Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2025-07-14

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jul 14
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,555 head
▼ 2,059 vs last sale 3,614▲ 613 vs year ago 942 · +65.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 80▲ 44 vs year ago 96 · +45.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's large offering, 450-500 lb steer calves sold 10.00-20.00 higher, with 500-700 lb steers and heifers were lightly tested with last week's large offering of top quality calves but overall 550-600 lb steers and 450-600 lb heifers for the most part traded steady and well within the price ranges seen last week except for the extreme highs paid on large drafts and pot loads that sold, with 500-550 lb steers and 600-700 lb steers not well tested on limited comparisons; two pot loads of 779 and 790 lb steers sold 4.00-5.00 higher than last week's pot load of similar weight and two pot loads of 803 and 808 lb steers trading with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply as the market continues on a very active pace. Several stick out sales included the pot loads of steers with two pot loads weighing 779 and 790 at 331.25-331.75 and 120 hd weighing 803 lbs at 334.25 and 60 hd weighing 808 lbs at 330.25. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-8.00, spots 10.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $405.31/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −74.71 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$405.31
170 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,232
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$463
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.09
vs MO average
+32.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551412.502,275135
Medium and Large 1-2556382.042,12429
Medium and Large 2509356.001,8126thin
One grade step is worth $56.50/cwt here — about $463 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 sale170 hd
405.31
—
MO average16 barns · 2,742 hd
392.22
+13.09
National average147 barns · 7,194 hd
372.43
+32.88
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
−74.71
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—High1,660205.563,4129thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,690176.002,9741thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,464173.882,54512
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,216169.292,05816
CowsLean 85-90%High1,001147.761,47925
SteersChoiceAverage1,361235.923,21132
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,203233.002,8037thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1308537.50/cwt537.50–537.501,6563
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1361504.97/cwt497.50–512.001,82316
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383469.02/cwt467.50–470.001,7965
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425436.23/cwt432.50–440.001,8546
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430457.05/cwt452.50–470.001,96511
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473457.01/cwt445.00–472.002,16286
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,1224
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2509356.00/cwt356.00–356.001,8126
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1529418.08/cwt408.00–431.002,21269
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539393.50/cwt388.00–396.002,12115
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574369.76/cwt357.00–383.002,12214
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575406.67/cwt399.00–425.002,33866
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1611391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,3894
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,20113
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673339.23/cwt325.00–349.002,28330
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1723337.91/cwt333.00–344.002,44325
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771311.00/cwt311.00–311.002,3986
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1784331.49/cwt331.25–331.752,599125
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805332.91/cwt330.25–334.252,680180
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4073
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1351431.00/cwt431.00–431.001,5134
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2378417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,5763
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407420.83/cwt408.00–429.001,71344
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,7227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2443339.00/cwt339.00–339.001,5023
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7464
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473402.92/cwt383.00–412.001,90639
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523377.31/cwt370.00–388.001,97381
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy524396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,07514
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed554354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,9615
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567355.99/cwt343.00–367.002,01838
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591328.77/cwt328.00–330.001,94313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2609290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7664
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1632330.03/cwt328.00–331.002,08619
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0296
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674325.59/cwt325.00–328.002,19475
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,25924
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,3625
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2836268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,2405
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1316550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,7384
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2483387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,8723
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1743323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,4003
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2948207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,9624
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,203233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,8037
Steers—Choice1,361235.92/cwt235.00–240.003,21132
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,593213.72/cwt208.00–218.003,4055
Bulls——1,743195.37/cwt186.00–201.003,4054
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%924130.94/cwt125.00–136.001,2105
Cows—Lean 85-90%943111.41/cwt104.00–117.001,0513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,022150.22/cwt144.00–158.001,53510
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,051171.83/cwt165.00–178.001,8067
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,174165.71/cwt161.00–171.001,9454
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,224178.54/cwt174.00–186.002,1859
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,247146.32/cwt144.00–148.001,8253
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,405181.13/cwt178.00–186.002,5455
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,506168.70/cwt166.00–174.002,5417
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,690176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,9741

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.