Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2021-02-01

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Feb 1
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,014 head
467 vs last sale 1,481 477 vs year ago 1,491 · 32.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
56 vs last sale 170 86 vs year ago 200 · 43.0%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 550-700 lb steers and 500-600 lb heifers sold with a higher undertone on a light test with last week, two pot loads of 8 weight steers sold steady to firm and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady with last week on comparable sales. A light offering this week with rain and muddy conditions over the weekend, but a good quality offering of five pot loads of yearlings and good quality offering of 550-700 lb steers sold on and active market. Slaughter cows traded firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.18/cwt on 366 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 98.05 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.
Average price
$142.18
366 head · 691 lb average
Value per head Derived
$983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$310
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.75
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2484147.007117thin
Medium and Large 1-2600146.5887989
Medium and Large 1727140.611,022270
One grade step is worth $6.39/cwt here — about −$310 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 sale366 hd
142.18
MO average15 barns · 7,995 hd
145.93
−3.75
This barn, trailing median14 sales
240.24
−98.05
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
BullsAverage1,60785.381,37210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54860.3493422
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26558.5774128
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04751.2953715
HeifersChoiceAverage1,160107.171,2435thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,150107.781,2392thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,114105.341,1739thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
SteersMedium and Large 1568160.12/cwt154.00–164.5090953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514133.11/cwt128.00–136.0068413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678134.04/cwt131.00–137.0090913
SteersMedium and Large 2484147.00/cwt147.00–147.007117
HeifersMedium and Large 1704128.25/cwt128.25–128.2590373
SteersMedium and Large 1538165.00/cwt165.00–165.0088814
HeifersMedium and Large 1612130.94/cwt130.00–131.5080119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2342175.00/cwt175.00–175.005993
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473163.51/cwt163.00–164.0077310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576126.19/cwt124.00–128.007279
HeifersMedium and Large 1378157.00/cwt157.00–157.005934
HeifersMedium and Large 1573132.88/cwt130.00–136.0076124
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477145.00/cwt145.00–145.006923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638121.00/cwt121.00–121.007723
BullsMedium and Large 1-2666103.00/cwt103.00–103.006864
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed680140.50/cwt140.50–140.5095518
HeifersMedium and Large 1750122.85/cwt122.85–122.8592169
SteersMedium and Large 1679140.31/cwt140.00–141.5095333
SteersMedium and Large 1-2509155.66/cwt152.00–158.007929
CowsLean 85-90%99638.78/cwt36.00–43.003864
CowsLean 85-90%1,05460.58/cwt57.00–63.006396
CowsLean 85-90%1,07950.15/cwt47.00–53.505415
HeifersChoice1,160107.17/cwt106.50–108.501,2435
SteersSelect and Choice1,114105.34/cwt104.00–105.501,1739
Bulls1,72778.12/cwt76.00–80.001,3493
SteersMedium and Large 1872129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,12760
HeifersMedium and Large 1515141.47/cwt140.00–143.007298
HeifersMedium and Large 1495144.00/cwt144.00–144.007133
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26355.45/cwt52.00–58.5070016
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62046.00/cwt46.00–46.007451
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55863.73/cwt60.00–69.5099313
HeifersMedium and Large 2617115.38/cwt115.00–116.007128
HeifersMedium and Large 2410140.00/cwt140.00–140.0057411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2734128.60/cwt124.25–131.7594413
Bulls1,37068.00/cwt68.00–68.009321
SteersChoice1,150107.78/cwt106.50–109.001,2392
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52356.62/cwt52.50–58.508628
SteersMedium and Large 1-2379176.00/cwt169.00–179.006677
SteersMedium and Large 1-2291177.00/cwt177.00–177.005156
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2425148.00/cwt148.00–148.006293
HeifersMedium and Large 1689131.52/cwt130.00–131.7590686
Bulls1,58791.91/cwt89.00–96.001,4596
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26862.72/cwt59.00–67.0079512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2658123.00/cwt123.00–123.008093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2779127.00/cwt127.00–127.009896
SteersMedium and Large 1830128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,06261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2845121.25/cwt121.25–121.251,0254
SteersMedium and Large 1613149.73/cwt145.00–153.0091831
SteersMedium and Large 1789129.61/cwt127.75–132.001,02318
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725117.53/cwt116.50–119.0085211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475140.89/cwt138.00–145.006699

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.