Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2025-09-04

Callaway Livestock Center

Replacement Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Thu, Sep 4
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1800
Receipts
1,243 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 1,252▲ 146 vs year ago 1,097 · +13.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Callaway Livestock held their monthly Special Bred Cow/Heifer and Pairs sale Thursday evening with a large crowd on hand. Overall a nice offering of young bred cows mostly 3-6 years of age all selling with good demand mostly in the 2nd stage. Also in the consignment was a nice offering of bred heifers in the 2nd and 3rd stage and couple pkgs of 1st calf heifer pairs and a few young cows 3-5 yrs with 350-400 lb calves bred back in the 1st stage. Several groups of 7 yrs to short solid mouth bred cows along with aged cows in the 2nd and 3rd stage in the offering with several consignments of pairs ranging mostly from 4 yrs to short solid mouth with 150-300 lb calves by side. Good portion of the trade area has turned very dry and in need of rain.

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,305$3,70488
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,262$3,423205
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,326$2,8379
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,090$2,7254thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,327$2,6503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,236$2,58015
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,101$4,43033
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,072$3,59028
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,228$5,9179
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,172$4,07949
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,193$3,56429
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,100$3,1003thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)908$4,43121
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)825$3,3005

Every lot

30 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 Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 28502,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9006
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,0003,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1003,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1643,319.64/head3,150.00–3,450.003,32014
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1964,445.83/head4,150.00–4,575.004,44612
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2203,791.67/head3,600.00–3,900.003,79215
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2285,916.67/head5,600.00–6,000.005,9179
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2333,966.67/head3,900.00–4,000.003,9679
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2584,363.16/head4,050.00–4,550.004,36319
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium 28253,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3005
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28824,678.57/head4,300.00–5,150.004,67914
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29504,225.00/head4,150.00–4,300.004,2254
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 29753,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5503
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0902,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,7254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0982,893.50/head2,650.00–3,025.002,89433
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1303,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1506
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2183,339.98/head3,150.00–3,500.003,34089
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2362,580.08/head2,400.00–2,700.002,58015
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2823,659.50/head3,350.00–3,950.003,66066
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3262,836.55/head2,725.00–3,100.002,8379
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,3272,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3593,756.83/head3,550.00–4,000.003,75777
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4044,295.44/head4,150.00–4,400.004,29512
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,5803,275.00/head3,275.00–3,275.003,2756
Bred Cows—Large 1-21,6403,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5004
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 29602,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8505
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0274,162.30/head3,750.00–4,250.004,16223
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0723,979.34/head3,950.00–4,000.003,97912
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1233,502.87/head3,250.00–3,750.003,50311
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,2715,044.43/head4,400.00–5,300.005,04410

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.