Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2019-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the best test on feeder steers weighed 450-600 lbs and sold mostly 5.00 higher, steers over 600 lbs were lightly tested. Feeder heifers weighing 450-550 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher with a nice offering of heifers weighing over 600 lbs selling with a higher undertone on few comparisons with last week. Slaughter cows on a light test traded steady to firm. A light offering on Monday, but overall quality was very good on the calves weighing 450-600 lbs and heifers weighing over 600 lbs. Demand was good with supply light. Feeder cattle futures posted strong gains on Monday with support developing as grain prices eroded on Monday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.96/cwt on 359 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −106.68 against this barn's trailing median of $251.64.

Average price

$144.96

359 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$76

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$8.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.82

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	605	145.99	884	314
Medium and Large 1-2	586	137.77	808	45

One grade step is worth $8.21/cwt here — about $76 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

11 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $257.10, low $222.36, median $251.64 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale359 hd

144.96

—

MO average17 barns · 6,444 hd

135.13

+9.82

This barn, trailing median11 sales

251.64

−106.68

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,833	87.88	1,611	3thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,540	72.50	1,117	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,611	60.02	967	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,293	59.74	773	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,046	53.50	560	13
Steers	Select	Average	1,408	106.04	1,493	5thin

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Callaway Livestock Center - Kingdom City, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	156.39/cwt	152.50–158.00	749	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	151.12/cwt	150.00–153.50	805	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,015	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	143.68/cwt	140.00–146.00	881	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	897	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	144.92/cwt	142.00–148.00	697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	137.11/cwt	135.00–143.00	790	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	136.64/cwt	134.75–138.00	838	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	809	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	137.49/cwt	136.00–139.00	1,067	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	169.26/cwt	168.00–172.00	884	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	148.57/cwt	147.75–148.75	1,064	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	178.22/cwt	174.00–180.00	834	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	168.92/cwt	162.75–171.50	949	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	169.52/cwt	168.50–171.00	744	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	169.59/cwt	169.00–170.00	794	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,037	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	961	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	156.56/cwt	156.00–157.00	852	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	154.15/cwt	150.50–158.50	876	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	147.00/cwt	144.50–150.75	983	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	140.03/cwt	138.00–145.00	805	15
Bulls	—	—	1,833	87.88/cwt	87.00–88.50	1,611	3
Steers	Select	—	1,408	106.04/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,493	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	689	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,394	64.47/cwt	62.00–68.50	899	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	57.95/cwt	55.00–61.50	721	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,715	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,080	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,594	59.52/cwt	57.50–61.50	949	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	60.20/cwt	59.50–61.50	623	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	49.31/cwt	44.00–53.00	519	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,540	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,117	1

How this sale compares

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.

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