Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-02-02

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Feb 2
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,952 head
▼ 481 vs last sale 2,433▼ 714 vs year ago 2,666 · −26.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 106▼ 56 vs year ago 150 · −37.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs trading steady to firm with steer calves weighing 500-600 lbs and heifer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold mostly 10.00-20.00 higher, instances 25.00 higher on the 5 weight heifers with 600-700 lb steers trading fully steady to firm with spots 5.00 higher, and yearling steers over 700 lbs all sold with a higher undertone as did the 6 weight heifers. Demand was very good on a moderate offering with overall quality really good on the calves and yearlings as feeder cattle sold with very good weighing conditions coming thru last week's extreme cold and snow all sold on an active market. Stick out sales included 100 hd of 536 lb steers at 535.00, 73 steers 625 lbs at 464.00, 63 steers thin 713 lbs at 424.00, 75 steers thin 753 lbs at 401.50 and 60 steers weighing 852 lbs at 366.50. CME Feeder Cattle futures all closed with sharp gains Monday with March up 6.07, April up 5.90 and May up 5.22 after Friday's Cattle Inventory Report was released showing all cattle and calves as of January 1 totaling 86.2 million head slightly below the 86.5 million head estimated. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-7.00 higher on a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $502.16/cwt on 296 head. That ranks 26 of 32 comparable sales and sits +22.14 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$502.16
296 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,802
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$721
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$153.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+22.36
vs MO average
+19.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558503.992,811290
Medium and Large 1-2543477.502,5933thin
Medium and Large 2597350.002,0903thin
One grade step is worth $153.99/cwt here — about $721 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 sale296 hd
502.16
—
MO average6 barns · 1,039 hd
479.80
+22.36
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
+19.13
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
+22.14
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—Low1,717201.303,4569thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,522176.032,6788thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,187166.711,98027
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,004145.411,45918
HeifersChoiceAverage1,441235.613,3957thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,358237.293,22215

Every lot

60 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,1326
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,5203
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432544.26/cwt535.00–555.002,35112
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470467.53/cwt465.00–470.002,1976
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1484525.07/cwt490.00–535.002,54172
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,0387
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530524.44/cwt496.00–535.002,780161
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,5933
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed565527.00/cwt527.00–527.002,97812
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1595473.48/cwt451.00–490.002,817117
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2597350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,0903
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627449.15/cwt422.00–464.002,816138
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665417.00/cwt401.00–428.002,77369
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671376.51/cwt368.00–391.002,52633
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2683360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,4596
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed713424.00/cwt424.00–424.003,02363
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731392.62/cwt391.00–393.502,87014
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed753401.50/cwt401.50–401.503,02375
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782376.10/cwt372.50–382.002,941117
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1834370.69/cwt367.50–374.003,092121
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1860364.99/cwt363.50–366.503,139120
Steers1200–1250Large 11,201283.00/cwt283.00–283.003,3995
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned387465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8006
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1398510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0303
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned420492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,0695
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425514.79/cwt486.00–532.502,18850
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,9903
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1474496.55/cwt477.50–506.002,35420
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487453.25/cwt440.00–459.002,20712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed499528.00/cwt528.00–528.002,6358
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510417.31/cwt402.00–432.502,1286
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2512373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,9105
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1524469.68/cwt446.00–493.002,46175
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy527501.91/cwt497.50–505.002,64524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed555488.98/cwt488.50–490.002,71422
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578375.77/cwt375.00–377.002,17216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1581452.51/cwt418.00–476.002,62931
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed605392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,37224
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,5487
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,3313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1630399.75/cwt395.00–400.002,518100
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2694337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,3398
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719334.00/cwt332.00–336.002,4018
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,5574
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1796337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,68718
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1455547.50/cwt547.50–547.502,4915
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,358237.29/cwt235.00–240.003,22215
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,441235.61/cwt233.50–237.003,3957
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,520181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,7511
Bulls——1,554194.97/cwt189.00–198.003,0304
Bulls——1,929212.71/cwt207.00–221.004,1034
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%868122.57/cwt121.00–124.001,0642
Cows—Lean 85-90%998135.83/cwt130.00–141.001,3564
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,024146.75/cwt143.00–155.001,5037
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,034160.33/cwt157.00–165.001,6585
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,179178.21/cwt172.00–188.002,10110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,181151.56/cwt146.00–156.001,7905
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,197163.45/cwt158.00–169.001,95612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,481177.71/cwt172.00–192.002,6326
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,643171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,8102

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.