Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2022-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs sold 2.00-7.00 higher, with 500-550 lbs selling steady to 3.00 higher, 550-650 lbs on comparable sales traded mostly steady with 650-700 lbs on a good offering trading with a higher undertone with 800-900 lb steers were not well tested but traded with a weak to lower undertone when compared to sales over the last few weeks. Feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady with 500-550 lbs selling steady to 3.00 lower, 550-700 lbs traded steady to firm on the large groups and a pot load weighing 687 lbs. Offerings this week included six pot loads of steers weighing 615-890 lbs and several part loads all selling with moderate to good demand, best demand was 450-600 lb steers and heifers, as the sale progressed small drafts and feeders with less condition, carrying flesh or unweaned/short weaned brought down some of the averages and sold with light to moderate demand. Overall quality was very good on the steer and heifer calves and yearling steers. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady with the bulk average and low dressing cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.95/cwt on 1,272 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −53.73 against this barn's trailing median of $240.68.

Average price

$186.95

1,272 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,210

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$27.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.64

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	189.68	1,266	946
Medium and Large 1-2	580	182.90	1,060	257
Large 1	875	169.50	1,483	4thin
Medium and Large 2	548	166.59	913	34
Large 1-2	661	161.79	1,069	31

One grade step is worth $27.89/cwt here — about $197 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

13 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $258.28, low $216.82, median $240.68 across 13 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 sale1,272 hd

186.95

—

MO average15 barns · 15,700 hd

186.31

+0.64

This barn, trailing median13 sales

240.68

−53.73

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	1,668	90.79	1,514	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,678	83.00	1,392	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,458	71.26	1,039	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,252	68.21	854	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,033	55.43	573	74
Steers	Choice	Average	1,380	154.29	2,129	11

Every lot, as filed

90 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	—	816	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,210	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	498	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	708	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	598	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,109	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	481	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	438	164.62/cwt	164.00–166.00	721	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	621	144.78/cwt	144.00–145.50	899	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	758	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,114	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	546	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	928	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	343	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	191.68/cwt	187.00–201.00	1,127	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	512	210.98/cwt	197.00–218.00	1,080	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,298	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	199.03/cwt	193.00–207.00	955	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	175.29/cwt	169.00–180.00	1,180	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	207.07/cwt	206.00–209.00	855	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	171.55/cwt	163.00–185.00	753	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	995	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	164.28/cwt	161.00–167.00	1,032	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	186.21/cwt	178.00–190.00	1,000	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	179.02/cwt	174.00–183.00	1,035	50
Steers	Large 1-2	—	688	159.84/cwt	149.50–164.00	1,100	18
Steers	Large 1-2	—	623	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	1,025	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	174.82/cwt	169.00–176.25	1,234	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	182.11/cwt	177.00–185.00	1,115	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	214.36/cwt	214.00–215.00	924	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	176.64/cwt	173.75–178.00	1,466	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	712	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	186.07/cwt	181.75–189.50	1,258	381
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	173.64/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,533	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,190	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	424	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	801	4
Steers	Large 1	—	875	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	445	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	948	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	512	220.30/cwt	219.50–220.50	1,128	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	216.24/cwt	208.00–221.00	1,034	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	225.12/cwt	217.50–229.00	860	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	398	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	577	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	975	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	487	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	974	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	332	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	739	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	142.06/cwt	136.00–146.50	869	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	726	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	993	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	491	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	791	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	43.57/cwt	33.00–49.00	427	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,464	64.77/cwt	62.00–67.00	948	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,685	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,500	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	73.27/cwt	70.00–77.00	1,062	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	63.51/cwt	60.00–66.00	781	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,287	74.63/cwt	73.50–77.50	960	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,380	154.29/cwt	152.00–158.00	2,129	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,670	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,286	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	728	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,054	64.42/cwt	61.00–69.00	679	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	69.69/cwt	67.00–72.50	877	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	56.06/cwt	51.00–60.00	592	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,520	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,277	1
Bulls	—	—	1,559	87.02/cwt	78.00–90.00	1,357	13
Bulls	—	—	1,773	93.86/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,664	8
Bulls	—	—	1,953	102.98/cwt	101.00–105.00	2,011	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	186.07/cwt	179.00–192.00	884	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	608	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	991	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	742	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,072	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	534	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	849	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	603	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	784	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	566	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	815	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	176.95/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,104	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	173.69/cwt	170.00–175.00	818	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	180.24/cwt	174.50–183.00	935	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	540	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,045	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	488	149.45/cwt	143.00–156.00	729	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	165.74/cwt	160.00–168.00	955	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	166.14/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,188	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	161.63/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,018	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	178.95/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,220	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	184.01/cwt	173.50–184.50	1,069	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	935	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	175.63/cwt	173.00–179.00	666	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	762	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	613	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	920	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	167.93/cwt	163.00–172.00	898	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	172.84/cwt	170.00–175.00	709	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	150.56/cwt	150.00–151.00	867	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	510	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	463	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	600	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	163.47/cwt	153.00–169.00	678	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	672	147.86/cwt	143.50–149.50	994	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	712	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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