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Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2025-03-31
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Published: 2025-03-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Mar 31

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← Mar 24Mar 31Apr 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,679 head

▼ 528 vs last sale 2,207▲ 851 vs year ago 828 · +102.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

268 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 277▲ 48 vs year ago 220 · +21.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs were lightly tested with mostly all new crop calves short weaned ( 30 days or less), 550-650 lbs sold steady on comparable sales and weights, 650-700 lb steers on a light test sold steady to 7.00 higher and couple pot loads of yearling steers weighing 863 and 970 lbs were not well tested on comparable weights. Heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold 8.00-12.00 higher, with 500-650 lbs mostly steady with two part loads of 758-781 lb heifers selling with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply with quality overall good but mostly new crop short weaned steer calves weaned 3-4 weeks, also a much lighter offering of calves this week especially steer calves with demand best on the 4 weight heifers selling on and active market and two part loads of 758-781 lb heifers trading at 276.35-277.75 and 45 steers weighing 664 lbs at 345.25. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.33/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −122.69 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.

Average price

$357.33

136 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$56.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.51

vs MO average

−11.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	360.04	1,978	105
Medium and Large 1-2	525	352.86	1,853	28
Medium and Large 2	548	304.00	1,666	3thin

One grade step is worth $56.04/cwt here — about $312 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale136 hd

357.33

—

MO average17 barns · 2,526 hd

365.83

−8.51

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−11.68

This barn, trailing median32 sales

480.02

−122.69

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,705	170.47	2,906	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,783	146.66	2,615	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,468	142.04	2,086	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,218	137.85	1,679	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,008	125.39	1,264	45
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,269	210.39	2,670	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,433	223.75	3,206	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,659	216.00	3,583	4thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	316	494.31/cwt	482.50–510.00	1,562	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	428.09/cwt	411.00–443.00	1,571	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	421.64/cwt	400.00–432.00	1,779	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	389.85/cwt	375.00–392.00	1,700	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	438	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,515	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	408.19/cwt	390.00–416.00	1,853	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	382.63/cwt	380.00–384.00	1,814	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	371.31/cwt	362.00–374.00	1,782	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,911	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	367.05/cwt	365.00–371.00	1,901	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	358.63/cwt	352.00–367.00	1,858	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	538	342.47/cwt	339.00–346.00	1,842	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,666	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	353.51/cwt	338.00–370.50	2,026	62
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	601	313.89/cwt	306.00–327.00	1,886	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,014	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	340.69/cwt	333.00–354.50	2,143	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	651	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,051	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	340.64/cwt	324.50–345.25	2,272	70
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,021	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	285.88/cwt	283.50–291.50	2,035	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,400	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,274	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,339	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,399	60
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	260.25/cwt	260.25–260.25	2,524	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	276	424.71/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,172	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	326	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,180	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	403.64/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,469	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,227	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	346.68/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,466	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	383.32/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,644	74
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,322	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	447	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,643	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	463	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,840	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	368.28/cwt	344.00–388.00	1,746	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,436	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	310.56/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,612	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	335.96/cwt	327.50–354.00	1,797	67
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	322.36/cwt	310.00–339.00	1,837	63
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	593	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,815	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	303.89/cwt	295.00–312.00	1,890	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	626	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,066	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,917	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	237.71/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,571	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	271.51/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,825	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,032	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	260.58/cwt	260.00–261.50	1,858	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	277.08/cwt	276.35–277.75	2,134	105
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	822	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,891	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	960	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,978	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,560	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	396.57/cwt	395.00–397.50	1,697	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	362.49/cwt	360.00–364.00	1,729	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,835	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	556	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,696	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	326.31/cwt	316.00–344.00	1,870	21
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,904	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,147	3
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,433	223.75/cwt	223.75–223.75	3,206	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,659	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	3,583	4
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,269	210.39/cwt	208.50–211.00	2,670	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,603	168.45/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,700	9
Bulls	—	—	1,774	181.06/cwt	177.00–186.00	3,212	7
Bulls	—	—	1,847	151.79/cwt	147.00–160.00	2,804	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	992	111.26/cwt	102.00–115.00	1,104	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,000	122.94/cwt	118.00–129.00	1,229	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,025	136.21/cwt	131.00–143.00	1,396	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	125.21/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,518	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	134.77/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,640	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	144.31/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,761	31
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,463	146.46/cwt	142.00–157.00	2,143	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,472	137.48/cwt	133.00–141.00	2,024	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,498	127.49/cwt	126.00–129.00	1,910	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,778	144.50/cwt	144.00–145.00	2,569	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,786	147.74/cwt	147.00–149.00	2,639	4

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Callaway Livestock Center - Kingdom City, MO

Mon Mar 31, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,679Last week 2,207Year ago 828

Slaughter CattleReceipts 268Last week 277Year ago 220

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	626	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	364	400.00–410.00	403.64
74	400–450	429	375.00–400.00	383.32
48	450–500	474	344.00–388.00	368.28
67	500–550	535	327.50–354.00	335.96
63	550–600	570	310.00–339.00	322.36
24	600–650	622	295.00–312.00	303.89
10	650–700	653	293.50	293.50
8	700–750	708	287.00	287.00
105	750–800	770	276.35–277.75	277.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	276	415.00–435.00	424.71
10	300–350	326	362.00	362.00
5	350–400	373	329.00	329.00
24	400–450	423	330.00–352.50	346.68
7	500–550	519	305.00–315.00	310.56
7	550–600	593	306.00	306.00
6	650–700	672	271.00–272.00	271.51
18	700–750	713	260.00–261.50	260.58
3	800–850	822	230.00	230.00
8	950–1000	960	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	307.50	307.50
3	450–500	495	290.00	290.00
8	650–700	661	230.00–250.00	237.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	447	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	316	482.50–510.00	494.31
32	350–400	367	411.00–443.00	428.09
20	400–450	422	400.00–432.00	421.64
10	450–500	454	390.00–416.00	408.19
8	500–550	503	380.00	380.00
62	550–600	573	338.00–370.50	353.51
41	600–650	629	333.00–354.50	340.69
70	650–700	667	324.50–345.25	340.64
19	700–750	734	327.00	327.00
4	750–800	763	298.00	298.00
11	800–850	818	286.00	286.00
60	850–900	863	278.00	278.00
58	950–1000	970	260.25	260.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	436	375.00–392.00	389.85
43	450–500	480	362.00–374.00	371.31
18	500–550	518	352.00–367.00	358.63
8	600–650	601	306.00–327.00	313.89
7	650–700	684	295.50	295.50
12	700–750	712	283.50–291.50	285.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	651	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	548	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	346.00	346.00
10	500–550	538	339.00–346.00	342.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	474	380.00–384.00	382.63
35	500–550	518	365.00–371.00	367.05
4	600–650	616	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	393	397.00	397.00
8	400–450	428	395.00–397.50	396.57
11	450–500	477	360.00–364.00	362.49
4	500–550	538	341.00	341.00
21	550–600	573	316.00–344.00	326.31
3	800–850	847	253.50	253.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	556	305.00	305.00
3	650–700	668	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,463	142.00–157.00	146.46
12	—	1,472	133.00–141.00	137.48
2	—	1,498	126.00–129.00	127.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	992	102.00–115.00	111.26
18	—	1,025	131.00–143.00	136.21
16	—	1,000	118.00–129.00	122.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,786	147.00–149.00	147.74
2	—	1,778	144.00–145.00	144.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,220	140.00–151.00	144.31
9	—	1,212	121.00–129.00	125.21
28	—	1,217	130.00–139.00	134.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,433	223.75	223.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,659	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,269	208.50–211.00	210.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,603	165.00–174.00	168.45
3	—	1,847	147.00–160.00	151.79
7	—	1,774	177.00–186.00	181.06

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.