Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2020-08-24

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 24
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,863 head
567 vs last sale 1,296 1,059 vs year ago 804 · +131.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
31 vs last sale 125 6 vs year ago 100 · 6.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers under 650 lbs sold mostly steady to spots 3.00 lower, 650-800 lbs sold fully steady to firm and over 800 lbs were not tested. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs were lightly tested, with 500-600 lbs selling steady to 3.00 lower, a light test of 600-700 lbs sold mostly steady and 700-750 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone with no recent test. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate to good, with supply moderate. A good quality offering of steers weighing 650-800 lbs sold with the best demand with several part loads in the mix and a good offering of 700-750 lb heifers. CME cattle futures traded lower to start the week and focused on Friday's COF report that showed bearish placements at 111 percent.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.63/cwt on 891 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 80.61 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.
Average price
$159.63
891 head · 649 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,036
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$326
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$29.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.77
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2545163.19890153
Medium and Large 1671159.971,073689
Medium and Large 2577147.5785235
Large 1-2907134.001,21514thin
One grade step is worth $29.19/cwt here — about −$326 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
272251229208median 240.2401/0502/1605/1806/2208/10
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 sale891 hd
159.63
MO average17 barns · 9,968 hd
149.85
+9.77
This barn, trailing median14 sales
240.24
−80.61
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
BullsAverage1,62788.401,4389thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52265.911,00312
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23363.5178328
CowsLean 85-90%Average96252.1750224

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1533148.26/cwt146.00–150.0079035
HeifersMedium and Large 1604151.75/cwt151.75–151.7591721
SteersMedium and Large 2592142.37/cwt140.00–145.0084317
SteersMedium and Large 2625147.00/cwt147.00–147.0091911
SteersMedium and Large 2466161.10/cwt160.00–162.507517
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed633161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0197
SteersMedium and Large 1-2537167.99/cwt163.00–169.7590234
SteersMedium and Large 1-2606156.00/cwt153.00–157.0094528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2479166.43/cwt165.00–170.0079721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2369188.23/cwt180.00–191.0069519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2677142.90/cwt140.00–145.5096714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714146.55/cwt140.00–149.001,04611
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420172.78/cwt165.00–180.0072610
HeifersMedium and Large 1695141.50/cwt141.50–141.509837
HeifersMedium and Large 1470150.50/cwt150.50–150.507076
BullsMedium and Large 1-2583130.62/cwt129.50–131.507627
BullsMedium and Large 1-2462155.00/cwt155.00–155.007163
BullsMedium and Large 1-2417168.00/cwt168.00–168.007013
CowsLean 85-90%97957.14/cwt54.50–59.505597
CowsLean 85-90%1,05064.46/cwt61.50–68.006776
CowsLean 85-90%93036.90/cwt33.00–41.003436
CowsLean 85-90%87148.77/cwt46.00–52.004255
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46762.75/cwt59.00–66.509217
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59970.33/cwt67.50–75.501,1255
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22364.00/cwt60.00–66.5078318
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26569.39/cwt67.00–71.508785
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23855.84/cwt53.50–58.006915
Bulls1,67389.58/cwt86.50–93.501,4998
Bulls1,26079.00/cwt79.00–79.009951
SteersMedium and Large 1-2568152.52/cwt146.00–159.008666
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy582145.00/cwt145.00–145.008443
SteersMedium and Large 1688157.81/cwt152.00–159.501,086184
SteersMedium and Large 1722156.29/cwt151.50–159.001,128117
SteersMedium and Large 1577166.45/cwt162.50–172.0096082
SteersMedium and Large 1922136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,26158
SteersMedium and Large 1612164.00/cwt160.50–164.751,00457
SteersMedium and Large 1767151.02/cwt148.00–152.251,15856
SteersMedium and Large 1524177.68/cwt175.75–180.0093153
SteersMedium and Large 1418187.00/cwt187.00–187.0078230
SteersMedium and Large 1487178.43/cwt177.00–181.0086929
SteersMedium and Large 1824140.75/cwt139.00–145.501,16019
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy580158.50/cwt158.50–158.509194
SteersLarge 1-2907134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,21514
HeifersMedium and Large 2662124.00/cwt124.00–124.008215
HeifersMedium and Large 2779117.50/cwt117.50–117.509154
HeifersMedium and Large 2520135.00/cwt135.00–135.007024
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned533130.00/cwt130.00–130.006934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed348172.50/cwt172.50–172.5060011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624137.08/cwt130.00–139.5085543
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582138.89/cwt134.00–145.0080831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2669134.43/cwt133.00–138.0089930
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487146.82/cwt144.00–152.5071525
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2516141.26/cwt136.50–144.2572923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2384153.51/cwt149.00–158.005898
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2921118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0877
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403148.00/cwt148.00–148.005963
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2310159.00/cwt159.00–159.004933
HeifersMedium and Large 1724140.67/cwt140.00–141.751,018122
HeifersMedium and Large 1576153.54/cwt149.00–155.00884112

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.