Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2019-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the best test on steer calves were weighing 450-550 lbs and sold mostly 5.00 higher, with 550-600 lbs selling steady to firm and a nice offering of yearling steers weighing over 600 lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone with very few comparisons from last week. Feeder heifers weighing 450-650 lbs on comparable sales sold steady to firm. Good overall quality on feeders with weighing conditions very good, with three pot loads of yearling steers weighing over 800 lbs all sold with very good demand. Demand was good with supply light to moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.95/cwt on 603 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −82.29 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$157.95

603 head · 682 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,078

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$369

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

$26.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.11

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	163.89	912	93
Medium and Large 1	679	159.65	1,084	446
Medium and Large 2	594	142.75	848	5thin
Large 1-2	656	137.25	900	4thin
Large 1	935	137.00	1,281	55

One grade step is worth $26.89/cwt here — about −$369 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

14 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $258.28, low $221.98, median $240.24 across 14 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 sale603 hd

157.95

—

MO average16 barns · 8,284 hd

149.83

+8.11

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−82.29

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	—	High	1,683	92.51	1,557	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,485	66.39	986	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,297	62.74	814	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,037	51.56	534	10

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	173.64/cwt	167.50–177.00	908	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	181.76/cwt	181.00–186.00	878	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	183.72/cwt	182.00–187.00	788	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	167.27/cwt	166.50–168.25	1,097	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,112	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	656	137.25/cwt	137.25–137.25	900	4
Steers	Large 1	—	935	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,281	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	134.35/cwt	133.00–135.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	144.91/cwt	142.00–147.25	825	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	147.62/cwt	143.00–150.50	771	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	148.08/cwt	143.00–150.75	631	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	138.75/cwt	138.75–138.75	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	135.10/cwt	134.00–136.25	917	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	950	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	143.77/cwt	135.00–145.75	953	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	150.66/cwt	149.00–153.00	887	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	152.86/cwt	151.25–156.50	737	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	159.08/cwt	157.50–160.00	690	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	151.45/cwt	151.00–152.25	798	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	142.24/cwt	139.75–147.00	886	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	166.39/cwt	160.50–168.75	604	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	162.19/cwt	159.00–167.00	697	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	46.13/cwt	43.50–49.00	476	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	54.43/cwt	52.00–57.50	559	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	60.81/cwt	59.00–63.00	646	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	66.39/cwt	64.50–70.00	986	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,279	64.45/cwt	63.00–66.00	824	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	59.61/cwt	57.00–62.50	793	6
Bulls	—	—	1,760	94.54/cwt	93.00–97.50	1,664	5
Bulls	—	—	1,555	89.13/cwt	86.00–91.00	1,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	594	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	473	182.25/cwt	182.25–182.25	862	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	174.12/cwt	169.00–175.50	850	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	155.19/cwt	151.75–158.00	958	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	158.57/cwt	150.75–162.00	926	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	177.42/cwt	175.00–179.00	752	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,096	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,110	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,088	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	500	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	908	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	146.24/cwt	145.25–147.25	1,212	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	154.53/cwt	150.00–155.50	1,110	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	167.45/cwt	163.50–171.00	1,048	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	163.86/cwt	162.00–173.00	954	46

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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