Cattle Market Pulse

Callaway Livestock Center Market Report

Kingdom City, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 25, 2022

766 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $172.78/cwt -3.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,102/hd at 638 lb · 80 head
light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $167.25/cwt +2.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,201/hd at 718 lb · 74 head
light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $217.31/cwt +8.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,156/hd at 532 lb · 59 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 766 2,409 1,049
Feeder cattle 676 2,159 989
Slaughter cattle 90 250 60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, much lighter receipts this week due to the extreme heat over the weekend but a good quality offering of 450-650 steers sold firm to 5.00 higher with heifers under 600 lbs lightly tested, with 6 weights steady and a pot load of 718 lb heifers trading 2.00 higher than last week's pot load of similar weight. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower on a light test. Last Friday's Cattle on Feed Report showed cattle on feed at 100 percent, Placements at 98 percent and Marketings at 102 percent. The July 1st cattle Inventory report released last Friday showed all cattle and calves in the US totaling 98.8 million head down 2 percent from last year.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
315 315 3 221.00 $221.00 $696 -7.94
440 440 4 210.00 $210.00 $924 -8.32
467–483 479 20 213.00–223.00 $219.34 $1,051 +7.30
506–545 532 59 208.00–221.00 $217.31 $1,156 +8.77
571–580 575 15 207.00–211.00 $209.12 $1,202 +6.26
623–638 628 43 193.50–208.00 $202.27 $1,270 +2.43
703 703 6 178.00 $178.00 $1,251 -7.35
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
358–363 361 7 210.00–215.00 $212.13 $766 —
435 435 3 204.00 $204.00 $887 —
448 thin fleshed 448 7 216.00 $216.00 $968 —
508–522 517 13 194.00–195.00 $194.30 $1,005 -1.31
655–675 668 15 170.00–180.00 $176.61 $1,180 -1.68
788 788 5 163.00 $163.00 $1,284 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
638 638 4 154.50 $154.50 $986 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
371 371 4 178.00 $178.00 $660 —
408–437 425 11 174.00–181.00 $177.79 $756 —
466–483 473 7 170.00–177.00 $173.94 $823 -1.71
523 523 4 165.00 $165.00 $863 -12.00
520–533 530 16 170.00–174.00 $173.02 $917 -3.98
579 579 4 162.50 $162.50 $941 -10.38
641 641 4 155.50 $155.50 $997 -10.32
695–698 697 8 146.50–154.00 $151.20 $1,054 -8.30
718 718 74 167.25 $167.25 $1,201 +2.25
758 758 4 148.00 $148.00 $1,122 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
436 436 4 189.00 $189.00 $824 -16.00
465 465 3 185.50 $185.50 $863 -9.74
508–529 520 31 176.50–181.00 $177.68 $924 -8.32
628–640 638 80 172.00–176.25 $172.78 $1,102 -3.68

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1165–1190 1173 80-85% 3 66.00–68.50 $67.67 $794 +9.68
1100–1375 1255 80-85% 7 83.00–92.00 $84.98 $1,066 +1.96
1145–1380 1255 80-85% 12 73.00–81.00 $78.11 $980 -4.91
Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
965–1075 1008 85-90% 4 57.00–66.00 $60.37 $609 +11.41
940–1100 1028 85-90% 7 68.00–75.00 $71.15 $731 +22.19
1000–1055 1028 85-90% 2 40.00–50.00 $45.13 $464 -3.83
1045–1185 1090 85-90% 6 77.00–81.50 $78.54 $856 -2.25
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1390–1415 1402 75-80% 3 64.00–67.00 $66.00 $925 —
1395–1430 1410 75-80% 3 76.00–81.50 $78.84 $1,112 —
1410–1650 1508 75-80% 3 83.50–85.00 $84.21 $1,270 -4.62

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1395–1645 1520 2 84.50–90.00 $87.02 $1,323 —
1760–2150 1918 4 101.50–112.00 $106.36 $2,040 —

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.