Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-06-29

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jun 29
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,200 head
▼ 211 vs last sale 1,411▼ 1,160 vs year ago 2,360 · −49.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▼ 65 vs last sale 185▼ 51 vs year ago 171 · −29.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, receipts of steer calves weighing 450-650 lbs and heifer calves weighing under 600 lbs were much lighter not having bigger bunches and overall numbers as last week as well as overall quality and sold with a weak to lower undertone with three pot loads of 920-940 steers trading with a higher undertone on limited comparisons from last week. Feeder heifers weighing 600-650 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Demand was moderate to good on a light to moderate offering. Stick out sales included the pot loads of yearling steers with 119 hd weighing 922 lbs at 364.85 and 57 hd weighing 940 lbs at 359.85. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $484.48/cwt on 122 head, down $27.90 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 32 comparable sales and sits +4.46 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$484.48
▼ 27.90 vs prior sale
122 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,656
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.13
vs MO average
+15.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547502.882,74969
Medium and Large 1-2550460.532,53353
One grade step is worth $42.36/cwt here — about $216 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 sale122 hd
484.48
—
MO average20 barns · 3,118 hd
473.35
+11.13
National average32 barns · 3,072 hd
468.91
+15.57
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
+4.46
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—Average1,685231.373,8997thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,794195.133,5014thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,488188.202,80017
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,215182.472,21729
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,034164.951,70618
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,573227.503,5796thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,289251.643,24413

Every lot

56 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 1-2309630.00/cwt630.00–630.001,9474
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1347662.85/cwt660.00–665.002,3007
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390605.00/cwt605.00–605.002,3603
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416600.45/cwt575.00–612.502,49819
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2427555.62/cwt550.00–565.002,3725
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471573.67/cwt555.00–587.502,70227
Steers450–500Medium 2-3478277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,3265
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,49911
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491532.62/cwt512.50–545.002,61532
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514526.51/cwt522.50–530.002,70632
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy532447.67/cwt440.00–455.002,3828
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533481.58/cwt465.00–504.002,56717
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564457.16/cwt445.00–467.002,57823
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy573425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,4355
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575482.45/cwt472.00–487.502,77437
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610464.76/cwt452.50–468.002,83529
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623414.96/cwt403.00–425.002,58524
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy652400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6083
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667435.47/cwt435.00–435.502,90545
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678412.73/cwt405.25–429.002,79828
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1718400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,8723
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2751383.91/cwt382.50–385.502,88317
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928363.21/cwt359.85–364.853,371176
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2397510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0253
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2431428.66/cwt412.50–440.001,84810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440460.93/cwt442.50–485.002,0287
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470466.37/cwt465.00–467.502,1929
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473455.39/cwt440.00–462.002,15423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2491427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,0974
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy529376.50/cwt370.00–385.001,9927
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531439.00/cwt439.00–439.002,33111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532425.11/cwt416.50–432.502,26234
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570404.78/cwt394.00–414.002,30732
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583420.19/cwt414.00–430.002,45052
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614407.55/cwt405.00–410.252,50257
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2631371.52/cwt364.00–389.002,34410
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,4134
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2744355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6418
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2547438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,3968
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2560444.08/cwt438.00–450.002,4876
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2690380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,6223
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2702350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4573
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,289251.64/cwt250.00–254.003,24413
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,645220.96/cwt220.00–222.003,6352
Bulls——1,701235.54/cwt226.00–241.004,0075
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%960125.79/cwt122.00–129.001,2082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,013165.88/cwt157.00–172.001,6806
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,032152.24/cwt147.50–155.001,5713
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,075180.80/cwt174.00–186.001,9447
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,190166.04/cwt163.00–170.001,9764
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205179.83/cwt176.00–184.002,16710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,228188.62/cwt185.00–193.002,31615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,461191.37/cwt187.00–196.002,79611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,537182.39/cwt179.00–184.002,8036
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,794195.13/cwt193.00–196.003,5014
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,573227.50/cwt227.50–227.503,5796

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.