Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2020-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers under 650 lbs sold steady to firm, with 650-700 lb steers selling firm to 2.00 higher, 700-750 lbs steers 2.00-7.00 higher and 750-875 lb steers and two pot loads of 700-725 lb heifers sold with a firm to higher undertone. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady to 2.00 lower on average to low dressing cows. A good offering of yearling feeders included 7 pot loads and several part loads all sold on and active market with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.52/cwt on 867 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −86.72 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$153.52

867 head · 684 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$156

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

$28.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.61

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	527	160.12	844	214
Medium and Large 1	738	151.70	1,119	641
Medium and Large 2	617	134.02	827	7thin
Medium 1	521	132.00	688	5thin

One grade step is worth $28.12/cwt here — about $156 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 sale867 hd

153.52

—

MO average18 barns · 8,800 hd

146.90

+6.61

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−86.72

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	1,679	82.97	1,393	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,492	58.83	878	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,287	57.65	742	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	53.32	562	26
Steers	Choice	Average	1,307	105.91	1,384	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,339	99.01	1,326	4thin

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 1-2Fleshy	—	534	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	594	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	157.31/cwt	155.00–159.00	587	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	183.04/cwt	180.00–186.00	628	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,085	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	944	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	145.59/cwt	145.00–146.00	836	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	835	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	57.96/cwt	56.00–63.00	875	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	158.67/cwt	153.50–165.00	833	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	172.29/cwt	171.00–176.00	755	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	153.18/cwt	150.50–155.50	867	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,061	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	145.00/cwt	143.00–148.50	911	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,295	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	868	1
Steers	Select	—	1,339	99.01/cwt	98.00–101.50	1,326	4
Steers	Choice	—	1,307	105.91/cwt	105.50–106.50	1,384	5
Bulls	—	—	1,711	84.73/cwt	79.00–90.50	1,450	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	59.76/cwt	56.00–63.50	767	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,045	55.93/cwt	51.00–60.00	584	14
Bulls	—	—	1,494	70.55/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,054	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,294	52.29/cwt	48.50–55.00	677	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	46.24/cwt	44.00–49.00	492	9
Bulls	—	—	1,788	93.77/cwt	92.00–95.50	1,677	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,067	62.36/cwt	61.50–63.50	665	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	70.20/cwt	69.50–71.00	1,016	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,477	53.55/cwt	52.00–55.00	791	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	136.71/cwt	130.00–138.50	934	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	167.11/cwt	164.00–175.00	795	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	409	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	129.92/cwt	129.50–130.50	978	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	150.24/cwt	145.00–156.00	649	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	146.96/cwt	143.00–151.50	1,155	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	876	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	134.02/cwt	126.50–139.75	827	7
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	521	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	688	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,031	110.25/cwt	110.25–110.25	1,137	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	143.49/cwt	142.25–144.75	1,025	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	154.37/cwt	150.00–157.50	1,107	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	851	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	131.42/cwt	128.00–134.00	619	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	604	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	466	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	517	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	159.78/cwt	156.25–163.00	917	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	158.18/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,090	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	174.22/cwt	172.00–180.00	866	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	123.25/cwt	123.25–123.25	1,049	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	163.32/cwt	163.00–163.50	759	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,238	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	144.88/cwt	142.50–150.00	665	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	143.75/cwt	143.75–143.75	1,219	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	161.54/cwt	157.00–164.00	661	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	150.74/cwt	149.00–152.50	781	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	171.48/cwt	168.00–175.00	863	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	787	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	140.44/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,027	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	1,282	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	154.01/cwt	151.00–157.50	952	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	144.48/cwt	142.00–145.50	858	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	119.25/cwt	119.25–119.25	1,116	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	140.68/cwt	140.00–141.00	900	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	180.19/cwt	176.00–188.00	669	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	139.70/cwt	136.00–143.00	715	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	135.72/cwt	132.75–138.25	992	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	136.46/cwt	133.50–139.00	779	51

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.

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