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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2026-08-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 31

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← Aug 24Aug 31Sep 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

991 head

▼ 400 vs last sale 1,391▲ 991 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

105 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 145▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 600 lbs were lightly tested, mostly unweaned with a few groups of 600-615 lb steers trading fully steady on same weight with last week's offering and 700-750 lb steers selling unevenly steady; over 750 lbs had a pot load weighing 798 lbs and pot load weighing 913 lbs with several other small groups all trading with a lower undertone. Heifer calves were lightly tested with one group of 536 lb heifers trading steady with last week and heifers over 600 lbs sold with a lower undertone. Demand was moderate to good on a light to moderate offering. Hot temperatures for the week to be mostly in the mid to upper 90's. Slaughter cows mostly average to low dressing traded steady with last week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $385.53/cwt on 63 head, down $24.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −94.49 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.

Average price

$385.53

▼ 24.84 vs prior sale

63 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$8.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.34

vs MO average

+14.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	386.30	2,196	57
Medium and Large 1-2	534	378.25	2,020	6thin

One grade step is worth $8.05/cwt here — about $176 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale63 hd

385.53

—

MO average14 barns · 984 hd

375.19

+10.34

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

+14.14

This barn, trailing median32 sales

480.02

−94.49

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,556	203.18	3,162	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,733	168.00	2,911	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,458	154.25	2,249	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	153.19	1,904	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,038	146.31	1,519	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,525	217.54	3,317	13
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,396	214.48	2,994	4thin

Every lot

64 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	353	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,571	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	514.20/cwt	508.00–519.00	1,882	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,042	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,978	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	434.66/cwt	417.50–451.00	2,052	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	503	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,025	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	420.77/cwt	416.00–427.50	2,175	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	402.97/cwt	394.00–407.50	2,241	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,000	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	580	376.75/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,185	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	390.60/cwt	389.50–392.00	2,371	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	631	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,145	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,347	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	645	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,206	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	336.02/cwt	326.50–349.00	2,255	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	674	319.50/cwt	319.50–319.50	2,153	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	683	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,131	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	345.92/cwt	340.00–350.50	2,491	67
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	333.84/cwt	333.00–335.00	2,424	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	798	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	2,629	65
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	841	314.96/cwt	307.00–319.50	2,649	25
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,703	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,794	59
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	404.31/cwt	396.00–412.50	1,524	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,751	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,758	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	382.53/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,848	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	347.63/cwt	340.00–364.00	1,776	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	327.27/cwt	324.00–330.00	1,672	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	529	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,825	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,112	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	362.38/cwt	361.00–364.00	2,026	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	330.34/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,903	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	583	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,726	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	591	307.06/cwt	298.00–316.00	1,815	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	627	288.72/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,810	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,168	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,312	80
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,179	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	1,938	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,035	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,740	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	384.95/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,002	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	352.88/cwt	352.00–356.00	2,086	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,186	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,057	3
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,396	214.48/cwt	214.00–215.00	2,994	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,525	217.54/cwt	217.00–218.00	3,317	13
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,037	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	2,209	3
Bulls	—	—	1,750	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,570	1
Bulls	—	—	1,825	191.41/cwt	184.00–198.00	3,493	4
Bulls	—	—	1,845	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	4,059	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,036	150.49/cwt	145.00–157.00	1,559	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	137.94/cwt	132.00–142.00	1,437	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	149.58/cwt	147.00–155.00	1,837	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,250	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,138	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	160.39/cwt	157.00–167.00	2,026	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,696	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,936	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,446	163.78/cwt	157.00–167.00	2,368	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,473	149.78/cwt	147.00–153.00	2,206	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,690	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,873	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,775	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	2,947	1

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Callaway Livestock Center - Kingdom City, MO

Mon Aug 31, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 991Last week 1,391Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 105Last week 145Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,750	204.00	204.00
1	—	1,845	220.00	220.00
4	—	1,825	184.00–198.00	191.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,037	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,775	166.00	166.00
1	—	1,690	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	134.00	134.00
4	—	1,473	147.00–153.00	149.78
4	—	1,446	157.00–167.00	163.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,263	157.00–167.00	160.39
1	—	1,285	132.00	132.00
1	—	1,250	171.00	171.00
13	—	1,228	147.00–155.00	149.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,042	132.00–142.00	137.94
14	—	1,036	145.00–157.00	150.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,396	214.00–215.00	214.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,525	217.00–218.00	217.54

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	423	414.00	414.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	536	394.00	394.00
26	550–600	559	361.00–364.00	362.38
27	600–650	600	350.00	350.00
80	650–700	680	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	377	396.00–412.50	404.31
6	400–450	433	406.00	406.00
14	450–500	483	370.00–390.00	382.53
14	500–550	511	340.00–364.00	347.63
13	550–600	576	325.00–349.00	330.34
6	650–700	657	330.00	330.00
4	700–750	703	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	511	324.00–330.00	327.27
6	550–600	591	298.00–316.00	307.06
7	600–650	627	280.00–300.00	288.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	529	345.00	345.00
3	550–600	583	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	460	430.00	430.00
41	550–600	580	370.00–390.00	376.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	517	416.00–427.50	420.77
9	550–600	556	394.00–407.50	402.97
31	600–650	607	389.50–392.00	390.60
67	700–750	720	340.00–350.50	345.92
65	750–800	798	329.50	329.50
12	850–900	850	318.00	318.00
59	900–950	913	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	631	340.00	340.00
6	650–700	674	319.50	319.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	508.00–519.00	514.20
3	400–450	415	492.00	492.00
15	450–500	472	417.50–451.00	434.66
3	500–550	503	402.50	402.50
3	550–600	565	354.00	354.00
13	600–650	636	369.00	369.00
17	650–700	671	326.50–349.00	336.02
7	700–750	726	333.00–335.00	333.84
25	800–850	841	307.00–319.50	314.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	445.00	445.00
3	600–650	645	342.00	342.00
3	650–700	683	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	488	417.00	417.00
5	500–550	520	380.00–392.50	384.95
9	550–600	591	352.00–356.00	352.88
2	600–650	620	352.50	352.50
3	750–800	785	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	497	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	386	502.00	502.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.