Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-07-13

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jul 13
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,760 head
▼ 1,059 vs last sale 2,819▲ 205 vs year ago 1,555 · +13.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 75▼ 15 vs year ago 140 · −10.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, this week's offering of steer and heifer calves weighing 400-700 lbs were hard to compare with last week's large volume of top quality calves that sold in large groups and part loads, but overall feeders sold with a lower undertone. There were seven pot loads of yearling steers weighing over 750 lbs that were not tested with last weeks offering but sold with a lower undertone as well compared to previous sales over the last several weeks. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate offering. Fed cattle market traded 7.00 lower last week at 248.00 in all areas. Boxed-beef prices are seeing seasonal pressure as the dog days of summer are upon us. Stick out sales included the pot loads with 66 hd of steers weighing 789 at 381.75, 4 pot loads weighing 904-938 lbs at 337.10-342.50 and pot load weighing 1011 lbs at 321.75. 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 $486.75/cwt on 148 head, down $21.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 32 comparable sales and sits +6.72 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$486.75
▼ 21.89 vs prior sale
148 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$62.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.43
vs MO average
+47.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1517512.042,64676
Medium and Large 1-2561462.592,59658
Medium and Large 2547449.482,46114thin
One grade step is worth $62.57/cwt here — about $186 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 sale148 hd
486.75
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MO average13 barns · 1,796 hd
467.32
+19.43
National average158 barns · 7,617 hd
439.15
+47.60
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
+6.72
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—Average1,613215.353,4759thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,735191.003,3141thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,476189.762,80112
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,229186.592,29326
CowsLean 85-90%High1,012161.691,63523
SteersChoiceAverage1,423247.523,5225thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,402239.043,3515thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381560.49/cwt552.50–575.002,1359
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,9834
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned398510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0304
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1406594.00/cwt594.00–594.002,41213
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed411575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,3635
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9788
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433537.00/cwt527.50–548.002,32520
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475515.59/cwt497.50–530.002,44952
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,3995
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed508508.00/cwt508.00–508.002,5815
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1515513.88/cwt506.00–521.002,64672
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545483.00/cwt483.00–483.002,6324
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550479.00/cwt479.00–479.002,6354
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568456.29/cwt448.00–471.002,59249
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2571435.30/cwt430.00–438.002,4869
Steers600–650Large 1612429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,6257
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628431.63/cwt426.00–447.002,71145
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630416.27/cwt404.75–430.002,62338
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1679415.67/cwt414.00–420.002,822135
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,7603
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721372.14/cwt365.00–380.002,68313
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1741390.98/cwt388.50–402.002,89793
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789381.75/cwt381.75–381.753,01266
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,97812
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1918340.68/cwt337.10–342.503,127236
Steers1000–1050Large 11,011321.75/cwt321.75–321.753,25355
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,5024
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2367540.13/cwt512.50–557.501,98219
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429503.81/cwt501.00–508.002,16119
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2429483.92/cwt461.00–494.002,07617
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1706
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2464459.62/cwt448.00–474.002,13352
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465425.08/cwt417.50–432.001,97713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521429.27/cwt417.00–436.002,23652
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1537443.60/cwt438.00–450.002,382142
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571405.22/cwt404.00–409.002,31415
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586419.42/cwt418.00–420.002,45820
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628411.14/cwt400.00–419.502,58251
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2640373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,3877
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,5514
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1702364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,55510
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2498491.00/cwt491.00–491.002,4453
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2523452.32/cwt432.50–464.002,36611
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,3983
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2910286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,6035
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,402239.04/cwt237.50–242.003,3515
Steers—Choice1,423247.52/cwt245.50–249.503,5225
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,585211.45/cwt203.00–220.003,3517
Bulls——1,713229.00/cwt229.00–229.003,9232
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%960167.23/cwt157.00–173.001,6058
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,033179.26/cwt175.00–186.001,8526
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,043145.04/cwt136.00–155.001,5139
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,202181.85/cwt175.00–187.002,18613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,256194.92/cwt189.00–207.002,44811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,258171.60/cwt170.00–173.002,1592
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,470185.32/cwt184.00–187.002,7244
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,479191.98/cwt188.00–196.002,8398
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,735191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,3141

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.