Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2021-03-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs were lightly tested, 550-700 lbs sold steady, with 700-750 lbs selling steady to 3.00 lower, 750-800 lbs sold steady and a light test of 800-820 lbs steers sold with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-450 lbs sold near steady on a light test, with 500-600 lb heifers trading 5.00-10.00 lower, 600-750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower. The 5 weight heifers lost all their sharp gains from last week's very active market as demand was much lighter on the 5 weight heifers, otherwise demand was moderate to good with a moderate to heavy offering of feeder cattle. Bulk of the feeders weighed 550-800 lbs with a god quality offering of steers weighing 550-700 lbs . CME cattle futures started the week in the green finding support as market watchers will watch closely the fed cattle market this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.88/cwt on 1,098 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −90.35 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$149.88

1,098 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$29.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.12

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	651	151.92	989	706
Medium and Large 1-2	626	149.25	935	348
Medium and Large 2	778	122.23	952	44

One grade step is worth $29.69/cwt here — about $37 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 sale1,098 hd

149.88

—

MO average16 barns · 16,880 hd

150.00

−0.12

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−90.35

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	—	Low	1,631	81.98	1,337	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,257	56.19	706	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,527	55.73	851	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,048	48.72	511	35
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,271	112.86	1,434	7thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,109	104.79	1,162	5thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,420	110.30	1,566	2thin

Every lot, as filed

83 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 1-2	—	713	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	955	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	485	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	454	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	695	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	943	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,070	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	120.65/cwt	120.00–121.00	922	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	164.63/cwt	156.00–169.00	868	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	733	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	628	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	155.95/cwt	154.00–157.00	912	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	144.76/cwt	143.00–148.00	899	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	181.79/cwt	178.00–187.00	687	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	718	115.27/cwt	114.50–116.50	828	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	701	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	841	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	675	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	657	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	972	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	471	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	650	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	176.61/cwt	173.00–180.00	763	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	140.15/cwt	136.00–145.00	810	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	871	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	132.55/cwt	130.00–133.00	982	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	813	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	813	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	156.25/cwt	155.00–159.00	823	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	619	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	761	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	181.32/cwt	179.50–186.00	856	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	567	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	819	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	153.38/cwt	149.00–159.00	962	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	141.67/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,009	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	165.01/cwt	160.00–173.00	954	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	746	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	134.71/cwt	134.50–136.00	1,091	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	138.63/cwt	136.50–139.10	1,062	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	150.30/cwt	150.00–151.00	1,001	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	175.32/cwt	173.00–177.00	933	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	64.31/cwt	63.00–65.50	810	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	56.59/cwt	54.00–60.00	708	22
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,420	110.30/cwt	109.00–111.50	1,566	2
Heifers	Select	—	1,109	104.79/cwt	104.00–105.00	1,162	5
Bulls	—	—	1,515	76.50/cwt	72.50–79.00	1,159	4
Bulls	—	—	1,669	83.81/cwt	80.50–89.00	1,399	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	56.87/cwt	54.00–60.00	866	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,605	62.23/cwt	61.50–63.50	999	4
Heifers	Choice	—	1,271	112.86/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,434	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	52.00/cwt	50.50–53.00	665	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,039	43.66/cwt	38.00–47.50	454	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	31.28/cwt	25.00–35.00	320	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	143.15/cwt	141.00–147.00	740	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	138.72/cwt	135.00–139.25	874	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	711	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	910	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	750	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,001	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	54.60/cwt	50.50–58.00	577	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	598	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,496	51.57/cwt	48.00–53.50	771	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	127.02/cwt	123.00–130.00	692	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	130.24/cwt	124.50–133.00	819	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	680	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	612	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	457	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	811	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	542	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	634	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	155.56/cwt	153.00–158.00	666	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	138.62/cwt	134.00–140.00	735	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	742	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	868	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	907	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,043	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	849	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	762	114.60/cwt	113.50–115.50	873	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	148.22/cwt	146.00–151.00	634	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	143.45/cwt	139.00–148.00	690	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	672	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	669	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	779	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	880	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	130.44/cwt	128.00–134.00	749	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	130.55/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,033	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,033	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	178.08/cwt	176.00–184.00	686	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	845	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	169.48/cwt	163.00–175.00	817	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	141.71/cwt	136.25–145.00	958	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	124.37/cwt	123.75–125.25	842	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	892	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	937	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	853	8

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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