Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2022-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter test and offering of steer and heifer calves weighing 400-600 lbs, with 4 weight steer calves selling steady to firm and 500-550 lb trading steady to 3.00 lower on a light test and 550-800 lbs not well tested on light offerings with three pot loads of 850-930 lb steers selling with a firm undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs sold with a lower undertone on a light offering with 500-600 lbs selling 2.00-5.00 lower and over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower on mostly average and low dressing cows. Demand was moderate to good, best on the three pot loads of yearling steers weighing 850-930 lbs and a pot load of 730 lb heifers. Feeder Cattle contracts closed 95 to 215 higher on the front three months with Live Cattle contracts up 92 to 142 on the front three months and December corn closing 6 1/4 cents lower to start the week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.69/cwt on 422 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −59.55 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$180.69

422 head · 724 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,308

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

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

$29.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.35

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	771	184.87	1,425	247
Medium and Large 1-2	656	177.00	1,160	148
Medium and Large 2	565	167.64	946	16thin
Large 1-2	826	155.36	1,283	11thin

One grade step is worth $29.51/cwt here — about $142 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 sale422 hd

180.69

—

MO average13 barns · 6,317 hd

177.34

+3.35

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−59.55

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	—	Average	1,838	102.60	1,886	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,775	91.01	1,615	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,464	76.06	1,113	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,246	70.56	879	70
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,042	60.00	625	55

Every lot, as filed

69 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 1-2Fleshy	—	690	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,035	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	604	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	936	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	170.81/cwt	168.00–174.75	1,139	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	159.62/cwt	154.00–164.00	838	37
Steers	Large 1-2	—	613	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,370	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	675	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,516	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	986	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	174.23/cwt	172.50–177.00	1,173	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	171.16/cwt	167.00–173.00	1,326	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	197.05/cwt	195.00–199.00	934	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	172.87/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,077	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	884	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,445	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	199.48/cwt	195.50–206.00	854	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	857	176.65/cwt	176.10–177.25	1,514	122
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,003	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,545	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	555	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	999	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	172.90/cwt	172.75–173.00	1,077	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	219.44/cwt	219.00–220.00	922	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	204.11/cwt	197.00–208.00	1,047	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	172.85/cwt	172.85–172.85	1,611	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	211.09/cwt	205.00–216.50	1,001	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	210.81/cwt	207.00–214.00	784	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	164.85/cwt	158.00–169.75	966	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	179.99/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,028	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	701	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	769	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	393	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	684	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	155.94/cwt	153.00–160.00	900	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	506	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	898	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	78.23/cwt	77.50–79.00	868	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	84.39/cwt	83.50–86.00	1,241	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	77.54/cwt	74.00–82.50	1,142	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	68.01/cwt	64.00–71.00	983	7
Bulls	—	—	1,855	105.63/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,959	11
Bulls	—	—	1,807	95.15/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,719	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	83.00/cwt	82.50–83.50	1,067	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,775	91.01/cwt	89.00–93.00	1,615	2
Bulls	—	—	1,840	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	2,098	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	70.77/cwt	67.00–75.50	757	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	44.47/cwt	40.00–48.00	445	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	59.56/cwt	53.00–64.50	620	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	74.74/cwt	71.00–79.00	934	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	65.40/cwt	61.00–69.00	811	34
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	384	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	603	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	167.05/cwt	161.00–175.00	722	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	170.88/cwt	168.00–176.00	875	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	794	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	154.75/cwt	154.75–154.75	1,253	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	627	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,028	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	164.37/cwt	161.00–168.00	695	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	488	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	776	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	156.32/cwt	152.50–161.75	1,072	17
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	639	155.61/cwt	149.00–159.50	994	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	161.29/cwt	160.00–162.50	745	10
Heifers	Medium 2	—	390	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,250	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	561	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	186.93/cwt	183.00–195.00	772	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	141.87/cwt	141.50–144.50	1,160	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	174.65/cwt	173.00–175.00	1,032	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	626	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,027	4

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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