Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2021-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs and 600-700 lbs sold steady to firm, with 550-600 lb trading firm to 2.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone with last week's light receipts. Feeder heifers weighing 400-550 lb sold steady to 4.00 higher with 550-650 lbs lightly tested. Slaughter cows on a light test sold firm to 3.00 higher. A good quality offering of 550-600 lb steers and four pot loads of yearling steers over 700 lbs all sold with good demand as did the 400-600 lb heifer calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $165.62/cwt on 662 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −74.61 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$165.62

662 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,127

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$40.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.50

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	541	175.59	950	77
Medium and Large 1	708	166.80	1,181	524
Medium and Large 2	628	145.72	915	42
Large 1-2	776	139.50	1,083	7thin
Medium 2	504	135.17	681	12thin

One grade step is worth $40.42/cwt here — about $269 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 sale662 hd

165.62

—

MO average10 barns · 4,886 hd

162.12

+3.50

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−74.61

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	1,882	96.66	1,820	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,730	83.00	1,436	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,260	74.11	934	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,452	72.65	1,055	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,021	66.30	677	21

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	578	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,006	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	705	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	166.91/cwt	161.00–170.00	794	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,339	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	388	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	169.40/cwt	168.00–171.00	545	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,151	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,093	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	187.87/cwt	185.00–194.00	981	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,310	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	179.95/cwt	174.00–183.00	927	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	155.27/cwt	150.00–159.00	744	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	851	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	402	160.25/cwt	158.00–164.00	644	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	155.50/cwt	152.50–158.50	1,082	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	164.41/cwt	162.00–167.00	1,031	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	169.41/cwt	165.50–175.00	1,059	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	595	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	162.54/cwt	159.00–165.00	840	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	157.09/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,227	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	146.69/cwt	146.50–146.75	914	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	167.57/cwt	165.50–176.00	722	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	197.18/cwt	192.00–198.00	968	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	161.16/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,073	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	658	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,152	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,051	73.18/cwt	69.00–78.00	769	10
Bulls	—	—	1,818	85.33/cwt	82.50–86.50	1,551	3
Bulls	—	—	1,966	102.42/cwt	100.00–105.50	2,014	6
Bulls	—	—	1,844	96.58/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,781	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	63.95/cwt	57.00–67.00	657	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	76.40/cwt	73.00–80.00	957	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	69.58/cwt	67.00–71.50	990	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,280	68.17/cwt	65.00–71.50	873	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,730	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,436	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	49.61/cwt	48.00–51.00	449	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	201.95/cwt	200.00–205.00	743	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	776	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,083	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	161.77/cwt	160.00–164.00	1,160	98
Steers	Medium 2	—	574	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	766	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	592	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	770	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	363	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	503	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	791	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	75.72/cwt	73.50–80.00	1,121	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	815	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	197.38/cwt	196.00–198.00	843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	157.91/cwt	155.50–161.50	902	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	185.17/cwt	175.00–188.00	1,080	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	157.41/cwt	154.00–161.00	534	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	118.72/cwt	116.00–122.50	953	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	889	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	829	127.29/cwt	123.50–129.50	1,055	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	172.86/cwt	172.00–175.00	980	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	627	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	910	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	146.30/cwt	145.50–148.50	854	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,156	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	819	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,024	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,056	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	134.75/cwt	134.75–134.75	945	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	186.03/cwt	184.00–190.00	882	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	187.32/cwt	184.00–190.00	807	5

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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