Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2020-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs and 550-600 lbs sold steady to firm, with a much lighter test of 500-550 lb steers selling steady to 3.00 lower than last week's very active market, 600-650 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher and yearling steers over 650 lbs sold with a higher undertone on few comparable weight comparisons. Heifer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold steady to spots 2.00 higher on the 5 weight heifers and over 600 lbs sold mostly steady. Slaughter cows traded steady. Monday's offering included six pot loads of yearlings weighing 650-870 lbs selling with good demand and a good quality offering of calves weighing 400-650 lbs selling mostly weaned and with shots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.39/cwt on 748 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −89.85 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$150.39

748 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$963

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$432

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$21.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.17

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	653	151.28	987	625
Medium and Large 1-2	584	146.56	856	118
Medium 2	427	130.00	555	5thin

One grade step is worth $21.28/cwt here — about $432 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 sale748 hd

150.39

—

MO average17 barns · 15,480 hd

146.22

+4.17

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−89.85

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	1,849	78.31	1,448	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,783	68.00	1,212	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,528	56.41	862	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,259	52.97	667	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,086	47.41	515	32
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,216	104.31	1,268	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,181	93.02	1,099	4thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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 1-2Fleshy	—	542	130.25/cwt	129.00–131.00	706	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	793	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	967	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	134.47/cwt	133.50–135.25	830	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	631	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	608	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	787	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	132.13/cwt	129.50–137.00	765	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	985	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	141.33/cwt	138.00–146.00	748	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	138.58/cwt	136.50–141.00	933	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	604	143.65/cwt	140.00–145.00	868	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	409	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	710	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	984	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	156.28/cwt	152.50–164.00	892	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	149.11/cwt	144.25–155.50	911	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	658	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	823	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	163.40/cwt	159.25–167.50	871	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	149.05/cwt	142.50–151.50	1,061	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	752	136.60/cwt	136.60–136.60	1,027	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	137.28/cwt	136.25–139.00	914	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	173.23/cwt	169.00–180.00	819	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	180.73/cwt	176.00–185.00	781	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	154.97/cwt	152.00–158.00	638	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	161.47/cwt	159.50–165.00	583	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	121.66/cwt	121.25–121.75	1,012	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	140.59/cwt	138.00–147.00	808	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	143.10/cwt	143.10–143.10	1,246	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	653	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	911	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	606	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	951	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	144.56/cwt	141.00–148.00	698	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	659	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	923	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	806	136.25/cwt	136.25–136.25	1,098	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	427	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	555	5
Bulls	—	—	2,013	80.06/cwt	77.50–85.50	1,612	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	33.84/cwt	33.50–34.00	331	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	49.15/cwt	45.00–52.00	623	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	44.77/cwt	40.00–47.50	492	12
Bulls	—	—	1,630	75.98/cwt	74.50–76.50	1,238	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,442	51.33/cwt	50.00–52.00	740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	503	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,783	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,212	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	62.41/cwt	60.00–66.50	989	3
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,216	104.31/cwt	104.00–105.50	1,268	5
Steers	Select	—	1,181	93.02/cwt	90.00–94.00	1,099	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	55.32/cwt	53.00–58.00	694	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	133.27/cwt	130.00–139.75	964	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	51.66/cwt	49.00–56.00	566	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	56.26/cwt	53.00–59.50	862	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	144.00/cwt	143.00–145.00	508	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	665	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	901	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	694	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	148.53/cwt	141.75–150.00	994	274
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	142.24/cwt	137.00–147.00	821	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	139.30/cwt	134.00–143.00	673	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	143.42/cwt	140.00–150.00	627	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	699	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	142.06/cwt	135.00–148.50	736	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	165.41/cwt	162.00–167.00	789	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	776	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	149.64/cwt	147.00–153.00	786	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	166.02/cwt	165.00–167.00	704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	135.21/cwt	134.00–136.00	709	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	136.74/cwt	133.50–142.50	864	21

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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