00/cwt361.00–361.001,4733
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned471289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,3614
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2490349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,7103
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2510308.99/cwt308.00–310.001,5766
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,8125
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568296.17/cwt288.00–307.001,6829
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2612285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7445
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,562206.50/cwt206.50–206.503,2265
Steers—Choice and Prime1,605210.25/cwt210.25–210.253,3755
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,291205.36/cwt204.25–206.752,651161
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,343208.80/cwt208.50–209.602,80410
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,645149.45/cwt143.00–157.002,4582
Bulls——1,788182.37/cwt178.00–187.003,2615
Bulls——1,949165.06/cwt159.00–172.003,2174
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98093.00/cwt93.00–93.009111
Cows—Lean 85-90%990119.26/cwt114.00–128.001,18110
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,007138.34/cwt137.00–140.001,3933
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,037105.65/cwt97.00–112.001,0969
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,180117.80/cwt111.00–123.001,3903
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236132.84/cwt125.00–138.001,64225
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,294144.89/cwt140.00–154.001,8757
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,375124.88/cwt120.00–127.501,7173
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,451136.27/cwt129.50–141.001,9778
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,458146.86/cwt142.00–158.002,1418
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,740137.52/cwt137.00–138.002,3932
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,883143.21/cwt142.50–144.002,6972

This sale against other markets

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.