Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2022-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's heavy receipts and very active market, feeder steers weighing 400-750 lbs sold 3.00-7.00 lower, with three pot loads of yearling steers of similar weights and near quality weighing 845-905 lbs selling mostly 7.00-15.00 lower when compared to last week's top quality pot load lots black steers. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold firm to 3.00 higher with 6 weight heifers mostly steady and over 700 lbs not tested. Demand was moderate to good with best demand on the 400-700 lb steers and 400-650 lb heifers. Feeder cattle this week didn't reach last week's top prices as overall quality, pot loads and long strings of feeders ran very deep last week, but overall the market on feeder cattle remains very active. Slaughter cows traded sharply lower selling mostly 10.00-15.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.79/cwt on 970 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −51.45 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$188.79

970 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,257

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$30.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.81

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	670	190.68	1,278	787
Medium and Large 1-2	649	181.48	1,177	174
Large 1-2	595	166.50	991	6thin
Medium and Large 2	667	160.00	1,067	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.68/cwt here — about $210 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 sale970 hd

188.79

—

MO average13 barns · 13,046 hd

181.98

+6.81

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−51.45

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	1,729	106.71	1,845	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,505	85.00	1,279	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,236	75.80	937	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,056	64.28	679	50
Steers	Choice	Average	1,328	149.39	1,984	9thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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	—	618	165.82/cwt	158.50–171.00	1,025	43
Steers	Large 1-2	—	595	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	991	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	155.35/cwt	155.35–155.35	1,352	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	733	175.94/cwt	174.00–176.50	1,290	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	164.94/cwt	160.00–167.50	1,095	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,137	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	843	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,391	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	202.86/cwt	200.50–206.50	1,154	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	212.04/cwt	205.00–216.00	992	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	178.29/cwt	177.00–179.00	1,193	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	657	202.35/cwt	202.35–202.35	1,329	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	409	210.95/cwt	210.50–212.00	863	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	187.91/cwt	185.00–190.00	1,096	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	201.53/cwt	198.00–205.00	963	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	208.54/cwt	200.00–214.50	1,099	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	228.94/cwt	219.00–233.00	758	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	184.39/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,173	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	905	159.00/cwt	155.10–161.00	1,439	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	195.61/cwt	192.00–198.00	1,043	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,067	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	218.32/cwt	211.00–224.00	943	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,410	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	199.84/cwt	198.00–204.50	1,259	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	158.25/cwt	158.25–158.25	1,283	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	185.35/cwt	178.00–186.00	1,320	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,101	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	162.44/cwt	158.00–167.00	785	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	861	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	984	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	163.89/cwt	160.00–166.75	946	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	48.96/cwt	41.00–53.00	500	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	80.54/cwt	77.00–82.00	1,182	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,059	59.17/cwt	55.00–63.00	627	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	80.79/cwt	78.00–83.50	871	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,536	88.83/cwt	84.00–91.00	1,364	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	57.99/cwt	56.00–60.00	686	2
Steers	Choice	—	1,328	149.39/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,984	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	72.69/cwt	68.00–77.50	776	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,221	67.42/cwt	63.00–70.00	823	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	83.02/cwt	79.50–91.00	1,039	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,233	74.85/cwt	70.00–78.50	923	33
Bulls	—	—	1,578	103.91/cwt	99.00–111.00	1,640	4
Bulls	—	—	1,819	118.14/cwt	113.00–123.00	2,149	9
Bulls	—	—	1,694	91.42/cwt	83.00–96.00	1,549	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,214	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	159.43/cwt	157.00–160.50	902	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	176.46/cwt	173.00–177.00	1,091	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	172.88/cwt	170.00–175.50	980	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	152.62/cwt	149.50–154.00	942	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	175.65/cwt	168.00–184.00	848	17
Heifers	Medium 2	—	598	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	846	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	689	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,012	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	195.24/cwt	188.00–200.00	931	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	185.92/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,041	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	936	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,359	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	188.46/cwt	187.50–190.00	1,249	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	546	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	994	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	596	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	939	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	154.43/cwt	145.00–162.00	808	15

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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