Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-08-10

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 10
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
406 head
▼ 899 vs last sale 1,305▼ 728 vs year ago 1,134 · −64.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 115▲ 9 vs year ago 71 · +12.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the only good test was on a pot load of 821 lb steers off the same consignment as last week and sold 6.00 higher, all other weights were lightly tested on a light offering. Numbers continue to be light as we are in the "Dog Days of Summer". Slaughter cows sold mostly steady on a light offering, mostly average and low dressing.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $426.15/cwt on 35 head, down $20.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −53.87 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$426.15
▼ 20.96 vs prior sale
35 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,326
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$82
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$33.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.24
vs MO average
+24.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503450.002,26410thin
Medium and Large 1-2563416.612,34625
One grade step is worth $33.39/cwt here — about −$82 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 sale35 hd
426.15
—
MO average14 barns · 1,074 hd
429.39
−3.24
National average153 barns · 6,255 hd
401.83
+24.32
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
−53.87
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—Average1,725210.003,6231thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,444178.682,58112
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,251176.162,20310
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,745169.332,9553thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average972156.941,52513
SteersChoiceAverage1,289237.703,0648thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,458232.003,3832thin

Every lot

38 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386537.03/cwt530.00–547.502,0735
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417516.21/cwt482.50–537.502,15315
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484458.55/cwt447.50–468.002,2199
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned503450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,26410
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530437.02/cwt422.50–460.002,31610
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,35815
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616397.72/cwt389.50–406.002,45031
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1693379.50/cwt379.50–379.502,6309
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726361.82/cwt359.00–365.502,6279
Steers750–800Large 1763358.25/cwt358.25–358.252,73320
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,94762
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2343451.27/cwt442.00–480.001,54812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350441.00/cwt441.00–441.001,5443
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433445.79/cwt444.00–447.501,9307
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466421.43/cwt420.00–422.501,9648
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1521414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,1579
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1403
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564384.91/cwt370.00–391.002,1717
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2648340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2034
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2654341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,2336
Heifers650–700Large 1678332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,25110
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,2044
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2365543.00/cwt543.00–543.001,9829
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned451482.00/cwt482.00–482.002,1744
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1733
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2552328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,8113
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,289237.70/cwt236.00–239.003,0648
Steers—Select and Choice1,458232.00/cwt232.00–232.003,3832
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,725210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,6231
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%775140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0851
Cows—Lean 85-90%985166.26/cwt160.00–172.001,6385
Cows—Lean 85-90%990152.71/cwt149.00–156.001,5127
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,242180.20/cwt177.00–182.002,2388
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,285160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,0562
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,427172.66/cwt172.00–173.002,4643
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,450180.69/cwt176.00–185.002,6209
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,715180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,0871
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,760164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,8862

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.