Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2019-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold fully steady to firm with instances 3.00 higher, 600-700 lb steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher and yearling steers over 700 lbs sold with a firm undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher with yearling heifers over 600 lbs trading steady to firm. Moderate to good demand for the large offering of calves and yearlings with many calves weaned and having two round of shots. Monday's auction had plenty of packages, groups and strings of good quality calves and yearlings to choose from. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.60/cwt on 1,127 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −84.64 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$155.60

1,127 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

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

$31.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.90

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	157.60	1,000	865
Medium and Large 1-2	567	151.93	862	220
Medium and Large 2	705	134.38	947	38
Large 1-2	691	125.75	869	4thin

One grade step is worth $31.85/cwt here — about $131 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 sale1,127 hd

155.60

—

MO average21 barns · 26,813 hd

147.70

+7.90

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−84.64

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	1,723	71.98	1,240	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,624	70.78	1,149	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,553	56.46	877	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,315	50.31	661	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,114	41.20	459	41
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,025	112.00	1,148	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,387	116.44	1,615	15

Every lot, as filed

84 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 2	—	719	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	879	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	55.20/cwt	52.00–58.00	857	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	121.70/cwt	113.50–124.50	692	18
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	494	118.72/cwt	118.00–119.00	586	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	425	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	502	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	700	121.75/cwt	121.75–121.75	852	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	536	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	590	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	130.51/cwt	130.00–131.50	500	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	138.21/cwt	130.00–141.50	745	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	140.91/cwt	132.50–141.50	946	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	131.20/cwt	127.50–137.00	750	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	145.93/cwt	142.00–152.50	630	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	133.26/cwt	129.00–134.50	696	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,004	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	143.05/cwt	135.00–147.00	679	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	420	163.48/cwt	162.50–165.00	687	28
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	600	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	664	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	855	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	604	137.45/cwt	135.00–138.00	830	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	653	133.67/cwt	130.00–135.00	873	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	866	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,247	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	697	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	965	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	734	137.34/cwt	134.00–138.50	1,008	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	551	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	541	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	763	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	714	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	129.80/cwt	122.00–135.00	746	14
Bulls	—	—	1,753	74.86/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,312	5
Bulls	—	—	1,711	70.78/cwt	66.00–74.50	1,211	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	774	135.02/cwt	131.50–135.75	1,045	17
Steers	Choice	—	1,387	116.44/cwt	115.50–117.25	1,615	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	147.68/cwt	144.00–152.00	859	63
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	695	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	159.44/cwt	157.00–164.00	853	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,064	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	163.48/cwt	158.00–168.00	765	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,116	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	820	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	691	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	995	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	177.30/cwt	174.50–183.00	656	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	143.68/cwt	143.00–144.00	897	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	170.52/cwt	164.00–175.00	733	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	140.59/cwt	137.50–143.00	949	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	151.79/cwt	146.00–152.75	1,041	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	192.36/cwt	190.00–194.00	602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	764	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	183.29/cwt	180.00–189.00	786	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	151.43/cwt	143.00–153.25	1,151	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,268	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	151.06/cwt	144.00–154.50	715	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	168.67/cwt	163.00–173.00	867	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	178.06/cwt	170.00–186.50	848	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	153.75/cwt	146.50–156.00	1,107	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	158.19/cwt	154.50–159.00	886	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	149.31/cwt	147.50–154.75	912	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	954	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	148.15/cwt	142.00–153.00	764	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	897	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	623	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	151.93/cwt	150.00–156.00	644	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	141.74/cwt	140.00–145.50	804	44
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,025	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	955	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	773	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	151.60/cwt	146.00–159.00	578	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	64.56/cwt	60.00–68.50	1,028	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	32.21/cwt	29.00–34.00	341	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,130	47.83/cwt	45.00–53.00	540	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	40.08/cwt	36.50–44.50	449	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,624	70.78/cwt	67.00–77.00	1,149	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	783	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	167.93/cwt	164.00–171.00	722	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	63.52/cwt	63.00–64.00	802	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,299	54.12/cwt	50.00–58.00	703	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	46.25/cwt	44.50–48.50	616	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	48.01/cwt	45.00–50.00	724	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	471	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	754	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	510	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	521	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	836	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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