Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2022-02-28

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Feb 28
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,174 head
1,103 vs last sale 2,277 1,796 vs year ago 2,970 · 60.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
17 vs last sale 180 87 vs year ago 110 · +79.1%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, much lighter offering and test this week, with 400-500 lb steer calves selling steady to 5.00 lower, 500-600 lb steers sold 4.00-8.00 lower with the most decline on the 500-550 lbs, 600-650 lbs sold steady on a light test with 650-800 lbs lightly tested, 4 pot loads of 895-945 lb steers had no recent test. Feeder heifers weighing 450-550 lbs sold fully steady to firm on a very active market, with 550-600 lbs trading mostly 3.00-5.00 lower and 600-650 lbs heifers sold mostly 5.00-8.00 lower on comparable sales with weighing conditions not as attractive as last week. Demand was moderate to good with supply light to moderate. The steer calves weighing 400-600 lbs traded somewhat lower but market remains very good on these grass calves as it was getting a little top heavy. Overall despite some head winds in the commodity markets with the front three months of corn closing 33-38 cents higher and soybeans 43-54 cents higher on Monday feeder cattle weighing 400-600 lbs continue to sell on a very active market. Markets continue to remain volatile as Ukraine struggles with Russia has much uncertainty in the market place. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $177.64/cwt on 621 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits 62.59 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.
Average price
$177.64
621 head · 687 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,220
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$352
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$19.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
1.10
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1710178.171,265504
Medium and Large 1-2588175.961,035113
Medium and Large 2574159.009134thin
One grade step is worth $19.17/cwt here — about $352 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
272251229208median 240.2401/0502/1605/1806/2208/10
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 sale621 hd
177.64
MO average14 barns · 8,476 hd
178.75
−1.10
This barn, trailing median14 sales
240.24
−62.59
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh2,004111.082,22618
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51478.141,18326
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27276.7397637
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04866.0769346

Every lot, as filed

53 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2424174.00/cwt174.00–174.007383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2425201.73/cwt197.00–207.0085713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380211.57/cwt208.00–215.008046
SteersMedium and Large 2574159.00/cwt159.00–159.009134
SteersMedium and Large 1476214.75/cwt209.00–219.501,02244
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469198.31/cwt187.00–206.0093022
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed564180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0155
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673158.02/cwt155.00–161.001,06325
SteersMedium and Large 1-2345220.00/cwt220.00–220.007594
SteersMedium and Large 1894148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,32858
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed568206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1703
SteersMedium and Large 1535205.04/cwt199.00–208.001,09754
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640168.12/cwt164.00–176.001,07610
SteersMedium and Large 1575196.87/cwt188.00–199.501,13240
SteersMedium and Large 1612186.20/cwt178.00–191.501,14028
SteersMedium and Large 1657167.34/cwt161.00–172.501,09925
SteersMedium and Large 1435216.32/cwt211.00–225.0094137
SteersMedium and Large 1396225.00/cwt225.00–225.008914
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed453224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,01527
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed501218.60/cwt218.60–218.601,09512
HeifersMedium and Large 1528182.73/cwt175.00–190.0096511
HeifersMedium and Large 1439186.06/cwt185.00–190.008179
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy400178.00/cwt178.00–178.007125
BullsMedium and Large 1459208.00/cwt208.00–208.009556
BullsMedium and Large 1563174.00/cwt174.00–174.009804
BullsMedium and Large 1385211.00/cwt211.00–211.008124
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30084.12/cwt77.50–90.001,09417
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25672.04/cwt67.50–76.0090517
CowsLean 85-90%1,02963.87/cwt58.00–68.0065720
CowsLean 85-90%1,04037.23/cwt31.00–41.003873
CowsLean 85-90%1,08174.51/cwt69.00–83.0080520
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52873.76/cwt71.00–77.001,1277
CowsLean 85-90%96753.36/cwt51.00–55.005163
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50281.34/cwt77.00–87.001,22217
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56866.27/cwt66.00–66.501,0392
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21061.49/cwt58.00–63.507443
Bulls2,075116.03/cwt107.00–124.002,40813
Bulls1,775100.28/cwt94.00–104.001,7804
Bulls1,99590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2559156.43/cwt156.00–157.008747
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450174.00/cwt174.00–174.007834
HeifersMedium and Large 1478192.98/cwt186.00–197.0092223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2541161.41/cwt158.00–166.008737
HeifersMedium and Large 1628150.13/cwt147.00–152.7594349
HeifersMedium and Large 1569168.69/cwt164.00–172.0096020
SteersMedium and Large 1941146.50/cwt145.75–148.001,379172
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed492199.62/cwt199.00–200.0098216
HeifersMedium and Large 1695146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,0169
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed507193.33/cwt193.00–194.009809
HeifersMedium and Large 1369188.17/cwt187.00–190.006945
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2334183.00/cwt183.00–183.006119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2709157.12/cwt152.00–157.751,11428
SteersMedium and Large 1-2783143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,1245

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.