Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2019-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, weaned steers calves and yearlings weighing 450-800 lbs and heifers weighing 400-700 lbs sold steady to firm, with a pot load of 875 lb yearling steers selling with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good, best on weaned calves with vaccination program and yearling cattle, with unweaned calves selling with light demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.25/cwt on 487 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −85.98 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$154.25

487 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$181

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$19.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.92

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	634	159.50	1,012	267
Medium and Large 1-2	587	149.72	879	168
Medium and Large 2	536	142.40	763	42
Large 1	852	140.00	1,193	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.50/cwt here — about −$181 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 sale487 hd

154.25

—

MO average20 barns · 10,373 hd

147.34

+6.92

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−85.98

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	1,748	84.37	1,475	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,743	68.39	1,192	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,527	54.54	833	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	52.85	653	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,045	44.71	467	33
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,351	103.20	1,394	8thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	521	118.33/cwt	117.00–120.00	616	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	428	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	578	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	498	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	140.52/cwt	138.50–145.00	722	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	141.92/cwt	139.00–146.50	677	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	139.79/cwt	139.00–140.00	576	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	136.98/cwt	133.50–140.00	908	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	132.50/cwt	130.25–135.50	757	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,004	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	877	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	498	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	682	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	150.35/cwt	150.35–150.35	1,060	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	149.19/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,012	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	147.95/cwt	144.00–150.00	839	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	147.37/cwt	146.00–148.00	917	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	128.02/cwt	126.50–129.25	1,038	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	718	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	154.30/cwt	154.00–155.00	639	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	609	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	731	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	987	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	601	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	784	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	631	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	700	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	773	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	162.09/cwt	154.00–169.00	760	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	146.53/cwt	145.00–151.00	838	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	167.74/cwt	164.50–172.00	725	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	146.15/cwt	143.00–149.50	1,008	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	156.69/cwt	152.00–160.00	826	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,144	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	359	167.20/cwt	166.00–169.00	600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	792	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,022	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	500	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	790	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	650	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	910	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,282	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	168.77/cwt	167.25–171.00	886	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	155.95/cwt	153.00–160.50	981	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	165.68/cwt	158.00–167.25	944	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	153.40/cwt	152.00–155.00	1,025	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	181.93/cwt	180.00–186.00	690	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	153.88/cwt	151.00–158.00	1,177	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	176.49/cwt	174.00–181.50	750	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	815	7
Steers	Large 1	—	852	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,193	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	408	135.88/cwt	135.00–137.00	554	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	658	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	868	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	47.18/cwt	43.50–49.00	700	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	59.46/cwt	58.00–62.00	875	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	54.84/cwt	50.00–57.50	850	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,052	56.19/cwt	55.00–58.00	591	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	41.81/cwt	36.50–45.50	432	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	33.50/cwt	30.00–36.00	342	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	51.61/cwt	47.50–54.50	551	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,743	68.39/cwt	66.00–70.50	1,192	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,351	103.20/cwt	102.00–104.50	1,394	8
Bulls	—	—	1,746	85.45/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,492	11
Bulls	—	—	1,760	78.42/cwt	78.00–79.00	1,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	135.10/cwt	126.00–140.00	773	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	151.58/cwt	143.50–154.00	720	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	157.55/cwt	155.00–160.00	679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	819	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	610	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	842	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	563	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	777	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	146.68/cwt	140.00–149.50	930	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	51.79/cwt	46.00–54.00	646	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,209	57.00/cwt	55.50–62.50	689	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	45.82/cwt	42.00–48.50	578	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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