Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2022-11-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-450 lb steer calves sold with a higher undertone on few comparisons, with the 450-500 lbs steer calves selling mostly 5.00-8.00 lower on last week's very active market, 500-600 lb traded steady to firm with weights over 600 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on few good comparisons with last week. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 higher with several packages and groups of fancy black 4 weight heifers with good weighing conditions selling on a very active market, 500-600 lb sold steady to firm on comparable sales with 600 lbs not well tested. Several pot loads and part loads of 800-930 lb steers in the offering selling with good demand along with a pot load of 570 lb heifers. Overall quality was very good on the calves and yearlings with demand good on a moderate to heavy supply. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm with spots 3.00-4.00 higher on the high dressing cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $188.70/cwt on 1,255 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −51.54 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$188.70

1,255 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$85

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

$36.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.64

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	192.58	1,284	902
Medium and Large 1-2	625	183.98	1,150	258
Medium and Large 2	615	166.88	1,027	28
Large 1-2	884	164.65	1,456	60
Medium 1-2	879	155.75	1,369	7thin

One grade step is worth $36.83/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale1,255 hd

188.70

—

MO average7 barns · 8,331 hd

184.05

+4.64

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−51.54

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	1,820	96.12	1,749	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,725	80.89	1,395	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,456	75.07	1,093	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	68.03	844	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,031	59.70	616	84

Every lot, as filed

76 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 1Fancy	—	662	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,317	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	441	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,041	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	571	183.45/cwt	183.00–183.50	1,047	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	417	206.11/cwt	200.00–209.00	859	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	602	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	993	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	492	180.69/cwt	179.00–186.00	889	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,089	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	190.11/cwt	184.00–193.00	987	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	194.35/cwt	189.00–199.00	1,102	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	876	180.67/cwt	175.25–183.35	1,583	179
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	698	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,007	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	169.33/cwt	167.25–177.00	1,138	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,235	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	200.94/cwt	198.00–207.00	886	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	162.75/cwt	162.75–162.75	1,343	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	179.10/cwt	179.10–179.10	1,499	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	338	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	221.14/cwt	213.00–230.00	929	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	211.77/cwt	211.00–212.50	815	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	489	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	790	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	657	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	619	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	173.83/cwt	164.00–175.00	1,312	99
Steers	Large 1-2	—	928	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,531	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	198.96/cwt	198.00–200.00	957	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	230.97/cwt	229.00–233.00	887	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	208.34/cwt	205.00–210.00	990	70
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	879	155.75/cwt	155.75–155.75	1,369	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	188.30/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,198	122
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	174.33/cwt	167.00–179.50	1,084	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	411	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	974	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	174.48/cwt	174.00–174.75	1,603	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	147.73/cwt	145.50–148.25	1,109	16
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	284	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	398	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	182.43/cwt	178.00–189.00	856	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	508	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,006	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	935	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,044	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	65.27/cwt	62.00–69.00	689	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	56.93/cwt	52.00–61.00	581	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	72.84/cwt	70.00–77.00	773	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	46.05/cwt	39.00–50.00	454	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,750	89.55/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,567	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	82.55/cwt	77.50–88.00	1,226	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	72.94/cwt	69.50–76.50	1,047	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,675	70.49/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,181	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	68.86/cwt	67.00–72.50	844	37
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,725	73.98/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,276	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,262	62.92/cwt	59.00–66.00	794	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	74.62/cwt	73.00–78.00	923	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,456	65.07/cwt	62.00–68.50	947	6
Bulls	—	—	2,018	105.71/cwt	104.00–109.00	2,133	3
Bulls	—	—	1,580	86.79/cwt	82.00–90.00	1,371	4
Bulls	—	—	1,856	96.97/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,800	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	450	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	941	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	365	220.41/cwt	210.00–230.00	804	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	167.82/cwt	158.50–171.00	878	49
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	311	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	439	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,163	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	165.10/cwt	158.00–170.00	1,019	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	782	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	154.62/cwt	151.50–158.50	1,047	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,118	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	150.34/cwt	149.00–151.25	1,084	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	951	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,265	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	179.33/cwt	172.00–184.00	784	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	166.20/cwt	160.00–171.00	786	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	168.89/cwt	168.00–170.00	973	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	192.03/cwt	185.00–198.00	824	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	199.17/cwt	186.00–208.00	743	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	173.88/cwt	172.00–175.00	1,005	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	177.62/cwt	173.00–182.00	936	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	172.16/cwt	169.50–176.00	1,136	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	646	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	199.96/cwt	196.00–205.50	1,048	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	187.07/cwt	183.50–189.50	1,280	41

How this sale compares

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