Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-01-19

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jan 19
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,433 head
▼ 955 vs last sale 3,388▼ 899 vs year ago 3,332 · −27.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▼ 194 vs last sale 300▼ 9 vs year ago 115 · −7.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-450 lbs sold with a higher undertone on last week's light offering, with 450-650 lb steers selling fully steady to firm with a couple of spots where prices reached above last week's highs on 550-600 lb steers, 650-700 lb steers sold mostly 10.00-25.00 higher with 700-750 lbs sold with a higher undertone on last week's limited sales and two pot loads of 895 and 915 lb steers sold near 7.00 lower than last week's loads. Heifer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold mostly 15.00-30.00 higher with heifers over 600 lbs lightly tested. Demand was good to very good on a moderate supply. The market remains extremely good on grazing cattle. Stick out sales included 75 hd steers 629 lbs at 460.00, 31 steers 667 lbs at 434.00, 51 steers 682 lbs at 420.00 with 36 heifers 534 lbs at 458.00 and 89 heifers weighing 595 lbs at 407.25. Slaughter cows sold firm to 6.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher on the high dressing cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $460.32/cwt on 321 head. That ranks 14 of 32 comparable sales and sits −19.70 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$460.32
321 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$853
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$115.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.91
vs MO average
−5.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557481.612,683156
Medium and Large 1-2559442.032,473161
Medium 2500366.001,8304thin
One grade step is worth $115.61/cwt here — about $853 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 sale321 hd
460.32
—
MO average20 barns · 4,967 hd
457.40
+2.91
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
−5.01
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
−19.70
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—Average1,655200.333,3158thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,720183.433,1552thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,465163.582,39613
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,183158.401,87423
CowsLean 85-90%High1,010144.871,46426

Every lot

68 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332598.71/cwt597.50–600.001,9886
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397522.50/cwt522.50–522.502,0749
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420558.77/cwt525.00–580.002,34736
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427501.75/cwt497.50–510.002,14218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475512.31/cwt500.00–537.502,43344
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478457.16/cwt430.00–482.002,18521
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478423.00/cwt423.00–423.002,0223
Steers500–550Medium 2500366.00/cwt366.00–366.001,8304
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529464.68/cwt449.00–478.002,45867
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1534499.35/cwt487.00–508.002,66735
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed558508.00/cwt508.00–508.002,83523
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565469.08/cwt440.00–494.002,65098
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581425.88/cwt416.00–431.002,47494
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625450.98/cwt415.00–460.002,819119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635395.22/cwt381.00–410.002,51032
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676416.78/cwt392.50–437.002,817182
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676381.97/cwt374.00–390.502,58223
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721385.33/cwt379.00–394.002,778152
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2727366.32/cwt363.75–369.502,66311
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2767359.93/cwt353.50–364.002,76121
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770364.19/cwt356.50–371.502,80457
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3789271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,1388
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1801359.50/cwt359.50–359.502,88012
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2808346.62/cwt340.00–350.252,80114
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1894338.75/cwt338.75–338.753,02860
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914337.25/cwt337.25–337.253,08260
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2294567.50/cwt567.50–567.501,6687
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5013
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1374505.15/cwt498.00–535.001,88921
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382476.00/cwt470.00–490.001,81812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1416492.91/cwt472.00–508.002,05130
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437434.58/cwt415.00–445.001,89918
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed476492.00/cwt492.00–492.002,3427
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482470.48/cwt440.00–477.002,26847
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483405.78/cwt393.00–414.001,96017
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527450.92/cwt413.00–467.002,37690
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527395.01/cwt369.00–406.002,08238
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566363.72/cwt355.00–380.002,05918
Heifers550–600Large 1-2577348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,0086
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586412.98/cwt397.00–441.002,420151
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625338.93/cwt330.00–350.002,11811
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632366.18/cwt360.00–373.002,31425
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1637384.23/cwt380.00–391.002,44829
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663345.45/cwt343.00–350.002,29071
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669373.42/cwt354.00–397.002,49868
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1714351.50/cwt351.50–351.502,5109
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2747328.50/cwt328.50–328.502,45417
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1752340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,55716
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,5793
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,70812
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1923330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,04622
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2437452.00/cwt452.00–452.001,9753
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2485472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,2923
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2505380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9195
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2563422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,3793
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,634193.20/cwt185.00–197.503,1575
Bulls——1,690212.20/cwt207.00–217.503,5863
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%995131.51/cwt125.00–136.001,3094
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,004160.32/cwt155.00–165.001,6109
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,017148.23/cwt143.00–153.001,50710
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,028105.17/cwt100.00–112.001,0813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,162144.81/cwt140.00–149.001,6835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,169157.04/cwt151.00–163.001,8367
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,192168.68/cwt164.00–180.002,01110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,295133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,7221
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463166.89/cwt164.00–171.002,4429
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,469156.12/cwt150.00–160.002,2934
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,720183.43/cwt182.00–185.003,1552

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.