Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2022-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light volume sale this week with 450-500 lb steer calves selling 4.00-8.00 higher on a light test, with 500-600 lbs steady to firm and a pot load of 906 lb steers trading 5.00 higher than a pot load of similar weight from last week. Feeder heifer weighing 450-650 lbs sold firm to spots 5.00 higher on a light test. Slaughter cows on a very active market sold firm to 5.00 higher with a good offering of high dressing and gaunt cows selling.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $178.31/cwt on 219 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −61.93 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$178.31

219 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$45

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

$42.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.11

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	669	184.02	1,230	154
Medium and Large 1-2	583	174.57	1,017	45
Medium and Large 2	805	143.46	1,154	12thin
Large 1-2	900	141.75	1,276	8thin

One grade step is worth $42.27/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale219 hd

178.31

—

MO average18 barns · 8,560 hd

176.20

+2.11

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−61.93

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	1,755	124.46	2,185	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,253	99.03	1,240	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,466	98.51	1,444	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,035	87.79	909	35
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,453	153.00	2,223	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,427	147.70	2,108	6thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1	—	418	207.18/cwt	203.00–212.00	866	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	168.68/cwt	163.00–173.00	887	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	533	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	810	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	164.51/cwt	162.00–167.00	923	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	973	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	155.71/cwt	152.00–159.00	973	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	962	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	137.06/cwt	131.00–139.50	1,038	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	168.30/cwt	167.00–170.00	776	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,121	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	151.63/cwt	149.00–153.00	876	6
Bulls	—	—	1,628	114.08/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,857	3
Bulls	—	—	1,851	132.25/cwt	123.00–140.00	2,448	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	93.52/cwt	87.50–104.50	980	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	69.68/cwt	68.00–72.00	706	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	80.37/cwt	77.00–85.00	811	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	101.24/cwt	94.00–113.00	1,274	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	86.87/cwt	83.00–89.00	1,062	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	100.68/cwt	96.00–110.00	1,481	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,154	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,301	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,427	147.70/cwt	144.00–151.50	2,108	6
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,453	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,223	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	180.62/cwt	180.00–181.00	699	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	711	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,063	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	936	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,264	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	201.72/cwt	197.00–208.75	1,053	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	191.44/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,099	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	160.10/cwt	160.10–160.10	1,451	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	211.02/cwt	207.50–216.00	990	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	169.59/cwt	166.50–172.00	1,041	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	168.01/cwt	162.00–171.00	1,116	11
Steers	Large 1-2	—	900	141.75/cwt	141.75–141.75	1,276	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	179.90/cwt	174.00–182.25	1,033	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	181.98/cwt	181.00–184.00	1,132	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	731	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	496	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	764	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	175.04/cwt	173.00–182.50	861	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	313	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	642	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	688	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,046	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	995	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	819	3

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.

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