Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2020-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 450-600 lbs steers calves sold steady to firm on comparable sales and quality, with 6 weight steers uneven 600-650 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and 650-700 lbs soCld steady to 2.00 higher, over 700 lbs were not well tested. Feeder heifers sold steady to firm, with a pot load of 720 lb heifers selling with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. CME cattle futures had a good Monday with triple digit gains being encouraged by Friday's bullish Cattle on Feed Report.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.13/cwt on 844 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −94.10 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$146.13

844 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$70

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

$26.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.03

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	561	149.90	841	259
Medium and Large 1	709	146.25	1,037	522
Medium and Large 2	652	136.14	887	14thin
Large 1-2	601	128.99	776	32
Medium 1	749	127.05	951	10thin
Medium 1-2	738	123.50	911	7thin

One grade step is worth $26.40/cwt here — about −$70 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 sale844 hd

146.13

—

MO average18 barns · 18,943 hd

144.11

+2.03

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−94.10

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	1,717	77.86	1,337	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,524	52.75	804	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,292	51.63	667	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,065	44.88	478	54
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,092	102.71	1,122	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,358	103.75	1,409	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,283	99.53	1,277	2thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1-2	—	720	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	943	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	694	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	162.70/cwt	162.50–163.00	514	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,049	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	852	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	503	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	649	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	153.35/cwt	150.00–158.00	808	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	591	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	863	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	662	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	672	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	823	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	796	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	959	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	173.82/cwt	171.00–176.50	657	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,042	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	165.25/cwt	161.00–170.00	853	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	152.70/cwt	149.50–156.25	887	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	145.88/cwt	144.50–153.00	708	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	138.26/cwt	137.00–141.00	794	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	181.79/cwt	178.00–188.50	580	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	531	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	913	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	556	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	917	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,120	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	815	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	723	130.12/cwt	130.00–130.25	941	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	620	136.06/cwt	133.50–137.75	844	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	148.12/cwt	147.00–150.00	915	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	572	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	847	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,044	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,130	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	573	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	719	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	143.05/cwt	139.00–146.00	751	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	142.45/cwt	139.50–145.50	893	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,029	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	467	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	512	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	691	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	805	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,099	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	751	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	993	15
Bulls	—	—	1,748	79.93/cwt	77.00–82.50	1,397	11
Steers	Select	—	1,283	99.53/cwt	99.00–100.00	1,277	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	47.28/cwt	43.50–50.50	704	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,534	54.25/cwt	51.00–59.00	832	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,293	48.01/cwt	43.50–51.00	621	23
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,358	103.75/cwt	103.50–104.00	1,409	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,091	50.32/cwt	47.00–55.00	549	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	65.31/cwt	63.00–67.00	1,045	4
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	826	123.75/cwt	123.75–123.75	1,022	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	675	128.30/cwt	125.00–130.00	866	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	59.95/cwt	58.00–62.00	784	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,291	53.64/cwt	51.00–56.50	692	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,092	102.71/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,122	3
Bulls	—	—	1,603	70.29/cwt	69.00–72.00	1,127	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	415	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	728	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	136.30/cwt	135.10–137.50	1,180	123
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	33.80/cwt	30.00–37.00	343	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	43.40/cwt	38.00–48.50	458	21
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	705	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	828	3
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	633	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	526	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	134.25/cwt	131.00–136.50	761	24
Steers	Large 1-2	—	634	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	805	4
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	—	538	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	699	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	151.20/cwt	150.00–154.00	635	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	539	153.06/cwt	152.00–153.50	825	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	145.30/cwt	142.00–149.00	619	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	546	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	833	8
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	738	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	911	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	795	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	143.99/cwt	140.00–147.00	828	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	162.72/cwt	157.50–165.00	763	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	778	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	150.21/cwt	146.00–152.00	1,003	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	563	126.41/cwt	123.00–129.00	712	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	575	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	995	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	969	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	129.93/cwt	127.00–132.50	547	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	134.16/cwt	132.00–136.00	688	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	622	126.03/cwt	123.75–129.50	784	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	143.17/cwt	140.00–145.00	946	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	170.47/cwt	166.50–174.00	724	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	166.20/cwt	165.00–167.00	625	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	145.76/cwt	144.00–147.50	720	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	134.52/cwt	131.50–138.00	841	16

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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