Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2025-06-02

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jun 2
● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,163 head
▲ 1,210 vs last sale 2,953▲ 532 vs year ago 3,631 · +14.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
290 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 265▲ 30 vs year ago 260 · +11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, steer calves under 650 lbs sold steady to firm, with 650- 700 lbs selling with a firm to higher undertone, pot load of 767 lb steers sold 14.00 higher than a near pot load from two weeks ago, with the pot loads of 825-857 lb steers selling with a sharply higher undertone. Heifer calves weighing 400-600 lbs traded 5.00-12.00 higher, with 600-650lbs selling firm to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good on a heavy supply. Nice quality offering of steers and heifers as the market remains very active, with fed cattle market continuing to advance to record high prices with the feeders following right along. Several stick out sales included 38 hd of steers weighing 595 lbs at 411.00, pot load steers 767 lbs 332.25, two pot loads steers 827-838 lbs 314.25-315.50 and 120 hd of steers 857 lbs at 316.10. Slaughter cows sold firm to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $389.49/cwt on 1,023 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −90.53 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$389.49
1,023 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,164
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$312
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.80
vs MO average
+10.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559399.962,235659
Medium and Large 1-2551372.112,051323
Medium and Large 2537358.131,92341
One grade step is worth $41.83/cwt here — about $312 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,023 hd
389.49
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MO average11 barns · 3,541 hd
377.69
+11.80
National average158 barns · 13,435 hd
378.58
+10.91
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
−90.53
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—High2,020214.004,3231thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,832156.612,8693thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,492156.052,32828
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,230154.381,89941
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,033141.241,45924
HeifersChoiceAverage1,336231.003,0866thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,423232.203,3044thin

Every lot

74 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2305522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,5947
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,6733
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355511.77/cwt490.00–525.001,81711
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2363469.33/cwt442.50–482.501,70425
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421442.30/cwt440.00–449.001,86219
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426468.55/cwt457.50–475.001,99643
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2441389.34/cwt382.50–395.001,71711
Steers450–500Medium 2472309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,4589
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476447.11/cwt436.00–458.002,12896
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478410.13/cwt390.00–432.001,96092
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2489378.07/cwt366.00–387.001,84953
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2519358.13/cwt334.00–369.001,85918
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523380.71/cwt360.00–396.001,991155
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524412.74/cwt399.50–432.002,163190
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2551358.13/cwt350.00–361.001,97323
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571393.35/cwt379.00–400.002,246431
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577364.18/cwt353.00–376.002,101168
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy595411.00/cwt411.00–411.002,44538
Steers600–650Large 1618352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,17518
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622375.82/cwt363.00–391.002,33885
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630346.14/cwt337.00–356.002,18129
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2633317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,0073
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed652380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,47876
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2654316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,0676
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676345.98/cwt342.00–360.002,33981
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,18019
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1732332.98/cwt329.00–336.002,4377
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,3125
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,3909
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770329.93/cwt319.00–332.252,54076
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2802274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,1976
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833314.87/cwt314.25–315.502,623120
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2846294.25/cwt294.25–294.252,48916
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1857316.10/cwt316.10–316.102,709120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2319413.92/cwt410.00–415.001,32014
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336437.17/cwt427.50–442.501,46933
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379416.32/cwt405.00–430.001,57848
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5804
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2412339.19/cwt337.00–345.001,39716
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426401.72/cwt390.00–417.501,71198
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433366.40/cwt354.00–377.501,58728
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475391.95/cwt377.50–400.001,862225
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475361.94/cwt344.00–377.501,71935
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521349.83/cwt329.00–365.001,82326
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528374.47/cwt360.00–387.501,977116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2530317.05/cwt305.00–320.001,68020
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3533280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4928
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565361.97/cwt340.00–372.002,045238
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2592332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,96510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1608343.10/cwt319.00–345.002,086140
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644315.45/cwt314.00–316.002,03118
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671314.08/cwt306.00–329.002,10750
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2968228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,2078
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium 2407330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,3438
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2468324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,51613
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2476395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8804
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2556339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,88511
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2611300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8335
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2748260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9453
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,423232.20/cwt231.50–233.003,3044
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,336231.00/cwt231.00–231.003,0866
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,020214.00/cwt214.00–214.004,3231
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%965102.00/cwt102.00–102.009841
Cows—Lean 85-90%998150.29/cwt145.00–156.001,50012
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073117.09/cwt111.00–124.001,2562
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,079138.89/cwt133.00–144.001,4999
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214136.04/cwt132.00–142.001,6525
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,216151.03/cwt145.00–155.001,83717
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247162.20/cwt157.00–168.002,02319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420141.95/cwt140.00–143.002,0163
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,494149.68/cwt145.00–154.002,2366
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,502160.29/cwt156.00–175.002,40819
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,773153.92/cwt152.00–156.002,7292
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,950162.00/cwt162.00–162.003,1591

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.