Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2023-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's auction which was mostly feeders weighing over 600 lbs, steer calves weighing under 550 lbs and heifers under 500 lbs all sold with a sharply higher undertone, steers calves weighing 550-700 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 higher, with spots 12.00 higher on the 550-600 lb steers, 700-800 lbs sold steady over 800 lbs were not well tested with last weeks pot load lots. Feeder heifers weighing 500-600 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher, with 600-700 lbs trading 5.00-6.00 higher and over 700 lbs not well tested. There were many top quality steer and heifer calves in Monday's offering weighing 400-700 lbs with many groups, packages and strings all selling on a very active market. Overall demand was good to very good on a heavy supply of feeders. Slaughter cows sold firm to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $193.03/cwt on 1,395 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −47.65 against this barn's trailing median of $240.68.

Average price

$193.03

1,395 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$35.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.54

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	195.93	1,214	1,085
Medium and Large 1-2	607	185.09	1,124	275
Medium and Large 2	536	175.00	938	4thin
Large 1-2	540	165.67	895	25
Medium 1	737	160.00	1,179	6thin

One grade step is worth $35.93/cwt here — about $35 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 sale1,395 hd

193.03

—

MO average18 barns · 25,959 hd

190.49

+2.54

This barn, trailing median13 sales

240.68

−47.65

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	1,763	100.02	1,764	15
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,767	86.54	1,529	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,487	79.28	1,179	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,275	76.49	975	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,054	64.26	677	37
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,237	158.50	1,961	3thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,378	158.57	2,185	7thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,211	154.10	1,866	6thin

Every lot, as filed

85 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 1-2	—	338	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	744	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,313	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	168.27/cwt	168.00–168.50	1,309	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	536	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	1,464	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	207.32/cwt	205.00–208.00	802	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	191.56/cwt	186.00–200.00	1,193	77
Steers	Large 1-2	—	389	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	187.57/cwt	184.50–191.00	1,105	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,215	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,357	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,219	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	605	205.75/cwt	205.75–205.75	1,245	14
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	737	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,179	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	848	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,442	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	218.65/cwt	209.00–225.00	1,034	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	216.53/cwt	209.00–222.50	938	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	187.19/cwt	182.00–195.00	994	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,125	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	182.86/cwt	177.00–188.00	1,198	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	184.78/cwt	178.00–188.00	1,066	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	198.32/cwt	195.00–200.00	821	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	193.43/cwt	191.00–196.00	919	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	178.76/cwt	174.00–184.00	1,191	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	173.75/cwt	173.75–173.75	1,463	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	193.77/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,002	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	186.70/cwt	181.10–193.00	1,242	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	183.69/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,150	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	423	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	219.58/cwt	214.00–225.00	830	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	657	194.91/cwt	194.50–195.50	1,281	22
Steers	Large 1-2	—	569	161.99/cwt	161.00–165.00	922	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	542	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,087	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	215.69/cwt	206.00–222.00	1,109	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	176.81/cwt	173.50–178.25	1,285	125
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	939	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,086	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,016	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	929	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	841	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	376	211.59/cwt	209.00–213.00	796	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,271	74.85/cwt	71.00–79.00	951	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	61.33/cwt	55.00–64.00	640	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,061	45.29/cwt	40.00–50.00	481	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,071	76.83/cwt	75.00–81.00	823	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,030	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,481	74.55/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,104	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,378	158.57/cwt	155.00–160.00	2,185	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,211	154.10/cwt	154.00–154.50	1,866	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,237	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,961	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,767	86.54/cwt	83.00–94.00	1,529	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	83.88/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,075	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	66.63/cwt	61.00–69.00	850	10
Bulls	—	—	1,584	88.27/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,398	4
Bulls	—	—	1,883	107.63/cwt	103.00–114.00	2,027	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	70.13/cwt	65.00–74.00	734	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	83.53/cwt	80.00–87.00	1,245	16
Bulls	—	—	1,683	95.37/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	623	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	200.98/cwt	199.00–203.00	1,045	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	469	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	985	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	907	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	440	213.06/cwt	211.00–214.00	937	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	894	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	516	163.43/cwt	163.00–164.00	843	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	495	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	812	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	171.43/cwt	166.00–174.50	1,166	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	152.23/cwt	151.50–152.50	1,134	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	195.90/cwt	189.00–204.00	927	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	570	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	141.86/cwt	140.50–143.50	1,309	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	195.89/cwt	190.00–203.00	795	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	168.83/cwt	162.00–174.00	961	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	782	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	183.63/cwt	177.50–188.00	779	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	181.39/cwt	178.00–183.00	833	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,293	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	203.37/cwt	194.00–210.50	1,163	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	951	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	171.82/cwt	163.00–175.00	909	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	171.22/cwt	168.00–174.00	1,072	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	181.28/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,128	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	194.35/cwt	191.00–198.00	723	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	580	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	986	4

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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