Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2021-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter test and offering this week with steers and heifers under 700 lbs selling mostly steady to firm on similar weights and quality as calves sold in smaller bunches and groups with a light test of 4 weight heifers trading with a firm to higher undertone and two pot loads of 7 weight heifers selling with a higher undertone. Slaughter cows on a light offering sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.47/cwt on 348 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −101.17 against this barn's trailing median of $251.64.

Average price

$150.47

348 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$497

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 3

$51.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.25

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	593	158.90	943	152
Medium and Large 1-2	659	146.16	964	175
Medium and Large 2	531	142.27	756	11thin
Small and Medium 3	416	107.00	445	10thin

One grade step is worth $51.90/cwt here — about $497 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

11 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $257.10, low $222.36, median $251.64 across 11 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 sale348 hd

150.47

—

MO average15 barns · 7,688 hd

147.22

+3.25

This barn, trailing median11 sales

251.64

−101.17

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	1,788	99.58	1,780	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,516	73.13	1,108	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,305	69.54	907	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,108	66.36	735	14

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Small and Medium 3	—	416	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	445	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	160.06/cwt	155.00–163.50	844	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	852	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	946	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	732	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	174.05/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,074	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	145.25/cwt	145.00–145.50	779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,099	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	767	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	62.44/cwt	57.00–66.50	690	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	54.18/cwt	53.00–55.00	649	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	72.64/cwt	68.50–78.50	787	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,517	74.95/cwt	72.00–77.00	1,137	8
Bulls	—	—	1,757	96.56/cwt	93.00–98.50	1,697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	154.94/cwt	150.00–158.00	671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	181.56/cwt	174.00–187.00	1,042	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	773	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	572	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	423	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	73.90/cwt	71.50–76.50	955	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	166.58/cwt	165.00–169.00	984	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	185.13/cwt	181.00–188.00	857	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	966	3
Bulls	—	—	1,826	103.35/cwt	101.00–106.00	1,887	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,316	67.30/cwt	65.00–69.50	886	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	69.48/cwt	67.50–71.50	1,051	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,109	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	191.65/cwt	191.00–193.00	801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	160.03/cwt	159.00–164.00	1,079	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	198.33/cwt	192.00–206.00	853	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	328	209.73/cwt	205.00–215.00	688	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	186.33/cwt	182.00–195.00	978	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	175.25/cwt	175.00–176.00	640	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	171.60/cwt	165.00–177.00	911	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	793	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	167.95/cwt	162.00–172.00	731	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	165.07/cwt	160.00–167.00	773	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	207.74/cwt	205.00–212.00	758	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	154.14/cwt	151.50–157.00	1,028	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	791	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	141.64/cwt	138.00–144.25	875	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	149.28/cwt	145.00–151.50	834	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	192.37/cwt	187.00–196.00	716	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	157.96/cwt	151.00–164.00	978	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	143.68/cwt	139.00–145.75	954	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	193.97/cwt	190.00–202.00	914	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	405	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	851	4

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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