Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2025-04-03

Callaway Livestock Center

Replacement Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Thu, Apr 3
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1800
Receipts
1,470 head
▲ 825 vs last sale 645▲ 24 vs year ago 1,446 · +1.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Callaway Livestock Center held their monthly Bred Cow-Heifer and Pairs sale Thursday evening with a large standing room only crowd. There were five herd dispersals on offer, several consignments of good quality young 3-5 yrs mostly in the 2nd stage selling with good demand, along with several consignments of good quality young bred cows mostly 3-6 years in the 2nd and 3rd stage all sold with good demand. Several consignments of good quality heifer pairs selling with good demand along with several consignments of young pairs mostly 3-6 year old pairs. Several groups of 5-yrs to aged cows bred back in the 1st-2nd stage with big calves mostly 350-450 lbs all selling with good demand.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,296$3,0257
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,226$2,91542
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,218$2,872198
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,270$2,20248
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,258$1,7756
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,228$3,90023
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,022$2,70810
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)905$2,56110
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,200$4,5005
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,267$4,43312
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,250$4,3509
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$3,9005
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,200$3,63125
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,150$3,5505
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,039$3,41686
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,118$2,92637
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,123$2,74111
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,100$4,6758
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,030$4,27134

Every lot

27 lots · USDA AMS · Callaway Livestock Center Replacement Cattle Special - 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
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs15 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 28153,215.00/head2,900.00–3,350.003,21510
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29503,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9005
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 29752,975.00/head2,950.00–3,000.002,9756
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0623,300.00/head3,025.00–3,400.003,30047
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0753,500.00/head3,450.00–3,550.003,5008
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1062,683.33/head2,600.00–2,750.002,6839
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1073,854.35/head3,650.00–4,100.003,85423
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1182,925.68/head2,650.00–3,250.002,92637
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1503,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5505
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2004,500.00/head4,500.00–4,500.004,5005
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,2003,000.00/head3,000.00–3,000.003,0002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2153,736.54/head3,525.00–4,000.003,73713
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2504,350.00/head4,350.00–4,350.004,3509
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2674,433.33/head4,425.00–4,450.004,43312
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 1-21,4003,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5504
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2052,727.30/head2,400.00–2,950.002,727149
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2112,746.28/head2,500.00–3,100.002,74632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2573,313.42/head3,025.00–3,450.003,31349
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2581,774.59/head1,750.00–1,800.001,7756
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2702,201.65/head2,000.00–2,550.002,20248
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2763,454.10/head3,400.00–3,500.003,45410
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2963,025.00/head3,025.00–3,025.003,0257
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 29052,561.23/head2,500.00–2,650.002,56110
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0222,707.82/head2,600.00–2,750.002,70810
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,2283,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,90023
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0304,270.59/head4,200.00–4,300.004,27134
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1004,675.00/head4,675.00–4,675.004,6758

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.