Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold steady to firm, spots 3.00 higher, 600-700 lbs sold 3.00-10.00 higher with the most advance on the 650-700 lb steers, over 750 lbs traded with a higher undertone on few comparable sales from last week. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold steady to firm, with 500-650 lbs selling 4.00-8.00 higher over 650 lbs were not well tested. Demand was good on a moderate offering with many top quality calves that were long time weaned with shots in the offering all selling on and active market. Couple pot loads of big yearling steers weighing 855-905 lbs with several large groups of big yearlings weighing over 700 lbs with more smaller groups and packages of calves weighing 400-600 lbs than last week but overall quality was very good. Slaughter cows sold fully steady to firm, with a nice offering of slaughter steers and heifers trading with a firm to higher undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $265.72/cwt on 1,086 head. That ranks 14 of 13 comparable sales and sits +25.03 against this barn's trailing median of $240.68.

Average price

$265.72

1,086 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

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

$50.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.58

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	648	271.65	1,761	849
Medium and Large 1-2	661	249.09	1,647	189
Medium and Large 2	615	239.00	1,470	14thin
Large 1-2	744	221.00	1,644	34

One grade step is worth $50.65/cwt here — about $117 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

13 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $258.28, low $216.82, median $240.68 across 13 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 sale1,086 hd

265.72

—

MO average19 barns · 17,981 hd

257.13

+8.58

This barn, trailing median13 sales

240.68

+25.03

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	1,752	117.24	2,054	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,686	116.60	1,966	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,491	111.56	1,663	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	105.68	1,316	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,035	91.68	949	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,212	174.46	2,114	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,300	170.41	2,215	15
Heifers	Select	Average	1,080	167.36	1,807	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,390	180.63	2,511	5thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,242	173.70	2,157	22
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,411	172.30	2,431	8thin

Every lot, as filed

90 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	Medium and Large 1	—	722	247.77/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,789	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	229.85/cwt	229.85–229.85	1,968	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	904	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,989	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	323.45/cwt	309.00–337.50	1,365	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	272.95/cwt	261.50–289.00	1,709	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	242.49/cwt	240.00–243.25	1,879	83
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,575	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	311.68/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,493	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	305.88/cwt	293.00–318.50	1,600	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	290.79/cwt	278.00–301.00	1,672	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,079	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,958	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	488	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,357	3
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	688	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,551	9
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	—	976	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,757	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	258.97/cwt	249.50–273.50	1,738	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	774	226.75/cwt	226.75–226.75	1,755	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,346	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	815	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,528	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	242.81/cwt	238.00–246.50	1,411	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	216.82/cwt	215.50–219.00	1,529	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	710	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,867	20
Steers	Large 1-2	—	578	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	271.68/cwt	256.00–275.00	1,597	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	217.80/cwt	212.50–222.50	1,692	27
Steers	Large 1-2	—	739	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	330.59/cwt	319.00–344.00	1,250	26
Steers	Large 1-2	—	639	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,757	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,313	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	252.18/cwt	249.00–256.00	1,586	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	215.25/cwt	215.25–215.25	1,840	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,054	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	556	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,724	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	294.61/cwt	284.00–302.00	1,429	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	240.65/cwt	229.00–248.50	1,610	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,272	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	500	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,460	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	566	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,534	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	447	293.70/cwt	293.00–294.00	1,313	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	266	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	931	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,358	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	354	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,207	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,498	113.50/cwt	108.00–120.00	1,700	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,443	105.62/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,524	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,218	98.49/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,200	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	110.59/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,390	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	84.51/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,088	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,035	79.35/cwt	74.00–86.00	821	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,242	173.70/cwt	172.50–178.00	2,157	22
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,411	172.30/cwt	172.00–172.50	2,431	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,212	174.46/cwt	173.00–176.00	2,114	13
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,300	170.41/cwt	170.00–171.50	2,215	15
Heifers	Select	—	1,080	167.36/cwt	165.00–168.00	1,807	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,388	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,390	180.63/cwt	179.00–182.50	2,511	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	105.01/cwt	104.00–107.00	1,074	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	96.68/cwt	93.50–98.00	1,025	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,686	116.60/cwt	111.00–120.00	1,966	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	70.98/cwt	70.00–72.00	708	2
Bulls	—	—	1,800	118.83/cwt	115.00–123.00	2,139	11
Bulls	—	—	1,490	108.50/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	235.17/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,138	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,195	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	542	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	646	214.75/cwt	214.75–214.75	1,387	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	528	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,188	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	619	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,643	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	224.00/cwt	223.00–224.50	1,606	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	264.99/cwt	257.00–274.00	1,375	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	906	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	409	290.84/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,190	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	277.53/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,304	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	258.67/cwt	254.00–262.00	1,226	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,582	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	754	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,666	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	230.78/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,452	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	259.51/cwt	247.00–265.50	1,500	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	248.15/cwt	241.00–257.00	1,553	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	209.31/cwt	204.75–216.00	1,631	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	273.39/cwt	272.00–274.00	1,159	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	292.61/cwt	289.00–297.00	1,109	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	248.49/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,315	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	265.67/cwt	259.00–269.00	996	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	224.08/cwt	217.50–227.00	1,490	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	653	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,629	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	866	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,732	9

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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