Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2023-08-07

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 7
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,344 head
▲ 776 vs last sale 568▼ 92 vs year ago 1,436 · −6.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 140▲ 43 vs year ago 87 · +49.4%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 1, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold 3.00-10 .00 higher on last week's lighter offering, 500-750 lb steers sold with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing from 400-650 lb all sold with a firm to higher undertone on limited comparisons from last week. Demand was good on a light to moderate supply with several lots and groups of good quality steer and heifer calves weighing 450-650 lbs all selling with good demand on and active market. Good beneficial rains have fallen over the trade area over the last week. Slaughter cows sold fully steady to firm, with high dressing cows spots 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $267.06/cwt on 516 head. That ranks 10 of 9 comparable sales and sits +15.15 against this barn's trailing median of $251.91.
Average price
$267.06
516 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,465
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$150
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$67.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.95
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542277.841,506342
Medium and Large 1-2551249.241,374147
Medium and Large 2501239.661,20016thin
Large 1-2789209.951,65711thin
One grade step is worth $67.89/cwt here — about −$150 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

9 sales
271254237220median 251.9102/0903/3005/1806/0806/29
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $257.10, low $233.50, median $251.91 across 9 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 sale516 hd
267.06
—
MO average15 barns · 6,799 hd
248.11
+18.95
This barn, trailing median9 sales
251.91
+15.15
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
Bulls—Average1,936137.992,67110
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,442136.671,97012
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,227121.171,48642
CowsLean 85-90%High950104.2599030
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,295177.282,2968thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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 1—513273.80/cwt267.50–277.001,40560
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575276.00/cwt266.00–280.001,58747
HeifersMedium and Large 2—496234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,1637
SteersMedium and Large 2—415260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0794
SteersMedium and Large 2—654250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6358
SteersMedium and Large 1—484331.43/cwt313.00–333.501,60470
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—716238.37/cwt236.00–247.001,70724
SteersMedium and Large 1—668274.27/cwt271.00–276.001,83218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—680232.47/cwt225.00–244.001,58144
SteersLarge 1-2—556284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,57919
SteersMedium and Large 1—729259.85/cwt258.00–265.001,89424
SteersMedium and Large 1—383328.46/cwt325.00–331.001,2588
SteersLarge 1-2—623270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—518277.76/cwt271.00–285.001,4396
SteersMedium and Large 1—584297.83/cwt288.00–302.001,73968
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—666260.12/cwt254.00–265.251,73240
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—480305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4643
SteersMedium and Large 1—531316.37/cwt307.00–326.001,68046
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—635269.18/cwt266.00–279.001,70923
SteersMedium and Large 1—627286.09/cwt280.00–295.001,79437
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—459341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,56514
SteersMedium and Large 1—429326.32/cwt315.00–330.001,40019
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—568259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4714
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—484272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,3165
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—393317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,2484
BullsMedium and Large 1—573268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5366
BullsMedium and Large 1—425313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,3303
BullsMedium and Large 1—502283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,4213
SteersSelect and Choice—1,295177.28/cwt175.00–179.002,2968
CowsLean 85-90%—992108.65/cwt105.50–118.001,07820
CowsLean 85-90%—88199.71/cwt97.00–103.008786
CowsLean 85-90%—84089.03/cwt83.00–93.007484
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,208108.58/cwt105.00–112.001,31214
Bulls——1,555123.52/cwt118.00–129.001,9212
Bulls——2,031141.61/cwt138.00–144.002,8768
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,452140.60/cwt129.00–147.002,04210
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,390117.04/cwt111.00–123.001,6272
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,236127.47/cwt118.00–143.001,57628
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—374272.32/cwt270.00–277.001,01817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—634238.68/cwt237.00–241.001,5137
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—538250.54/cwt242.50–257.001,34829
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—453251.99/cwt245.00–259.001,1426
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425292.57/cwt289.00–300.001,24327
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373298.42/cwt290.00–315.001,11310
HeifersMedium and Large 2—442265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1713
HeifersMedium and Large 1—613270.55/cwt260.00–274.251,658135
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—530241.03/cwt237.00–244.001,2777
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—426283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,2064
HeifersLarge 1-2—753213.50/cwt213.50–213.501,6088
HeifersLarge 1-2—885200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,7743
HeifersMedium and Large 2—536233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,2496
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—557247.02/cwt242.00–251.501,37612
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477281.91/cwt280.00–286.001,34541
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—423310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,31119
HeifersMedium and Large 1—678255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7293
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—472264.19/cwt259.00–270.001,24721
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—411312.83/cwt312.50–313.001,2869

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.