Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2020-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-450 lbs sold steady to firm, with 500-700 lb steers selling steady to 3.00 lower, with a light test of steers weighing over 700 lbs selling with a lower undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 higher, with 500-550 lbs selling steady to spots 3.00 higher, 550-700 lbs sold mostly 2.00-400 lower and a pot load of heifers weighing 705 lbs off the same consignment as last week traded near 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher with the most advance on the boning and lean cows. Demand was moderate to good with supply moderate. A nice offering of 400-500 lb heifer calves sold with good demand along with some 350-400 lb heifer calves. CME Cattle Futures plummeted lower on Monday with limit losses on Feeder Cattle for March and April along with April Live Cattle contracts as the only news that seemed to matter was about the effects of the corona virus as the Stock Market also saw heavy losses.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $141.80/cwt on 618 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −109.84 against this barn's trailing median of $251.64.

Average price

$141.80

618 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$8.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.49

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	144.10	873	455
Medium and Large 1-2	571	135.38	772	163

One grade step is worth $8.72/cwt here — about $101 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 sale618 hd

141.80

—

MO average16 barns · 6,824 hd

137.31

+4.49

This barn, trailing median11 sales

251.64

−109.84

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	1,768	81.80	1,446	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,485	57.80	858	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,281	56.28	721	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,037	49.64	515	48
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,163	121.81	1,417	8thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,291	124.10	1,602	24
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,197	120.26	1,440	13

Every lot, as filed

67 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	—	389	197.50/cwt	196.00–198.00	768	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,291	124.10/cwt	122.50–125.50	1,602	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	163.24/cwt	158.00–165.00	702	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	176.42/cwt	170.00–180.00	744	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,093	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	167.96/cwt	163.00–173.00	788	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	161.96/cwt	157.00–167.00	876	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	172.69/cwt	169.00–176.00	895	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	145.07/cwt	143.50–151.00	979	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	183.77/cwt	181.00–190.00	787	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	821	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	1,106	19
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,197	120.26/cwt	117.75–121.00	1,440	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	138.80/cwt	135.00–142.50	923	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	161.09/cwt	157.00–164.00	892	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	185.21/cwt	180.00–187.00	607	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	152.92/cwt	148.00–156.00	892	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	183.66/cwt	181.00–189.00	670	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	151.27/cwt	150.00–156.00	956	94
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,415	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	708	1
Bulls	—	—	1,814	82.20/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,491	10
Bulls	—	—	1,533	75.48/cwt	74.00–77.00	1,157	2
Bulls	—	—	1,775	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	153.97/cwt	151.00–160.00	762	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	765	133.81/cwt	133.25–134.25	1,024	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	439	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	643	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	563	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	643	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	133.85/cwt	133.85–133.85	964	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	554	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	759	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	416	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	811	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	32.98/cwt	31.00–35.50	307	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	56.65/cwt	54.00–59.00	844	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	62.90/cwt	60.00–65.00	937	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	55.70/cwt	52.00–58.50	711	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	62.32/cwt	59.50–67.00	821	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,228	47.63/cwt	45.00–51.00	585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	161.52/cwt	155.00–166.00	769	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	337	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	573	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	51.40/cwt	47.00–55.00	537	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	42.99/cwt	37.00–47.50	432	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	58.06/cwt	56.00–61.00	631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	865	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	146.63/cwt	143.00–150.00	669	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	138.14/cwt	130.50–143.00	792	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	149.75/cwt	149.00–150.00	494	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	140.12/cwt	139.00–141.00	724	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	130.82/cwt	127.50–137.00	814	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	142.39/cwt	140.00–144.00	830	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	964	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	151.49/cwt	146.00–159.00	557	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	148.54/cwt	145.00–154.00	637	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	124.14/cwt	120.00–125.25	915	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	150.60/cwt	145.00–154.50	780	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	173.65/cwt	170.00–185.00	672	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	1,061	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	918	9
Heifers	Choice	—	1,163	121.81/cwt	121.00–123.00	1,417	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	138.21/cwt	137.00–140.00	860	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	144.63/cwt	143.00–147.50	914	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,060	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	907	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	1,177	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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