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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, May 4

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← Apr 27May 4May 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,550 head

▲ 67 vs last sale 2,483▼ 1,007 vs year ago 3,557 · −28.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

240 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 287▼ 110 vs year ago 350 · −31.4%

Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 1, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 higher, with 500-600 lbs trading steady to firm, 6 weight steers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher and the pot loads of yearling steers sold with a higher undertone on very limited comparisons with last week. Heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs and 550-600 lbs sold 5.00-15.00 higher with 500-550 lbs selling with a sharply higher undertone with over all quality and condition much better this week, over 600 lbs were lightly tested. Demand was good on a moderate offering as buyers remain very active. Last week's cash fed cattle market hit all time highs mostly 255.00-257.00 giving support to the market as well. Several stick out sales included the pot loads of steers with 180 hd weighing 909 to 914 lbs selling from 353.00-354.00; 55 hd of steers weighing 1009 lbs at 330.25. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

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 $505.36/cwt on 398 head, up $16.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 32 comparable sales and sits +25.34 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.

Average price

$505.36

▲ 16.44 vs prior sale

398 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,739

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$46.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.02

vs MO average

+17.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	516.77	2,759	299
Medium and Large 1-2	565	471.03	2,662	87
Large 1	576	470.00	2,707	12thin

One grade step is worth $46.77/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale398 hd

505.36

—

MO average19 barns · 3,172 hd

492.35

+13.02

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

+17.81

This barn, trailing median32 sales

480.02

+25.34

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	1,738	213.12	3,704	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,680	187.00	3,142	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	178.38	2,637	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,212	172.92	2,096	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	983	155.10	1,524	54
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,315	252.75	3,324	2thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	248.36	3,067	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,475	252.50	3,724	1thin

Every lot

75 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	307	740.00/cwt	740.00–740.00	2,272	17
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	712.62/cwt	710.00–720.00	2,302	15
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,777	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	639.55/cwt	620.00–660.00	2,386	26
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	393	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,309	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,950	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	598.85/cwt	592.50–627.50	2,515	30
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	582.23/cwt	572.50–595.00	2,457	37
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	533.99/cwt	515.00–547.00	2,515	83
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	560.38/cwt	547.50–583.00	2,651	88
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	492	513.40/cwt	512.50–515.00	2,526	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	526.24/cwt	502.00–542.00	2,763	234
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	487.24/cwt	460.00–498.00	2,587	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	482.70/cwt	465.00–499.00	2,732	65
Steers	550–600	Large 1	576	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,707	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	455.49/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,665	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	597	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,830	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	601	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,735	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	455.13/cwt	435.00–471.00	2,804	83
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	429.68/cwt	429.00–431.00	2,741	26
Steers	600–650	Large 1	647	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,782	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,873	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	667	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,661	10
Steers	650–700	Large 1	678	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,766	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	766	372.94/cwt	366.00–375.00	2,857	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	376.10/cwt	376.10–376.10	2,949	67
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	805	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,697	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,103	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	350.69/cwt	342.50–354.00	3,226	236
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,009	330.25/cwt	330.25–330.25	3,332	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	287	601.43/cwt	585.00–625.00	1,726	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,609	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	608.21/cwt	590.00–625.00	2,183	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium 2	370	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,702	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	505.55/cwt	502.50–507.50	1,881	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	540.54/cwt	515.00–562.50	2,049	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	404	562.50/cwt	562.50–562.50	2,273	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	526.39/cwt	502.50–548.00	2,211	70
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,163	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	456.87/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,170	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	475	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,090	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	496.40/cwt	470.00–508.00	2,383	168
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,079	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,539	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	428.90/cwt	420.00–438.00	2,222	47
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	465.26/cwt	442.00–480.00	2,429	81
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	554	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,327	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	445.16/cwt	420.00–465.00	2,569	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,767	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,663	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	713	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,460	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,664	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,322	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,454	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,313	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	429.82/cwt	426.00–442.50	2,347	13
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	386.10/cwt	384.00–387.50	2,486	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	370.73/cwt	361.00–380.00	2,495	8
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,475	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	3,724	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,235	248.36/cwt	248.00–248.50	3,067	4
Heifers	—	Choice	1,315	252.75/cwt	252.50–253.00	3,324	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,543	183.03/cwt	180.00–187.00	2,824	2
Bulls	—	—	1,638	209.14/cwt	200.00–214.00	3,426	6
Bulls	—	—	1,879	225.12/cwt	220.00–236.00	4,230	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	878	128.45/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,128	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	931	143.34/cwt	132.00–149.00	1,334	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,017	160.82/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,636	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,032	171.38/cwt	168.00–176.00	1,769	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,192	159.33/cwt	148.00–165.00	1,899	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,208	172.24/cwt	167.00–179.00	2,081	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,234	183.68/cwt	180.00–189.00	2,267	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,463	184.03/cwt	182.00–187.00	2,692	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,471	175.08/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,575	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,620	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,680	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,142	1

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 May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,550Last week 2,483Year ago 3,557

Slaughter CattleReceipts 240Last week 287Year ago 350

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	495.00	495.00
13	350–400	372	502.50–507.50	505.55
5	450–500	487	427.00	427.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	404	562.50	562.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	475	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	359	590.00–625.00	608.21
70	400–450	420	502.50–548.00	526.39
168	450–500	480	470.00–508.00	496.40
81	500–550	522	442.00–480.00	465.26
38	550–600	577	420.00–465.00	445.16
4	600–650	636	435.00	435.00
20	650–700	656	406.00	406.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	287	585.00–625.00	601.43
31	350–400	379	515.00–562.50	540.54
8	400–450	437	495.00	495.00
17	450–500	475	455.00–460.00	456.87
47	500–550	518	420.00–438.00	428.90
7	700–750	713	345.00	345.00
3	850–900	885	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	554	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	516	492.00	492.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	370	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	576	470.00	470.00
7	600–650	647	430.00	430.00
7	650–700	678	408.00	408.00
55	1000–1050	1,009	330.25	330.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	307	740.00	740.00
13	550–600	597	474.00	474.00
26	600–650	601	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	373	620.00–660.00	639.55
37	400–450	422	572.50–595.00	582.23
83	450–500	471	515.00–547.00	533.99
35	500–550	531	460.00–498.00	487.24
39	550–600	585	440.00–470.00	455.49
26	600–650	638	429.00–431.00	429.68
13	750–800	766	366.00–375.00	372.94
10	800–850	805	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	323	710.00–720.00	712.62
30	400–450	420	592.50–627.50	598.85
88	450–500	473	547.50–583.00	560.38
234	500–550	525	502.00–542.00	526.24
65	550–600	566	465.00–499.00	482.70
83	600–650	616	435.00–471.00	455.13
24	650–700	662	434.00	434.00
67	750–800	784	376.10	376.10
63	850–900	862	360.00	360.00
236	900–950	920	342.50–354.00	350.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	522.50	522.50
11	350–400	393	587.50	587.50
3	400–450	400	487.50	487.50
10	650–700	667	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	492	512.50–515.00	513.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	485.00	485.00
13	500–550	546	426.00–442.50	429.82
10	600–650	644	384.00–387.50	386.10
8	650–700	673	361.00–380.00	370.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	542.50	542.50
5	450–500	463	530.00	530.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,471	168.00–180.00	175.08
10	—	1,463	182.00–187.00	184.03
2	—	1,588	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,208	167.00–179.00	172.24
14	—	1,234	180.00–189.00	183.68
10	—	1,192	148.00–165.00	159.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,032	168.00–176.00	171.38
20	—	931	132.00–149.00	143.34
2	—	878	127.00–130.00	128.45
22	—	1,017	155.00–165.00	160.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,235	248.00–248.50	248.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,315	252.50–253.00	252.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,475	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,638	200.00–214.00	209.14
7	—	1,879	220.00–236.00	225.12
2	—	1,543	180.00–187.00	183.03

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.