Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2019-08-19

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 19
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
726 head
256 vs last sale 470 726 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
71 vs last sale 121 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light test this week of feeder steers and heifers weighing 400-700 lbs sold with a steady to firm undertone, with weights over 700 lbs not tested. Demand was moderate to good with supply light. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm on a light test. After last week's sharp losses in the cattle futures, futures found some support on Monday hoping to find some stability in the market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.64/cwt on 328 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits 112.00 against this barn's trailing median of $251.64.
Average price
$139.64
328 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$839
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$104
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$13.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.33
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520142.54740106
Medium and Large 1644138.67893209
Medium and Large 2462135.006236thin
Large 1-2655129.008457thin
One grade step is worth $13.54/cwt here — about −$104 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
271250229208median 251.6401/0502/0905/1106/0806/29
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 sale328 hd
139.64
MO average13 barns · 3,091 hd
130.31
+9.33
This barn, trailing median11 sales
251.64
−112.00
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,73189.761,55411
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,68863.491,0723thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,22962.4476811
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00856.3056725

Every lot, as filed

39 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1725132.35/cwt132.35–132.3596072
HeifersMedium and Large 1672134.25/cwt134.25–134.2590238
HeifersMedium and Large 1605143.46/cwt142.50–146.5086844
HeifersLarge 1-2655129.00/cwt129.00–129.008457
HeifersMedium and Large 1513145.76/cwt145.00–148.0074825
HeifersMedium and Large 1579146.48/cwt143.50–149.0084830
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2338166.00/cwt166.00–166.005613
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2666127.75/cwt127.75–127.758514
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2617134.59/cwt131.00–138.008306
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2743120.25/cwt120.25–120.258936
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576138.46/cwt130.00–143.0079814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2459148.41/cwt147.25–151.5068115
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417147.67/cwt144.00–150.0061619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522143.60/cwt138.00–145.0075039
HeifersMedium and Large 2420139.00/cwt139.00–139.005843
HeifersMedium and Large 2503131.00/cwt131.00–131.006593
SteersLarge 1-2763122.50/cwt122.50–122.509354
SteersMedium and Large 1661150.95/cwt146.50–152.0099816
SteersMedium and Large 1589160.88/cwt159.50–163.0094817
SteersMedium and Large 1420186.31/cwt184.00–188.0078318
SteersMedium and Large 1482176.42/cwt175.00–183.0085020
SteersMedium and Large 1528171.02/cwt168.50–173.5090323
SteersMedium and Large 1626156.92/cwt156.50–157.2598223
SteersMedium and Large 1-2861120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2572145.78/cwt144.00–147.008345
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718135.75/cwt135.75–135.759758
SteersMedium and Large 1-2454173.32/cwt171.50–176.007879
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511163.58/cwt159.50–166.5083611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed475181.00/cwt181.00–181.0086010
Bulls1,79793.14/cwt93.00–93.501,6743
Bulls1,70688.49/cwt87.00–90.001,5108
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20766.58/cwt64.00–69.008045
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24858.99/cwt55.50–61.007366
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,86565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,2121
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60062.73/cwt62.50–63.001,0042
CowsLean 85-90%95547.42/cwt42.50–51.004535
CowsLean 85-90%1,05163.76/cwt59.50–67.506706
CowsLean 85-90%1,00856.28/cwt53.50–59.0056714

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.