Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2022-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-600 lb steers sold fully steady to firm, with spots 2.00 higher on much heavier receipts, 600-700 lbs sold 2.00-5.00 higher with the most advance on the 650-700 lb steers, 700-750 lb steers sold with a higher undertone and over 750 lbs were not tested. Feeder heifers weighing 400-700 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on a light test with last week. Demand was good on a heavy offering of feeders weighing mostly 450-750 lbs. The steer and heifer quality was very good as calves sold on and active market. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.66/cwt on 1,423 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −65.03 against this barn's trailing median of $240.68.

Average price

$175.66

1,423 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$35.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.27

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	603	180.99	1,091	940
Medium and Large 1-2	590	167.30	987	389
Medium and Large 2	517	164.14	848	58
Large 1-2	756	145.19	1,097	36

One grade step is worth $35.80/cwt here — about −$7 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

13 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $258.28, low $216.82, median $240.68 across 13 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 sale1,423 hd

175.66

—

MO average19 barns · 22,522 hd

171.39

+4.27

This barn, trailing median13 sales

240.68

−65.03

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	—	High	1,741	91.83	1,599	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,777	72.03	1,280	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,469	64.62	949	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,253	59.90	751	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,044	51.02	533	33
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,275	132.50	1,689	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,328	129.75	1,723	15

Every lot, as filed

89 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	—	387	197.01/cwt	195.00–199.00	762	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	153.47/cwt	150.25–160.00	1,019	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	182.48/cwt	177.00–189.00	1,042	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,158	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	156.33/cwt	154.00–157.50	1,110	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,248	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	151.34/cwt	148.25–154.50	1,161	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	164.42/cwt	160.00–167.00	769	49
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	682	149.16/cwt	147.50–151.50	1,017	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	170.37/cwt	165.00–172.50	828	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	177.21/cwt	172.00–182.00	727	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	370	189.09/cwt	188.00–191.00	700	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	921	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	169.79/cwt	163.00–172.50	1,239	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	661	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	160.67/cwt	157.00–165.00	996	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	178.40/cwt	173.50–185.00	933	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	173.02/cwt	166.00–178.50	1,078	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	174.23/cwt	170.00–176.00	1,167	140
Steers	Large 1-2	—	921	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,266	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	737	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,063	10
Steers	Large 1-2	—	572	155.85/cwt	154.00–159.00	891	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	658	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	987	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	153.31/cwt	146.50–162.00	808	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	194.36/cwt	188.00–202.00	1,022	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	203.02/cwt	196.00–210.00	983	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	806	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,354	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	164.79/cwt	160.00–174.00	961	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	191.28/cwt	187.00–197.00	817	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	203.01/cwt	199.00–206.00	855	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	609	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	962	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	598	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	915	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	1,240	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	733	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,230	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	187.81/cwt	182.00–192.00	905	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	171.22/cwt	166.00–175.00	740	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	786	145.10/cwt	145.10–145.10	1,140	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	476	177.57/cwt	177.00–178.00	845	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	725	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	876	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	895	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	53.21/cwt	50.00–57.50	563	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	49.86/cwt	48.00–51.00	616	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,733	76.49/cwt	75.00–78.00	1,326	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,820	67.56/cwt	66.00–69.00	1,230	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	60.73/cwt	59.00–63.00	641	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	32.82/cwt	30.00–38.00	336	4
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,328	129.75/cwt	128.00–132.00	1,723	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	44.88/cwt	42.00–49.00	456	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,275	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,689	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,276	65.37/cwt	63.00–71.00	834	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	72.03/cwt	69.50–74.50	1,060	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	52.93/cwt	50.00–55.00	789	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	64.07/cwt	60.00–67.00	939	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	57.88/cwt	54.50–62.50	718	42
Bulls	—	—	1,838	97.20/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,787	4
Bulls	—	—	1,686	88.76/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,496	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	141.47/cwt	138.50–148.00	956	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	150.95/cwt	144.00–157.00	788	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	327	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	163.10/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,019	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	139.03/cwt	138.50–139.25	1,071	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	155.54/cwt	152.00–161.00	664	23
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	519	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	150.74/cwt	145.00–155.00	852	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	547	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	930	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	143.97/cwt	139.00–147.00	710	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,131	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	159.91/cwt	159.25–160.50	1,059	130
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	572	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	798	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	671	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	889	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	148.66/cwt	141.00–151.50	555	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	563	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	405	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	158.85/cwt	155.00–166.00	909	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	161.33/cwt	157.00–167.00	832	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	178.46/cwt	174.00–182.00	682	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	157.08/cwt	154.00–160.00	741	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	997	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	672	146.43/cwt	145.00–147.50	984	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	791	146.23/cwt	145.00–149.00	1,157	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	523	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	591	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	827	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	147.06/cwt	141.00–150.00	909	50

How this sale compares

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