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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2026-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Sep 14

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← Aug 31Sep 14Sep 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,674 head

▲ 683 vs last sale 991▼ 64 vs year ago 1,738 · −3.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

130 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 105▼ 10 vs year ago 140 · −7.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last auction two weeks ago, feeder steers weighing 550-925 lbs and heifers weighing 500-700 lbs all traded 10.00-20.00 higher, with instances 25.00 higher with the feeder steers under 550 lbs and heifers weighing 400-500 lbs selling with a sharply higher undertone. Lot of optimism returned to the feeder market starting last week during Labor Day week for the first time in over 6 weeks. Feeder Cattle futures have seen a good a good rally extending into Monday with the front three months closing 460-575 higher. Fed cattle market has showed improvement with trade ending last week at mostly 224.00-225.00. Several stick-out sales included 75 steers weighing 587 lbs at 433.00; 65 steers weighing 763 lbs at 375.75; 60 steers thin/fancy 814 lbs at 374.25 and 83 heifers weighing 616 lbs at 374.25. Slaughter cows traded mostly 3.00-5.00 lower than two weeks ago mostly average to low dressing cows.

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 $421.18/cwt on 286 head, up $35.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −58.84 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.

Average price

$421.18

▲ 35.65 vs prior sale

286 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,417

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$45.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.98

vs MO average

+17.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	424.36	2,435	266
Medium and Large 1-2	573	378.81	2,171	20

One grade step is worth $45.55/cwt here — about $265 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 sale286 hd

421.18

—

MO average9 barns · 1,291 hd

402.20

+18.98

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

+17.82

This barn, trailing median32 sales

480.02

−58.84

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	1,729	193.59	3,348	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,456	153.93	2,242	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,266	150.77	1,909	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,020	124.46	1,270	21

Every lot

50 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,035	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,189	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,141	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	501.77/cwt	483.00–514.00	2,333	56
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	469	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,340	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,132	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	441.14/cwt	428.00–465.00	2,329	48
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	378.81/cwt	363.00–395.00	2,171	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	420.67/cwt	405.00–441.00	2,457	218
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	601	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,638	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	403.91/cwt	397.00–415.00	2,516	78
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	383.00/cwt	374.00–389.00	2,398	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,993	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	371.50/cwt	371.50–371.50	2,508	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	379.54/cwt	374.00–381.75	2,585	38
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	363.92/cwt	363.50–364.00	2,664	42
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,601	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	375.75/cwt	375.75–375.75	2,867	65
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	345.32/cwt	332.00–347.50	2,683	28
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	803	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,690	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	814	374.25/cwt	374.25–374.25	3,046	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,829	63
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	325.32/cwt	324.25–326.50	2,973	116
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	964	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,931	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	357	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,776	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,880	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	393.47/cwt	384.00–405.00	1,873	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	424.30/cwt	410.00–432.00	2,075	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	407.42/cwt	404.00–410.00	2,090	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,955	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	381.56/cwt	371.00–395.00	2,167	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	351.21/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,065	43
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	346.88/cwt	338.50–355.00	2,130	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	374.25/cwt	374.25–374.25	2,305	83
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,306	83
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	334.94/cwt	330.00–336.25	2,197	43
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,466	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	896	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,374	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,201	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,662	182.90/cwt	177.00–190.00	3,040	7
Bulls	—	—	1,808	206.06/cwt	199.00–210.00	3,726	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,015	130.76/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,327	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,019	115.28/cwt	105.00–122.00	1,175	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	144.14/cwt	142.00–149.00	1,485	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,252	153.07/cwt	147.00–158.00	1,916	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	162.96/cwt	162.00–165.00	2,066	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,284	141.20/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,813	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,421	162.98/cwt	160.00–168.00	2,316	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,446	154.82/cwt	149.00–159.00	2,239	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,522	143.47/cwt	141.00–147.00	2,184	5

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 Sep 14, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,674Last week 991Year ago 1,738

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 105Year ago 140

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,019	105.00–122.00	115.28
5	—	1,015	128.00–135.00	130.76
4	—	1,030	142.00–149.00	144.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,522	141.00–147.00	143.47
18	—	1,446	149.00–159.00	154.82
4	—	1,421	160.00–168.00	162.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,252	147.00–158.00	153.07
6	—	1,268	162.00–165.00	162.96
11	—	1,284	139.00–145.00	141.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,808	199.00–210.00	206.06
7	—	1,662	177.00–190.00	182.90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	517.50	517.50
56	450–500	465	483.00–514.00	501.77
48	500–550	528	428.00–465.00	441.14
218	550–600	584	405.00–441.00	420.67
78	600–650	623	397.00–415.00	403.91
38	650–700	681	374.00–381.75	379.54
42	700–750	732	363.50–364.00	363.92
65	750–800	763	375.75	375.75
63	850–900	852	332.00	332.00
116	900–950	914	324.25–326.50	325.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	550.00	550.00
4	400–450	446	480.00	480.00
3	450–500	478	446.00	446.00
20	550–600	573	363.00–395.00	378.81
21	600–650	626	374.00–389.00	383.00
4	650–700	675	371.50	371.50
8	700–750	738	352.50	352.50
28	750–800	777	332.00–347.50	345.32
10	800–850	803	335.00	335.00
5	950–1000	964	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	469	499.00	499.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	601	439.00	439.00
60	800–850	814	374.25	374.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	643	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	420	447.50	447.50
44	450–500	489	410.00–432.00	424.30
29	500–550	513	404.00–410.00	407.42
27	550–600	568	371.00–395.00	381.56
83	600–650	616	374.25	374.25
83	650–700	656	351.50	351.50
11	750–800	753	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	497.50	497.50
15	450–500	476	384.00–405.00	393.47
4	500–550	543	360.00	360.00
43	550–600	588	330.00–355.00	351.21
25	600–650	614	338.50–355.00	346.88
43	650–700	656	330.00–336.25	334.94
4	850–900	896	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	524	420.00	420.00

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.