Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2022-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, much lighter receipts this week due to the snowstorm over the weekend dropping 3-5 inches in the area, 400-500 lb steers sold mostly steady, with 500-600 lb selling unevenly steady to spots 4.00 lower, 600-700 lbs sold steady to firm with spots 2.00 higher, 700-750 lbs sold steady to mostly 5.00 lower with yearlings over 750 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers weighing 450-550 lbs sold steady to firm, with 550-600 lb and 650-700 lbs selling mostly 5.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold firm to 3.00 higher. Offering included six pot loads of 800-930 lb yearling steers selling with moderate to good demand. CME cattle futures were closed due to the MLK holiday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $169.58/cwt on 1,004 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −70.66 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$169.58

1,004 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,182

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

per head · Large 1 over Medium 2

$35.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.44

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	563	171.25	965	20
Medium and Large 1-2	576	170.16	979	149
Medium and Large 1	724	169.73	1,229	824
Medium 1	668	155.00	1,035	3thin
Medium 1-2	586	153.00	897	4thin
Medium 2	455	136.00	619	4thin

One grade step is worth $35.25/cwt here — about $346 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 sale1,004 hd

169.58

—

MO average15 barns · 16,686 hd

171.01

−1.44

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−70.66

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	1,773	98.18	1,741	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,797	73.43	1,320	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,514	67.14	1,017	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	62.11	778	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,043	51.15	534	39
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,125	129.50	1,457	3thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,354	130.43	1,766	7thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	167.70/cwt	165.00–170.00	800	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	591	165.08/cwt	163.00–169.00	976	23
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	586	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	186.38/cwt	183.00–192.00	794	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,271	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	533	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	174.69/cwt	167.00–181.00	1,071	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	828	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,135	3
Steers	Large 1	—	576	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	996	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	161.71/cwt	157.00–163.00	1,235	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	189.82/cwt	185.00–196.00	985	42
Steers	Medium 2	—	455	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	153.71/cwt	151.00–157.00	965	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	846	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,197	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,115	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	709	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,185	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	178.01/cwt	175.00–181.00	929	24
Steers	Large 1	—	540	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	907	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	202.28/cwt	197.00–206.00	965	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	897	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,399	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	173.23/cwt	169.50–178.00	1,168	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	140.75/cwt	140.75–140.75	1,248	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	181.28/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,035	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	152.73/cwt	149.25–154.50	1,408	168
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	504	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,031	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	165.98/cwt	164.00–174.00	689	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	163.25/cwt	160.00–164.00	821	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	464	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	821	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	844	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	678	138.25/cwt	138.25–138.25	937	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	44.55/cwt	41.00–48.00	490	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,094	64.06/cwt	60.00–69.00	701	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	72.84/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,147	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	66.04/cwt	62.00–69.00	978	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	59.67/cwt	59.00–60.00	926	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	37.02/cwt	30.00–40.00	358	9
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,354	130.43/cwt	129.50–132.00	1,766	7
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,125	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,457	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,798	75.70/cwt	71.50–79.00	1,361	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,795	67.38/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,209	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	56.39/cwt	53.00–60.00	571	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	68.74/cwt	65.00–75.00	862	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	61.10/cwt	57.50–64.00	771	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,207	51.23/cwt	49.00–53.00	618	5
Bulls	—	—	1,890	103.21/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,951	8
Bulls	—	—	1,640	92.98/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,525	5
Bulls	—	—	1,505	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,264	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	145.57/cwt	142.00–149.00	770	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	169.67/cwt	169.00–170.00	543	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	658	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,191	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	692	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	996	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	143.63/cwt	140.00–146.00	823	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,064	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	147.15/cwt	145.00–151.00	899	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	714	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	161.77/cwt	158.50–166.00	603	30
Heifers	Medium 2	—	411	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	553	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	150.52/cwt	148.00–155.00	846	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	736	147.25/cwt	147.25–147.25	1,084	4
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	668	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,035	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	186.44/cwt	180.00–191.00	899	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	151.73/cwt	151.50–152.50	1,035	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	157.07/cwt	150.00–161.00	732	13

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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