Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2023-03-27

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Mar 27
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,189 head
1,240 vs last sale 2,429 635 vs year ago 1,824 · 34.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
347 head
122 vs last sale 225 113 vs year ago 234 · +48.3%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to firm, with spots 5.00 higher on the 400-450 lb steers, 600-700 lb steers and heifers both sold 4.00-8.00 higher, with 700-750 lb steers trading with a firm to higher undertone. Slaughter cows on a large offering sold fully steady to firm. Demand was good on a light supply with a much lighter offering this week but overall a good quality offering sold on and active market especially the 600-750 lb steers. CME cattle futures closed with triple digit gains on both Live and Feeder cattle contracts with the front three months of Feeders closing 270-382 higher and the front three months of Live cattle closing 190-227 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $224.05/cwt on 455 head. That ranks 3 of 14 comparable sales and sits 16.19 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.
Average price
$224.05
455 head · 606 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,357
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$352
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.11
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1611227.081,387374
Medium and Large 1-2596211.481,26168
Medium and Large 2511202.731,03613thin
One grade step is worth $24.34/cwt here — about $352 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
272251229208median 240.2401/0502/1605/1806/2208/10
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 sale455 hd
224.05
MO average15 barns · 8,251 hd
214.94
+9.11
This barn, trailing median14 sales
240.24
−16.19
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,674115.651,93720
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,607102.001,6394thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,443100.061,44429
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23494.781,17073
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03881.63848132
SteersChoiceAverage1,163166.271,9348thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,269159.962,0307thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1520215.26/cwt204.00–220.001,11943
SteersMedium and Large 1363277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,0063
HeifersMedium and Large 1805165.50/cwt165.50–165.501,3325
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2588183.51/cwt180.00–190.001,07912
HeifersMedium and Large 1372236.28/cwt227.50–250.008799
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2602186.40/cwt185.00–187.001,12210
SteersMedium and Large 1422268.62/cwt262.50–277.001,13432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2517216.86/cwt211.00–222.001,12112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423251.89/cwt243.00–257.001,06512
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy561208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,1677
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy651225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,46510
HeifersMedium and Large 1425230.36/cwt225.00–242.0097921
SteersMedium and Large 1570228.14/cwt224.00–234.501,30045
SteersMedium and Large 1523237.65/cwt232.50–249.001,24327
HeifersMedium and Large 1661194.15/cwt190.00–195.001,28324
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581210.51/cwt206.50–219.501,22317
SteersMedium and Large 2723170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2293
SteersMedium and Large 2548201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1013
SteersMedium and Large 1732207.44/cwt204.00–208.751,518105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2808174.95/cwt174.75–175.251,41410
SteersMedium and Large 1613227.93/cwt219.00–232.001,39791
SteersMedium and Large 1684215.58/cwt212.00–218.001,47528
SteersMedium and Large 1-2869172.44/cwt172.00–173.501,4997
SteersMedium and Large 1-2495236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1683
SteersMedium and Large 2404217.50/cwt217.50–217.508797
SteersMedium and Large 1348270.00/cwt270.00–270.009403
SteersMedium and Large 1-2378257.50/cwt257.50–257.509733
SteersMedium and Large 1472249.63/cwt245.00–253.001,17823
BullsMedium and Large 1634187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1868
BullsMedium and Large 1-2561194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0885
BullsMedium and Large 1-2715158.70/cwt157.00–162.001,1359
BullsMedium and Large 1-2678165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1196
BullsMedium and Large 1654176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1514
BullsMedium and Large 1569201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,14411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40084.97/cwt84.00–86.001,1902
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22495.65/cwt89.00–99.001,17134
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19283.30/cwt76.00–86.5099317
CowsLean 85-90%1,07196.38/cwt92.00–103.001,03217
CowsLean 85-90%1,03075.66/cwt70.00–79.0077939
Bulls1,758113.08/cwt107.00–116.001,9888
SteersSelect and Choice1,269159.96/cwt159.00–162.002,0307
SteersChoice1,163166.27/cwt164.00–172.001,9348
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,59098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,5581
CowsLean 85-90%1,04385.80/cwt81.00–90.0089560
CowsLean 85-90%1,00764.86/cwt56.00–68.0065316
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,613103.33/cwt103.00–104.001,6673
CowsBoner 80-85%1,283102.29/cwt100.00–107.001,31222
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,444104.12/cwt100.00–109.001,50317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45196.18/cwt93.00–99.501,39610
Bulls1,61298.17/cwt95.00–101.001,5833
Bulls1,621123.77/cwt118.00–131.002,0069
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2544190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0346
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2335229.90/cwt227.50–232.0077012
HeifersMedium and Large 2682163.25/cwt163.25–163.251,1133
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy680162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,1023
HeifersMedium 1-2Fleshy676171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,1594
BullsMedium and Large 1436237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0334
HeifersMedium and Large 1468228.34/cwt220.00–235.001,06925
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2803161.47/cwt160.50–162.251,2979
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2427216.39/cwt207.50–220.0092427
HeifersMedium and Large 1553198.12/cwt196.50–200.001,09624
HeifersMedium and Large 1616195.16/cwt192.00–201.001,20266
HeifersMedium and Large 1324254.89/cwt252.50–260.008268
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy648185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1994
HeifersMedium and Large 2573175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0033
HeifersMedium and Large 2485193.00/cwt193.00–193.009364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2398222.50/cwt222.50–222.508863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2481203.66/cwt200.00–216.0098018

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.