Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-06-22

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jun 22
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,411 head
▼ 604 vs last sale 2,015▲ 255 vs year ago 1,156 · +22.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 70 vs last sale 115▲ 93 vs year ago 92 · +101.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-550 lb steer calves on a larger offering of top quality calves sold with a sharply higher undertone, 550-650 lbs sold fully steady to firm and 650-700 lbs steers traded mostly 10.00 higher, spots 15.00 higher, 700-750 lb steers sold steady to firm a pot load of 976 lb steers were not tested. Heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold firm to 10.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold steady to firm and over 600 lbs were scarce. Demand was very good on the steer calves and yearling steers weighing from 400-700 lbs. Friday's late fed cattle market had reports of pushing to 258.00-260.00. Monday's Feeder Cattle futures closed 3.82 to 4.35 higher on the front four months. Several stick out sales included 45 hd of 495 lb steers at 590.00, with 16 hd weighing 453 lbs at 608.00; pot load 77 hd steers weighing 672 lbs at 450.00, with a part load weighing 663 lbs at 454.00. Slaughter cows sold on a good offering sold firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $512.38/cwt on 242 head, up $12.35 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 32 comparable sales and sits +32.36 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$512.38
▲ 12.35 vs prior sale
242 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$119
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$36.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+40.08
vs MO average
+43.92 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553517.022,860211
Medium and Large 1-2570480.782,74131
One grade step is worth $36.24/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale242 hd
512.38
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MO average16 barns · 2,633 hd
472.30
+40.08
National average150 barns · 8,917 hd
468.46
+43.92
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
+32.36
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—High1,762231.674,0828thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,675195.003,2661thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,441184.072,65219
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,218183.492,23445
CowsLean 85-90%Low974160.481,56351
HeifersChoiceAverage1,350256.503,4633thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,160252.002,9232thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,381254.833,51916

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2307655.00/cwt655.00–655.002,0113
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1317680.00/cwt680.00–680.002,1563
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1378621.41/cwt612.50–625.002,34911
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2389604.63/cwt597.50–607.502,35214
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435592.83/cwt575.00–600.002,57928
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2441477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,1064
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy455610.30/cwt608.00–617.502,77721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485584.79/cwt552.50–597.502,836102
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527539.46/cwt522.50–563.002,84358
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529491.52/cwt489.00–494.002,60012
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563508.52/cwt480.00–525.002,863153
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2596474.00/cwt474.00–474.002,82519
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623464.98/cwt454.00–480.002,89773
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2642435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,79312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668451.95/cwt441.00–465.003,019137
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674415.39/cwt406.00–420.002,80016
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736411.65/cwt404.00–417.003,03068
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2737380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,8013
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,7754
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816351.33/cwt350.00–354.002,8679
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881348.00/cwt348.00–348.003,0665
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940320.00/cwt320.00–320.003,0083
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1976342.75/cwt342.75–342.753,34558
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2274602.50/cwt602.50–602.501,65112
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2322534.29/cwt530.00–537.501,7205
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9276
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388545.97/cwt531.00–557.002,11812
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,7643
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433512.49/cwt510.00–527.502,21921
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444483.48/cwt480.00–486.002,14712
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1484481.81/cwt472.00–495.002,33252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485463.41/cwt457.50–467.002,24810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,2103
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534456.39/cwt446.00–464.002,43754
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579435.66/cwt425.00–451.002,52247
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,5346
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2670344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,3053
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2758338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,5626
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,6494
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2498505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,5153
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2741312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,3127
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,381254.83/cwt254.50–255.003,51916
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,160252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,9232
Heifers—Choice1,350256.50/cwt256.50–256.503,4633
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,762231.67/cwt222.00–240.004,0828
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%919145.51/cwt137.00–154.001,33721
Cows—Lean 85-90%935132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,2341
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,007181.95/cwt175.00–187.001,83213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,021164.47/cwt157.00–171.001,67916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150166.07/cwt160.00–172.001,9103
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,7201
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,209180.77/cwt176.00–184.002,18617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,234189.11/cwt186.00–195.002,33424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390170.51/cwt170.00–171.002,3702
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,421190.15/cwt187.00–197.002,7028
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470181.67/cwt178.00–185.002,6719
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,675195.00/cwt195.00–195.003,2661

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.