Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2021-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 4 weight steer calves were lightly tested, with 500-600 lb steers and 450-500 lb heifers selling 4.00-8.00 lower with 500-550 lb heifers steady to 4.00 lower and 550-600 lb heifers mostly steady. Yearlings over 700 lbs sold with a higher undertone on few comparisons from last week's mostly calf offering. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady. Demand was moderate on the calves and very good on the yearlings which sold on a active market. CME Feeder Cattle futures for the most part had moderate gains with corn closing with slight losses and soybeans continue to trade higher gaining 13 cents.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.98/cwt on 442 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −78.26 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$161.98

442 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,003

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$200

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

$31.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.43

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	165.99	1,045	314
Medium and Large 1-2	569	156.88	893	92
Large 1	611	142.09	868	11thin
Medium and Large 2	600	140.69	844	19thin
Large 1-2	927	134.25	1,244	6thin

One grade step is worth $31.74/cwt here — about −$200 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 sale442 hd

161.98

—

MO average16 barns · 12,702 hd

159.55

+2.43

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−78.26

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	1,715	82.26	1,411	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,496	60.11	899	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	54.79	704	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,069	45.85	490	38
Steers	Choice	Average	1,457	133.65	1,947	9thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1-2Unweaned	—	563	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	145.61/cwt	144.00–146.50	826	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	159.48/cwt	157.00–160.00	670	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	775	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	142.51/cwt	141.00–144.00	795	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	867	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	195.20/cwt	194.00–197.00	818	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	705	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	992	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	597	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	878	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	927	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,244	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	793	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	707	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	919	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	152.96/cwt	148.00–159.00	883	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	164.70/cwt	160.00–167.00	855	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	175.17/cwt	172.00–177.00	822	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,302	5
Steers	Large 1	—	648	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	888	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,123	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	169.86/cwt	164.00–171.75	1,325	85
Steers	Large 1	—	546	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	824	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	143.59/cwt	141.25–146.00	961	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	667	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,154	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	503	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	162.61/cwt	159.50–165.50	920	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	150.29/cwt	148.00–156.00	948	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	170.08/cwt	168.50–171.00	917	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	186.01/cwt	182.00–187.00	854	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	151.31/cwt	149.00–154.00	934	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	661	133.99/cwt	133.50–134.50	886	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	152.82/cwt	152.00–155.00	796	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	157.99/cwt	157.00–159.00	739	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	139.19/cwt	132.00–146.00	805	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	169.04/cwt	167.00–173.00	688	9
Steers	Choice	—	1,457	133.65/cwt	133.00–134.00	1,947	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	35.13/cwt	30.00–39.00	340	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	44.89/cwt	41.00–49.00	488	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	54.54/cwt	52.00–57.00	802	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,127	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,504	62.59/cwt	58.00–67.50	941	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,301	56.40/cwt	54.00–60.00	734	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,251	50.48/cwt	46.00–53.00	632	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	53.06/cwt	51.00–58.00	586	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	63.52/cwt	61.50–68.50	853	8
Bulls	—	—	1,662	79.22/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,317	10
Bulls	—	—	1,764	85.02/cwt	83.00–86.50	1,500	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	964	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	148.60/cwt	147.00–149.50	776	33
Heifers	Medium 2	—	493	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	597	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	156.78/cwt	152.00–157.75	1,130	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	153.85/cwt	153.75–154.00	888	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	149.33/cwt	145.00–153.50	717	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	128.21/cwt	127.00–130.00	712	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,114	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	135.25/cwt	135.25–135.25	898	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	134.78/cwt	133.00–136.50	838	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,046	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	650	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	709	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	522	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	694	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	141.95/cwt	139.50–145.00	742	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	145.69/cwt	145.00–147.00	680	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	657	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	972	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	600	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	444	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	622	4

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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