Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2022-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold 4.00-8.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher, with 500-600 lbs steers selling 3.00-5.00 higher and 600-650 lbs 5.00-8.00 higher over 650 lbs were lightly tested. Feeder heifers weighing 400-450 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, 450-500 lbs sold steady to firm and 500-600 lbs selling unevenly steady with the exception of two pot loads of fancy blacks weighing 504 lbs and 567 lbs selling with a sharply higher undertone, over 600 lbs were not tested. Demand was moderate to very good with the best demand on the steer calves weighing 400-650 lbs and two pot loads of 5 weight heifers. Monday's offering included many strings and groups of top quality black steer and heifer calves weighing 400-650 lbs all selling on a very active market. Slaughter cows traded traded steady to 3.00 higher. On Monday grains were sharply higher with July corn closing 28 1/4 cents higher and December corn 16 3/4 cents higher on the strength of wheat as it closed 70 cents higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $193.60/cwt on 867 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −46.63 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$193.60

867 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,084

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$53.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.53

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	200.45	1,070	682
Medium and Large 1-2	655	169.35	1,109	177
Medium and Large 2	703	146.88	1,033	8thin

One grade step is worth $53.57/cwt here — about $37 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 sale867 hd

193.60

—

MO average15 barns · 9,887 hd

179.08

+14.53

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−46.63

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	—	Low	1,618	101.99	1,650	22
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,605	87.15	1,399	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,441	81.56	1,175	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,264	79.50	1,005	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,014	67.99	690	67

Every lot, as filed

65 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	—	626	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	961	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	215.10/cwt	209.00–220.00	710	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	155.80/cwt	154.00–157.00	901	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	214.26/cwt	209.00–219.00	906	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	417	223.14/cwt	220.00–226.00	930	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	188.08/cwt	180.00–191.00	970	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,308	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,071	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	550	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	839	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	170.75/cwt	167.00–174.00	1,071	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	201.56/cwt	194.00–205.50	1,056	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	214.40/cwt	206.00–227.50	815	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,261	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	193.10/cwt	189.00–195.00	1,191	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	197.41/cwt	195.00–199.00	823	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	194.34/cwt	190.00–198.00	900	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	541	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	979	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	1,023	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	202.69/cwt	202.50–203.00	788	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	177.33/cwt	176.60–178.50	1,204	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	195.32/cwt	190.50–201.50	1,115	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	169.21/cwt	164.00–175.00	997	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	155.41/cwt	153.75–157.00	1,054	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	210.14/cwt	203.00–216.00	1,002	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	621	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	987	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	168.08/cwt	160.00–172.50	869	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	179.52/cwt	175.00–184.00	777	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	148.33/cwt	146.75–151.50	894	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	640	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	909	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	567	176.50/cwt	176.50–176.50	1,001	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	504	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	922	100
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	67.07/cwt	64.00–69.00	857	7
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,570	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,295	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	39.74/cwt	35.00–44.50	436	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	67.94/cwt	63.00–72.50	683	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	944	57.91/cwt	52.50–61.50	547	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	77.94/cwt	73.00–84.00	834	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,623	89.48/cwt	89.00–90.00	1,452	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	69.67/cwt	64.00–72.50	1,005	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,440	85.52/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,231	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,260	85.27/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,074	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	77.37/cwt	73.00–81.00	977	16
Bulls	—	—	1,573	89.19/cwt	80.00–94.00	1,403	6
Bulls	—	—	1,784	112.85/cwt	110.00–119.00	2,013	8
Bulls	—	—	1,486	100.74/cwt	97.00–104.00	1,497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	169.85/cwt	165.00–174.00	717	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	673	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	154.06/cwt	145.00–159.00	596	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	342	179.71/cwt	175.00–181.00	615	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	681	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	899	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	171.45/cwt	166.00–177.50	823	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	186.97/cwt	181.00–191.00	696	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	177.88/cwt	177.00–179.00	696	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	145.01/cwt	142.50–151.50	847	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	135.81/cwt	130.00–140.50	842	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	189.66/cwt	185.00–194.00	626	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	157.35/cwt	151.00–160.00	831	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	347	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	802	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	467	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,032	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	556	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	163.00/cwt	159.00–167.00	782	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,029	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	305	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,094	4

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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