Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-03-05

Callaway Livestock Center

Replacement Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Thu, Mar 5
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1800
Receipts
730 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 681▲ 85 vs year ago 645 · +13.2%
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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 standing room crowd on hand. Main attraction was a couple consignments of 1st calf heifer pairs w/100-150 lb calves selling with good demand from 5800.00-6100.00 per pair. Several consignments of bred heifers in the 3rd stage also selling with good demand with better quality from 4750.00-5200.00 per head. Several consignments of bred heifers, young bred cows mostly 3-6 yrs in the 2nd and 3rd stage 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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,266$4,48928
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,286$4,22294
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,430$4,0254thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,491$3,80010
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,249$3,80011
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,450$3,8003thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,219$3,4989
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,150$2,8255
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)982$4,376114
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,350$5,1003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,300$4,1503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,300$4,0003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)875$3,9386
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,142$5,95013
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)995$5,77156

Every lot

22 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 Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 28753,937.50/head3,925.00–3,950.003,9386
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3004,150.00/head4,150.00–4,150.004,1503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3004,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3505,100.00/head5,100.00–5,100.005,1003
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium 28004,400.00/head4,400.00–4,400.004,4005
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 29505,200.00/head5,200.00–5,200.005,2005
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0215,982.61/head5,900.00–6,050.005,98346
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1315,956.25/head5,800.00–6,050.005,9568
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1605,940.00/head5,700.00–6,100.005,9405
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28843,912.85/head3,700.00–3,950.003,91362
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0984,928.74/head4,750.00–5,200.004,92952
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1502,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8255
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2193,498.22/head3,450.00–3,600.003,4989
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2334,233.16/head3,950.00–4,400.004,23312
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2443,996.21/head3,650.00–4,200.003,99646
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2493,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,80011
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2664,527.37/head4,300.00–4,650.004,52735
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2914,680.43/head4,550.00–4,800.004,68016
Bred Cows—Large 11,4304,025.00/head4,025.00–4,025.004,0254
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4503,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8003
Bred Cows—Large 11,4904,197.85/head4,150.00–4,300.004,19813
Bred Cows—Large 11,4913,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,80010

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.