Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2020-06-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-06-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs sold 8.00-10.00 higher, with 500-600 lbs trading 5.00-7.00 higher, 650-850 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers weighing 400-550 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 higher, with 600-700 lbs selling with a higher undertone on a light test, pot load of 735 lb heifers sold 2.00 higher off the same consignment as last week. Demand was good with supply moderate, feeder calves regained all of last weeks losses and more. A very good quality offering of calves and yearlings, with 7 pot loads of yearlings and several part loads in the mix all sold with good demand on a very active market. Slaughter cows on a very active market as well sold firm to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.68/cwt on 941 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −92.55 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$147.68

941 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$996

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$246

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

$36.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.72

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	570	153.54	875	172
Medium and Large 1	690	147.44	1,017	741
Medium and Large 2	647	123.00	796	3thin
Large 1-2	954	117.50	1,121	25

One grade step is worth $36.04/cwt here — about −$246 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 sale941 hd

147.68

—

MO average16 barns · 11,173 hd

142.96

+4.72

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−92.55

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	1,810	97.35	1,762	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,454	72.74	1,058	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,210	67.94	822	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,004	60.94	612	30
Steers	Choice	Average	1,239	102.04	1,264	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,525	91.00	1,388	2thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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 1-2	—	439	147.72/cwt	144.50–155.00	648	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	161.52/cwt	157.00–166.00	549	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	848	100.25/cwt	100.25–100.25	850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	311	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	378	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	639	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	160.78/cwt	154.50–164.00	664	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	127.00/cwt	125.00–127.25	935	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	121.41/cwt	120.75–127.00	952	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	144.60/cwt	139.50–148.00	745	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	131.78/cwt	129.50–132.75	879	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	138.01/cwt	137.00–139.00	780	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	134.06/cwt	132.00–136.50	819	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	151.99/cwt	151.00–154.00	716	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	716	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	710	5
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	782	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	712	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,525	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,388	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,239	102.04/cwt	100.00–103.50	1,264	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	847	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	126.53/cwt	123.00–130.00	668	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	692	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	943	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	563	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	783	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	274	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	125.87/cwt	122.50–126.25	828	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	128.03/cwt	123.00–131.50	795	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	138.11/cwt	134.00–143.00	709	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	145.04/cwt	141.00–148.00	699	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	119.33/cwt	118.50–121.00	931	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	157.43/cwt	150.00–160.00	606	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	130.67/cwt	127.00–132.50	747	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	127.19/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,042	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	166.20/cwt	159.00–171.00	708	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	127.52/cwt	122.50–134.00	997	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	134.31/cwt	131.00–137.00	909	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	140.91/cwt	138.00–146.00	812	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	189.11/cwt	185.00–194.00	616	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,077	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	138.10/cwt	134.50–140.35	1,056	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	143.58/cwt	142.00–145.50	1,051	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	149.06/cwt	140.00–152.00	984	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	132.97/cwt	131.25–133.50	1,109	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	159.23/cwt	153.00–165.00	911	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	151.57/cwt	147.75–156.50	947	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	168.97/cwt	164.00–174.50	879	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	177.96/cwt	175.00–180.00	845	36
Steers	Large 1-2	—	954	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,121	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,018	67.32/cwt	64.00–71.00	685	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,027	59.75/cwt	54.50–63.00	614	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	931	48.03/cwt	45.00–50.50	447	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	74.09/cwt	69.00–77.50	1,085	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,398	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	923	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	70.80/cwt	66.00–77.00	857	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	62.89/cwt	58.00–65.50	763	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	56.26/cwt	55.50–57.00	675	2
Bulls	—	—	1,956	101.25/cwt	99.00–107.00	1,980	10
Bulls	—	—	1,627	92.48/cwt	88.00–96.50	1,505	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	647	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	486	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	846	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	144.32/cwt	139.00–149.00	909	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	180.04/cwt	173.00–185.00	666	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	156.33/cwt	152.00–161.00	822	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	134.97/cwt	132.00–137.00	976	15

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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