Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2026-04-02

Callaway Livestock Center

Replacement Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Thu, Apr 2
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1800
Receipts
1,583 head
▲ 853 vs last sale 730▲ 113 vs year ago 1,470 · +7.7%
View

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. Several consignments of 1st calf heifer pairs were in the offering selling mostly from 5200.00-5900.00 per pair. There was a large offering of young bred cows mostly 3-6 yrs of age in the second stage all selling with moderate to good demand. Also selling was Leachman Cattle Co held their I-70 Gateway Spring Bull and Female Sale with nearly 40 head of breeding bulls averaging 8200.00 per head.

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)1,198$4,43522
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,234$4,36689
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,211$3,813256
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,185$3,77855
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,351$3,44928
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,223$3,2503thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,279$3,18650
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,303$3,0339
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,372$2,83717
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,300$5,0002thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,213$4,95015
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)919$3,6004thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,141$5,27011
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)950$5,2007
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,178$4,84427
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,127$4,11929
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,150$4,1006
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,050$3,7003thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,000$5,53558
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)968$5,39166

Every lot

36 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 · Heifer Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 29104,830.00/head4,800.00–4,850.004,83010
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29585,333.93/head5,200.00–5,500.005,33428
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29985,648.21/head5,400.00–5,900.005,64828
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0005,535.34/head5,400.00–5,700.005,53558
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29505,200.00/head5,200.00–5,200.005,2007
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0504,900.00/head4,900.00–4,900.004,9007
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,0503,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1004,700.00/head4,700.00–4,700.004,7007
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1363,934.09/head3,700.00–4,000.003,93422
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1415,270.45/head5,100.00–5,425.005,27011
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1504,100.00/head4,100.00–4,100.004,1006
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2004,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,2004
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2284,981.25/head4,650.00–5,300.004,98116
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows19 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0033,253.13/head3,100.00–3,450.003,25323
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0392,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1493,653.36/head3,350.00–3,800.003,65343
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1504,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0003
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1953,550.00/head3,550.00–3,550.003,5503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1984,574.84/head4,500.00–4,600.004,57519
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2183,828.09/head3,400.00–4,150.003,828212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2233,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2334,269.25/head3,950.00–4,450.004,26982
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2475,500.00/head5,500.00–5,500.005,5007
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2852,952.85/head2,750.00–3,100.002,95332
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2884,419.66/head4,400.00–4,450.004,42015
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3072,780.26/head2,750.00–2,800.002,7809
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3134,225.00/head4,225.00–4,225.004,22512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3513,449.00/head3,400.00–3,500.003,44928
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3802,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5506
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3854,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,00012
Bred Cows—Large 1Broken Mouth1,4462,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9008
Bred Cows—Large 11,5683,900.00/head3,900.00–3,900.003,9006
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 29193,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6004
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1845,100.00/head5,100.00–5,100.005,10010
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,2724,650.00/head4,650.00–4,650.004,6505
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,3005,000.00/head5,000.00–5,000.005,0002

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.