Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2022-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, much heavier receipts this week with 400-500 lb steer calves selling with a higher undertone on last week's light offering, 500-600 lbs steers sold firm to 5.00 higher, 600-650 lbs sold steady with 650-800 lbs trading with a firm to higher undertone, 800-850 lb steers sold with a firm undertone on similar comparison with last week and 850-900 lb steers traded 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold mostly 5.00-8.00 lower, spots 10.00 lower on the 450-500 lb heifers and over 600 lbs had few comparisons with last week. Demand was moderate to good with supply moderate to heavy, best demand was on steer calves weighing 400-700 lbs. Good offering of good quality steer calves and yearlings over 700 lbs. May corn jumped 14 1/2 cents with December corn up 18 1/2 cents as the sharp rise in crude oil helps to fuel the flame on corn values. Despite corn values buying interest on feeder cattle overall continues to hold up very well. Slaughter cows sold fully steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.31/cwt on 1,118 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −64.93 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$175.31

1,118 head · 659 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,156

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$179

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

$25.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.56

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	557	177.71	990	171
Medium and Large 1	671	177.26	1,189	853
Medium and Large 2	527	165.21	870	10thin
Large 1	770	151.80	1,168	84

One grade step is worth $25.91/cwt here — about −$179 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 sale1,118 hd

175.31

—

MO average16 barns · 11,718 hd

176.87

−1.56

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−64.93

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	—	Average	1,807	113.77	2,056	32
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,734	86.10	1,493	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,486	83.06	1,234	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	80.50	1,002	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,047	68.31	715	47

Every lot, as filed

79 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 2	—	493	171.73/cwt	170.00–174.00	847	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	1,121	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	159.00/cwt	157.50–166.00	892	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,178	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	152.04/cwt	146.00–153.75	1,079	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	169.10/cwt	165.00–170.25	1,223	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	167.38/cwt	158.50–170.00	1,051	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	595	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	970	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	638	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	951	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	676	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,095	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	603	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	989	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	206.48/cwt	204.00–208.00	778	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	153.00/cwt	152.10–153.50	1,253	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	194.31/cwt	187.00–200.00	923	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	147.14/cwt	144.00–150.00	1,124	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	144.75/cwt	144.75–144.75	1,303	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	216.67/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,138	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	157.12/cwt	154.10–157.85	1,202	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	185.22/cwt	178.00–191.00	961	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	184.43/cwt	177.00–190.00	1,140	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	197.23/cwt	192.00–201.00	824	13
Steers	Large 1	—	878	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,247	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	583	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	904	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	213.00/cwt	204.00–225.00	1,012	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,096	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	175.86/cwt	171.00–181.00	1,015	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	211.17/cwt	205.00–215.50	904	40
Steers	Large 1	—	744	154.10/cwt	154.10–154.10	1,147	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,253	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	173.54/cwt	170.50–179.00	1,178	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	199.35/cwt	196.00–202.00	1,114	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	848	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	893	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	854	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	472	189.02/cwt	185.00–193.00	892	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	936	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,095	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	87.12/cwt	82.50–92.00	1,080	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,750	88.25/cwt	84.50–91.50	1,544	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	41.31/cwt	41.00–42.00	394	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,030	66.20/cwt	61.00–70.00	682	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	59.44/cwt	58.00–61.00	632	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	79.95/cwt	76.00–81.50	1,212	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	76.09/cwt	72.00–80.00	814	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	85.98/cwt	82.50–91.50	1,273	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,455	73.67/cwt	73.00–74.00	1,072	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,239	77.92/cwt	73.50–82.00	965	25
Bulls	—	—	1,760	108.95/cwt	99.00–113.00	1,918	14
Bulls	—	—	1,855	119.14/cwt	117.00–126.00	2,210	17
Bulls	—	—	1,645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,481	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,670	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,294	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,286	66.97/cwt	61.00–73.00	861	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	149.64/cwt	149.00–150.00	995	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	143.04/cwt	139.00–146.00	978	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	629	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,069	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	579	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	773	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	912	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	171.22/cwt	169.00–174.00	822	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	164.47/cwt	163.00–169.00	865	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	167.58/cwt	162.00–171.00	719	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	147.00/cwt	143.00–152.00	916	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	133.97/cwt	133.00–134.25	989	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	188.21/cwt	182.00–192.00	691	20
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	175.32/cwt	173.00–184.00	759	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	163.17/cwt	159.00–169.00	773	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	398	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	617	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	652	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	492	141.57/cwt	141.00–142.00	697	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	156.66/cwt	155.00–158.75	979	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	203.61/cwt	196.00–209.00	1,067	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	156.76/cwt	153.00–160.50	836	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	351	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	155.70/cwt	154.50–158.00	884	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,107	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	410	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	648	5

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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