Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2023-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's much larger offering, other than 4 pot loads of 845-965 lb steers and 2 pot loads of 613 and 732 lb heifers the steer and heifer calves were lightly tested with the best test and it was a light test on 550-600 lb steers and 500-550 lb heifers both trading mostly 20.00 lower than last week as calves sold mostly in small groups and packages, the 3 pot loads of 845-850 lb steers sold 10.00-13.00 lower than last week's pot load of 877 lb steers, with the pot load of 967 lbs not tested. The pot load of 613 lb heifers sold 20.00 lower than last week's top on the 600-650 lb heifers and the pot load of 732 lb heifers sold 13.00 lower than last week's pot load of similar weight and quality. All other weights on a light test sold with a lower undertone. After last week's CME cattle futures melt down, Monday's feeder cattle market caught up with the last week's sharply lower market as the week went on. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower. There was a consignment of bred cows mostly 4-6 yrs 1150-1440 lbs mostly in the 3rd stage sold from 1535.00-1685.00 per head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $233.81/cwt on 474 head. That ranks 4 of 14 comparable sales and sits −6.43 against this barn's trailing median of $240.24.

Average price

$233.81

474 head · 740 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,729

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$27

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

$10.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.73

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	591	236.90	1,399	126
Medium and Large 1	797	232.82	1,856	341
Large 1-2	631	226.00	1,426	7thin

One grade step is worth $10.90/cwt here — about −$27 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

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 sale474 hd

233.81

—

MO average18 barns · 12,988 hd

245.53

−11.73

This barn, trailing median14 sales

240.24

−6.43

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	—	Average	1,744	110.24	1,922	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,980	100.00	1,980	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,498	92.12	1,380	54
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,249	89.74	1,121	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,030	84.71	873	80
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,265	163.37	2,067	4thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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	Large 1-2	—	631	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,426	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,624	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	240.20/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,405	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	2,084	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	616	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,324	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	519	213.39/cwt	209.00–216.00	1,107	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	888	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,989	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	265.96/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,290	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	411	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,073	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	227.75/cwt	227.75–227.75	1,720	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	241.32/cwt	234.00–250.00	1,281	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,677	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	236.45/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,085	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	569	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,266	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	528	236.62/cwt	235.50–239.00	1,249	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	544	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,219	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	232.50/cwt	230.50–233.50	1,967	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	252.19/cwt	249.50–262.00	1,430	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	230.76/cwt	228.25–234.00	1,449	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	273.99/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,033	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	190.25/cwt	190.25–190.25	1,859	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	657	218.75/cwt	218.75–218.75	1,437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	546	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,201	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	688	202.16/cwt	201.50–203.50	1,391	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	969	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,204	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	477	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,193	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	603	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,296	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	87.99/cwt	85.00–90.50	910	51
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,980	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,980	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	89.38/cwt	83.50–91.50	1,308	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	88.39/cwt	84.50–90.00	1,087	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	977	70.31/cwt	62.00–84.00	687	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	82.27/cwt	77.00–85.00	861	19
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,265	163.37/cwt	162.50–164.00	2,067	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	91.76/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,173	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	953	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,633	100.50/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,641	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	93.35/cwt	91.50–99.00	1,409	26
Bulls	—	—	1,880	115.49/cwt	115.00–116.00	2,171	2
Bulls	—	—	1,719	109.28/cwt	105.00–113.50	1,879	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	463	227.80/cwt	226.00–229.50	1,055	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	992	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	223.86/cwt	223.00–226.00	1,274	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	214.60/cwt	209.00–215.75	1,434	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	228.06/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,216	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	226.40/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,401	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	612	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,414	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	625	218.73/cwt	215.50–220.00	1,367	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,684	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	252.39/cwt	246.00–265.00	909	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	421	228.44/cwt	226.00–234.00	962	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,361	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,571	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,445	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	497	233.50/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,160	6

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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