Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to firm with 550-600 lbs selling steady to spots 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady on comparable weights. Good demand on the yearling steers weighing 700-900 lbs with several pot load lots and part loads in the offering all selling on and active market. Slaughter cows traded steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.36/cwt on 767 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −93.87 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$146.36

767 head · 727 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$500

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

$29.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.44

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	734	149.25	1,095	524
Medium and Large 1-2	730	141.36	1,032	206
Medium and Large 2	632	137.96	873	23
Large 1-2	681	131.00	892	7thin
Medium 1-2	496	120.00	595	7thin

One grade step is worth $29.25/cwt here — about $500 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 sale767 hd

146.36

—

MO average18 barns · 11,306 hd

145.92

+0.44

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−93.87

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	1,758	82.64	1,452	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,553	63.98	993	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,276	59.23	756	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,044	52.31	546	27
Steers	Choice	Average	1,399	105.66	1,478	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,330	100.36	1,335	5thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1-2	—	642	145.77/cwt	145.00–149.00	936	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	544	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	794	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	136.82/cwt	134.00–143.00	791	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	465	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	628	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	640	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	858	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	908	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,108	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	147.02/cwt	144.00–152.00	575	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	166.01/cwt	164.00–169.00	735	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	767	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	137.98/cwt	135.00–140.00	909	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,030	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	136.91/cwt	134.50–140.00	832	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	60.36/cwt	56.00–65.00	777	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,008	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	167.52/cwt	166.00–169.00	817	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	129.54/cwt	127.50–130.00	1,017	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,198	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	135.49/cwt	133.00–137.00	902	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	62.73/cwt	61.50–64.00	690	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,399	105.66/cwt	104.00–106.25	1,478	5
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,330	100.36/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,335	5
Bulls	—	—	1,764	85.78/cwt	83.50–89.00	1,513	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,047	56.59/cwt	53.50–61.00	592	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	63.20/cwt	58.00–66.00	950	10
Bulls	—	—	1,747	77.40/cwt	73.50–82.50	1,352	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	45.93/cwt	38.00–50.00	474	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,670	55.44/cwt	55.00–56.00	926	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	52.36/cwt	49.50–55.00	661	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	68.96/cwt	67.00–71.50	1,107	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	68.54/cwt	66.50–70.50	811	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	148.15/cwt	145.00–153.00	689	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	346	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	533	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	881	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,040	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	140.62/cwt	135.50–143.00	745	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	132.03/cwt	130.00–133.50	939	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	151.67/cwt	151.00–152.00	645	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	496	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	595	7
Bulls	Medium 2	—	320	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	461	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	633	117.77/cwt	116.50–120.00	745	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	484	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	586	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	681	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	892	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	695	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	897	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	963	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	148.89/cwt	148.00–150.00	764	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	159.67/cwt	158.00–164.00	661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	136.94/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,005	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,045	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	871	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	627	147.10/cwt	146.00–148.00	922	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	149.11/cwt	148.50–150.50	1,057	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,229	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	171.94/cwt	170.50–175.00	870	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	151.47/cwt	150.00–155.50	936	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	142.19/cwt	138.50–146.50	1,169	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	1,256	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	905	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	143.20/cwt	143.00–144.00	823	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	155.85/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,033	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	142.13/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,073	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	179.59/cwt	175.00–182.50	837	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	154.94/cwt	153.50–159.00	906	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	534	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	582	128.74/cwt	123.50–132.00	749	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	148.39/cwt	147.00–149.00	757	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	161.99/cwt	157.00–164.75	933	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	180.55/cwt	180.00–181.00	785	18

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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