Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2023-08-21

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 21
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
563 head
579 vs last sale 1,142 738 vs year ago 1,301 · 56.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
20 vs last sale 178 11 vs year ago 147 · +7.5%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Aug 6, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light test this week with a group of 537 lb steers and 522 lb heifers along with a pot load of 919 steers selling steady and all other weights lightly tested. Monday's offering was light due to the extreme heat as temperatures approached the 100 degree mark through the trade area and calling for more high temperatures for most of the week. Slaughter cows were mostly boning and lean cows selling 2.00-5.00 lower, spots 8.00 lower on a light test of high dressing breaking cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $270.73/cwt on 185 head. That ranks 15 of 14 comparable sales and sits +30.49 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.
Average price
$270.73
185 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,792
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$226
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$22.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.85
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2565274.881,55458
Medium and Large 1717269.811,933120
Large 1-2527252.001,3287thin
One grade step is worth $22.88/cwt here — about $226 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 sale185 hd
270.73
MO average16 barns · 5,517 hd
263.87
+6.85
This barn, trailing median14 sales
240.24
+30.49
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
BullsAverage1,741130.392,2708thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,463118.411,73211
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,210110.211,33353
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01295.3196435

Every lot, as filed

42 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 1-2Fleshy681210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4304
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2556239.50/cwt238.50–240.001,33212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned615266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,6365
SteersMedium and Large 1-2698237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,65810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2428306.56/cwt296.00–314.001,31211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2633250.72/cwt247.00–255.001,58711
SteersMedium and Large 1378330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2473
SteersMedium and Large 1-2591273.51/cwt273.00–274.001,6166
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned505299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,5103
SteersMedium and Large 1535308.32/cwt305.00–309.001,65044
SteersMedium and Large 1919230.50/cwt230.50–230.502,11857
SteersLarge 1-2482256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,2343
SteersLarge 1-2561249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,3974
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535288.51/cwt280.00–294.001,5445
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485302.42/cwt297.00–307.001,46710
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned505240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned597229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned475254.22/cwt252.00–256.001,2089
SteersMedium and Large 1493312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,5383
SteersMedium and Large 1570295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6823
SteersMedium and Large 1604280.67/cwt275.00–285.001,6957
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2491269.73/cwt269.00–274.001,32419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526259.49/cwt249.00–269.001,36530
HeifersMedium and Large 1524276.09/cwt270.00–277.001,44747
HeifersMedium and Large 1369309.44/cwt302.50–312.501,1427
HeifersMedium and Large 2543244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,3283
HeifersLarge 1948191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,81513
Bulls1,722126.98/cwt119.50–132.002,1875
Bulls1,772136.07/cwt135.00–138.002,4113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21498.43/cwt95.00–102.501,1959
CowsLean 85-90%1,02875.24/cwt71.00–80.007733
CowsBoner 80-85%1,229108.25/cwt104.00–113.001,33021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2526267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,4044
BullsMedium and Large 1538282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,5175
BullsMedium and Large 1-2655230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5073
CowsBoner 80-85%1,190116.60/cwt114.00–121.001,38823
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,434115.57/cwt113.00–118.001,6575
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,487120.78/cwt120.00–123.001,7966
CowsLean 85-90%1,02895.87/cwt92.00–99.009868
CowsLean 85-90%1,013104.78/cwt100.00–109.001,06114
CowsLean 85-90%99387.61/cwt84.00–91.0087010

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.