Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2020-10-12

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Oct 12
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,887 head
236 vs last sale 2,123 205 vs year ago 1,682 · +12.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
10 vs last sale 160 70 vs year ago 220 · 31.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs were lightly tested, with 550-750 lbs selling steady to 3.00 lower, 750-900 lbs sold steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady on comparable weights and quality with last week. Slaughter cows sold steady. Yearling market was active (5 pot loads) in spite of CME Live cattle futures seeing triple digit losses as grains also traded lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.21/cwt on 829 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 92.03 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.
Average price
$148.21
829 head · 696 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,031
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$195
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$25.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.45
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1725149.081,082602
Medium and Large 1-2607147.51896208
Medium and Large 2732130.0895214thin
Medium 1-2718123.508875thin
One grade step is worth $25.58/cwt here — about $195 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 sale829 hd
148.21
MO average18 barns · 8,782 hd
143.76
+4.45
This barn, trailing median14 sales
240.24
−92.03
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
BullsLow1,72379.291,36612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54360.5393421
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27056.9372334
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04450.9553241

Every lot, as filed

55 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 1-2Fleshy612120.25/cwt120.25–120.257365
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487148.38/cwt143.00–153.0072329
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy464158.00/cwt158.00–158.007334
HeifersMedium and Large 1726141.35/cwt140.00–142.501,02679
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668145.22/cwt143.50–149.0097014
SteersMedium and Large 1-2765134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,0298
HeifersMedium and Large 1577144.53/cwt144.00–145.0083416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy534147.91/cwt143.00–152.0079013
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy706130.50/cwt130.50–130.509215
SteersMedium and Large 1867144.08/cwt141.85–145.501,24997
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy569130.23/cwt130.00–131.0074123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy661123.28/cwt120.00–126.508158
HeifersMedium and Large 1469155.77/cwt154.00–157.0073123
SteersMedium and Large 1461174.30/cwt170.00–176.0080421
SteersMedium and Large 1729150.65/cwt149.50–151.001,09846
SteersMedium and Large 1768145.72/cwt142.00–149.251,119229
SteersMedium and Large 1679149.19/cwt147.50–155.001,013118
HeifersMedium and Large 1698140.00/cwt140.00–140.0097716
SteersMedium and Large 1636154.81/cwt147.50–157.0098535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473164.48/cwt160.00–170.0077816
HeifersMedium and Large 2582124.00/cwt124.00–124.007223
HeifersMedium and Large 1433159.96/cwt157.00–165.0069315
HeifersMedium and Large 1627143.42/cwt142.50–145.0089934
SteersMedium and Large 1513169.20/cwt167.50–170.508687
SteersMedium and Large 1563155.13/cwt151.50–160.0087349
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned477151.50/cwt151.50–151.507235
SteersMedium 1-2718123.50/cwt123.50–123.508875
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58050.52/cwt48.00–53.507982
CowsLean 85-90%1,03145.21/cwt40.00–49.0046616
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61365.69/cwt64.00–70.001,0609
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27764.89/cwt64.00–66.508295
CowsLean 85-90%1,08061.50/cwt61.50–61.506641
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26850.63/cwt47.00–54.5064212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27059.04/cwt55.00–63.0075017
CowsLean 85-90%1,05254.34/cwt50.00–58.5057224
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47257.89/cwt55.50–63.0085210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519158.35/cwt154.50–164.0082225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2523136.21/cwt134.00–140.0071228
Bulls1,38771.11/cwt69.00–74.509863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned646133.87/cwt133.00–134.7586516
SteersMedium and Large 2905126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1405
HeifersMedium and Large 1519153.60/cwt151.00–156.0079717
SteersMedium and Large 1-2562148.23/cwt145.00–150.0083320
SteersMedium and Large 1-2827137.10/cwt137.10–137.101,13418
Bulls1,83582.02/cwt78.00–86.501,5059
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2665138.00/cwt138.00–138.0091811
HeifersMedium and Large 2626125.00/cwt125.00–125.0078310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2714135.35/cwt134.00–139.7596628
BullsMedium and Large 1-2482152.14/cwt151.00–154.507336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2619142.10/cwt138.50–147.0088020
SteersMedium and Large 2636132.34/cwt132.00–132.508429
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435169.91/cwt166.00–172.0073921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624140.53/cwt140.00–142.0087719
BullsMedium and Large 1-2773110.00/cwt110.00–110.008504
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy472136.00/cwt136.00–136.006423

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.