Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2023-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter offering this week with a light test of steer calves selling steady to firm and feeder heifers under 550 lbs trading with a firm to higher undertone on a light offering. Slaughter cows on a light offering picked up right where they left off last week and traded fully steady to firm on and active market. Demand was good on a light offering as receipts were curbed this week due to high temperatures over the weekend, with rain showers also over the weekend through the trade area brought some much needed relief from the high temperatures.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $264.35/cwt on 213 head. That ranks 12 of 11 comparable sales and sits +12.71 against this barn's trailing median of $251.64.

Average price

$264.35

213 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,366

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$38.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.20

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	488	273.81	1,335	88
Medium and Large 1-2	537	258.24	1,387	122
Medium and Large 2	532	235.00	1,250	3thin

One grade step is worth $38.81/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

11 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $257.10, low $222.36, median $251.64 across 11 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 sale213 hd

264.35

—

MO average15 barns · 5,139 hd

239.15

+25.20

This barn, trailing median11 sales

251.64

+12.71

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	1,639	129.49	2,122	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,430	133.22	1,905	6thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,614	132.92	2,145	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,203	118.44	1,425	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	970	101.46	984	43
Steers	Choice	Average	1,300	186.66	2,427	14
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,248	177.10	2,210	5thin

Every lot, as filed

44 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,341	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	291	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	837	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	244.33/cwt	242.50–247.00	1,400	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	249.35/cwt	248.00–256.00	1,209	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	241.67/cwt	240.50–246.00	1,520	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,010	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,300	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,148	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	403	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,149	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,374	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	304.29/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,604	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	427	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,298	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,143	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	322.08/cwt	315.00–327.50	1,417	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	275.04/cwt	274.00–278.00	1,832	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	293.51/cwt	282.50–302.50	1,667	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,300	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	279.51/cwt	273.00–288.00	1,303	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	597	257.44/cwt	255.00–261.50	1,537	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	269.83/cwt	258.00–276.00	1,417	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	235.86/cwt	233.50–243.00	1,580	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	255.03/cwt	254.50–256.00	1,443	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	283.98/cwt	282.50–285.00	1,204	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,829	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	312.05/cwt	303.00–322.00	1,513	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	287.88/cwt	287.50–288.00	1,091	8
Bulls	—	—	1,707	136.39/cwt	133.00–140.00	2,328	7
Bulls	—	—	1,495	104.11/cwt	100.00–108.00	1,556	2
Bulls	—	—	1,450	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,914	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	133.22/cwt	123.00–144.00	1,905	6
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,614	132.92/cwt	125.00–142.00	2,145	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	107.93/cwt	103.00–116.00	1,074	24
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,248	177.10/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,210	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	88.36/cwt	87.00–90.00	808	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	109.40/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,316	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	122.96/cwt	117.00–143.00	1,479	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	818	79.37/cwt	78.00–80.00	649	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	98.41/cwt	95.00–102.00	961	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,300	186.66/cwt	183.00–187.50	2,427	14

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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