Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-06-15

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jun 15
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,015 head
▼ 1,238 vs last sale 3,253▲ 569 vs year ago 1,446 · +39.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 150▼ 39 vs year ago 154 · −25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady, with a much light offering this week of 500-550 lb steers trading with a weak to lower undertone, with 550-650 lb steers trading firm to 10.00 higher, yearling steers over 700 lbs all sold with a higher undertone on limited comparisons. Heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold near steady, with 500-600 lb trading fully steady to firm and 600-650 lbs selling steady to 7.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply with the best demand on a good quality offering of 550-650 lb steers and the pot loads of 850-1050 lb steers. The market remains very active for calves and yearlings. Several stick out sales included 48 hd of steers weighing 580 lbs at 510.00; 120 hd of 876 lb steers at 368.10; 108 hd of 1047 lb steers at 317.00 and 92 hd of heifers weighing 601 lbs at 430.00. Slaughter cows sold steady on a light offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $500.03/cwt on 245 head, up $3.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 32 comparable sales and sits +20.01 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$500.03
▲ 3.65 vs prior sale
245 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,771
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$477
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$74.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+32.30
vs MO average
+40.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554511.502,833196
Medium and Large 1-2552464.692,56528
Large 1-2581443.002,57411thin
Medium and Large 2539437.002,35510thin
One grade step is worth $74.50/cwt here — about $477 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 sale245 hd
500.03
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MO average16 barns · 3,638 hd
467.73
+32.30
National average161 barns · 9,107 hd
459.05
+40.98
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
+20.01
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—Average1,821226.494,1247thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,468179.942,64121
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,216177.272,15624
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,020157.111,60324
HeifersChoiceAverage1,357254.663,4568thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,165252.502,9422thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,565251.003,9282thin

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,7854
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373608.00/cwt608.00–608.002,26815
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381569.08/cwt550.00–590.002,1686
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414564.45/cwt557.50–568.002,33721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469543.27/cwt530.00–557.502,54871
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484520.13/cwt507.50–525.002,51711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1528512.30/cwt497.00–532.502,70585
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535472.83/cwt470.00–475.002,5309
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539437.00/cwt437.00–437.002,35510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed559523.08/cwt519.00–527.502,92421
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560460.84/cwt440.00–471.002,58119
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577508.04/cwt494.00–517.002,93190
Steers550–600Large 1-2581443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,57411
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627466.17/cwt447.00–480.002,923134
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,7363
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1677430.25/cwt423.75–450.502,91391
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720402.83/cwt391.00–418.002,90044
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868367.99/cwt367.75–368.103,194180
Steers1000–1050Large 11,047317.00/cwt317.00–317.003,319108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280552.50/cwt552.50–552.501,54711
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2323547.96/cwt545.00–552.501,77012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379523.63/cwt515.00–552.001,98519
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417505.71/cwt500.00–508.002,10929
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422485.12/cwt472.50–487.502,04725
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2439424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,8616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2456412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,8817
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467454.27/cwt450.00–457.002,12113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473475.75/cwt467.50–488.002,25052
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519426.79/cwt415.00–435.002,21527
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533454.21/cwt440.00–463.002,421142
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571434.35/cwt415.00–453.002,48053
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned573337.00/cwt337.00–337.001,9314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578395.53/cwt380.00–402.502,28615
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607424.52/cwt402.00–430.002,577134
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621392.28/cwt386.50–395.002,43613
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,54821
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670371.18/cwt365.00–376.502,48713
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1709378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,6804
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2390552.50/cwt552.50–552.502,1553
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,3454
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2468497.50/cwt497.50–497.502,3286
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1486507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,4667
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2577427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,4673
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2883268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,3666
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,565251.00/cwt251.00–251.003,9282
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,165252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,9422
Heifers—Choice1,357254.66/cwt254.00–258.003,4568
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,772235.84/cwt224.00–242.004,1793
Bulls——1,850251.00/cwt251.00–251.004,6441
Bulls——1,860208.98/cwt205.00–212.003,8873
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%960130.66/cwt121.00–134.001,2544
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010177.44/cwt174.00–179.001,7925
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,023160.96/cwt156.00–167.001,64712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,108143.06/cwt140.00–146.001,5853
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201165.32/cwt159.00–169.001,9855
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215177.51/cwt172.00–183.002,15714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,236188.53/cwt185.00–193.002,3305
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,398187.51/cwt187.00–188.002,6212
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,3901
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,477179.87/cwt174.00–186.002,65718

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.