Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2022-04-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, lot of new crop calves on Monday's auction in the offering that were unweaned/short weaned (30 days or less) many carrying flesh weighing mostly 400-600 lbs for the most part steer and heifer calves weighing 450-600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with the exception of 550-600 lb steers trading mostly steady to firm. Steers weighing 600-800 lbs were lightly tested with last week and a pot load of 895 lb steers sold near 5.00 lower than last weeks pot load of similar weights, with heifers over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows on a large offering sold firm to 2.00 higher. May corn closed 15 1/2 cents higher and December corn closed 11 cents higher putting the pressure on Feeder Cattle contracts closing with triple-digit losses with the front two months down 3.20-3.65 with the back months down 1.50-2.25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.13/cwt on 672 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −72.55 against this barn's trailing median of $240.68.

Average price

$168.13

672 head · 687 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

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

$43.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.49

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	475	184.95	878	98
Medium and Large 1	724	165.47	1,198	569
Medium 1	650	141.00	917	5thin

One grade step is worth $43.95/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale672 hd

168.13

—

MO average16 barns · 9,537 hd

175.62

−7.49

This barn, trailing median13 sales

240.68

−72.55

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	1,751	111.66	1,955	32
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,708	89.46	1,528	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,479	82.44	1,219	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	80.26	1,001	89
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,027	64.97	668	109

Every lot, as filed

72 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 1-2	—	792	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,030	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	146.28/cwt	143.00–150.00	908	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	584	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	987	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	489	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	914	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	163.48/cwt	160.00–167.50	873	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	488	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	766	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	461	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	161.15/cwt	158.00–167.00	695	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	176.55/cwt	175.00–179.00	941	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	194.20/cwt	190.00–197.00	831	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	198.72/cwt	195.00–202.00	733	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	187.09/cwt	183.00–190.00	898	22
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	650	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	917	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	527	182.21/cwt	180.50–185.00	960	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,324	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	174.25/cwt	170.00–177.00	978	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	998	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	143.63/cwt	141.25–144.35	1,280	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	190.57/cwt	185.00–195.25	1,109	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	167.99/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,137	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	149.62/cwt	147.50–150.25	1,166	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	687	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	166.43/cwt	163.00–167.10	1,190	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	197.01/cwt	194.00–199.00	969	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	201.84/cwt	200.00–204.00	846	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	176.62/cwt	176.00–178.00	1,083	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	557	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	411	183.07/cwt	181.00–186.00	752	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	195.91/cwt	191.00–206.00	1,044	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	487	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	955	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	426	193.18/cwt	191.00–197.00	823	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	756	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	173.23/cwt	173.00–174.00	840	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	387	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	774	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	317	209.65/cwt	202.00–216.00	665	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	451	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	722	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	56.30/cwt	50.00–61.00	567	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,053	79.46/cwt	75.00–87.00	837	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	69.51/cwt	64.00–74.00	726	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	39.19/cwt	32.00–46.00	379	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	86.22/cwt	83.50–90.00	1,277	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,475	80.21/cwt	76.00–83.50	1,183	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	65.64/cwt	60.00–72.00	827	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,708	89.46/cwt	87.00–91.50	1,528	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	73.66/cwt	72.50–75.00	1,096	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	85.41/cwt	83.00–91.50	1,070	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	79.26/cwt	74.00–84.00	985	52
Bulls	—	—	1,881	117.80/cwt	115.00–123.00	2,216	15
Bulls	—	—	1,656	107.94/cwt	99.00–113.00	1,787	15
Bulls	—	—	1,488	93.59/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	180.55/cwt	180.00–181.00	580	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	997	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,146	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	174.73/cwt	172.00–177.50	708	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	731	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	950	4
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	598	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	759	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	999	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	527	142.56/cwt	142.00–143.00	751	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	692	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	924	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	180.81/cwt	178.00–188.00	682	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	174.71/cwt	170.00–177.00	814	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	169.85/cwt	167.00–173.00	700	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	163.92/cwt	163.50–165.00	767	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	157.36/cwt	156.00–159.00	828	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	881	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	167.76/cwt	162.50–173.00	631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	156.30/cwt	154.00–159.00	908	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	141.72/cwt	140.50–144.00	941	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	678	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	951	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	764	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,035	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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