Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2024-02-05

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Feb 5
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,372 head
▲ 1,004 vs last sale 2,368▲ 315 vs year ago 3,057 · +10.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
280 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 229▲ 15 vs year ago 265 · +5.7%
Also sold hereReplacement Cattle SpecialThu Oct 1, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 450-600 lbs sold fully steady to firm, with 600-750 lbs selling 8.00-12.00 higher, with most advance on the 650-750 lb steers with several packages and groups of 700-750 lbs trading 15.00 higher, over 750 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on limited comparisons. Feeder heifers weighing 450-600 lbs sold 12.00-20.00 higher, 600-700 lbs sold 3.00-9.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a heavy supply with many top quality calves in the offering weaned and with shots all sold on a very active market along with the yearlings. Several stick out sales especially on the heifer calves with several lots and groups of 450-535 lb heifers all selling north of 3.00 per lb., a part load of 621 lb heifers sold at 269.50. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $274.11/cwt on 1,439 head. That ranks 14 of 13 comparable sales and sits +33.43 against this barn's trailing median of $240.68.
Average price
$274.11
1,439 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,767
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$323
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$69.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.12
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1644276.421,7811,166
Medium and Large 1-2570276.361,575221
Medium and Large 2590255.001,5056thin
Large 11,015207.252,10446
One grade step is worth $69.17/cwt here — about −$323 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
272249226203median 240.6802/0204/1306/0107/1308/31
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 sale1,439 hd
274.11
—
MO average19 barns · 23,302 hd
263.99
+10.12
This barn, trailing median13 sales
240.68
+33.43
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,729114.001,9718thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,447111.751,61732
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,246104.721,30572
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05894.961,00434
HeifersChoiceAverage1,308176.002,3023thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,444176.462,5485thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,439104.07/cwt102.50–106.001,4987
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25388.96/cwt84.00–92.001,1154
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—673222.66/cwt220.00–227.501,49944
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—817191.88/cwt186.00–204.001,56821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—440272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1993
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705236.86/cwt230.00–237.501,67078
SteersMedium and Large 1—485317.50/cwt308.00–324.001,54065
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—704270.16/cwt268.00–271.751,90233
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—619268.70/cwt266.00–269.501,66361
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—373279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,0413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—632243.79/cwt235.00–250.001,54167
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—711217.17/cwt210.00–220.001,54411
SteersMedium and Large 1—426325.22/cwt316.00–336.001,38520
SteersMedium and Large 1—378341.48/cwt318.00–354.001,29120
SteersMedium and Large 1—667270.10/cwt260.00–275.501,802238
SteersLarge 1—1,015207.25/cwt207.25–207.252,10446
SteersMedium and Large 1—729256.79/cwt251.00–267.501,872197
SteersMedium and Large 1—578290.00/cwt281.00–300.001,676124
SteersMedium and Large 1—622276.43/cwt269.10–289.501,719232
SteersMedium and Large 1—831236.01/cwt230.50–239.001,96127
SteersMedium and Large 1—526308.05/cwt299.00–317.001,62098
SteersMedium and Large 1—886230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,03860
SteersMedium and Large 1—775243.34/cwt237.50–250.001,88634
SteersMedium and Large 1—317349.98/cwt332.50–372.501,1096
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—677253.13/cwt250.00–259.001,71420
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—740229.48/cwt220.00–233.001,69811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—778230.21/cwt230.00–230.501,79110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—532291.39/cwt280.00–298.001,55069
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—572272.91/cwt262.00–279.001,56148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—470295.99/cwt285.00–305.001,39116
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—430304.99/cwt290.00–310.001,31117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—489279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,36410
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—560310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,73612
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—631263.51/cwt260.00–269.001,66320
SteersMedium and Large 2—590255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5056
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—643230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4793
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—527261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3753
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—801183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,4707
BullsMedium and Large 2—444229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0174
BullsMedium and Large 2—464232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,0764
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—447310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,3865
HeifersChoice—1,308176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,3023
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,449113.90/cwt108.00–120.001,65025
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,253109.84/cwt105.00–117.001,37642
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23398.87/cwt92.00–103.001,21926
SteersChoice—1,444176.46/cwt175.00–179.502,5485
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,721114.86/cwt111.00–117.001,9777
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04895.60/cwt92.00–98.001,00217
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10568.25/cwt65.00–70.007543
CowsLean 85-90%—1,06382.00/cwt80.00–84.008722
CowsLean 85-90%—1,059102.89/cwt100.00–109.001,09012
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,785108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,9281
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—577287.63/cwt283.00–289.001,66048
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—477313.24/cwt309.00–315.001,49445
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—748220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—754193.87/cwt190.00–197.001,4629
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—526303.35/cwt301.00–308.001,59650
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—755212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,6015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—419303.34/cwt290.00–312.001,27119
HeifersMedium and Large 2—671210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4094
HeifersMedium and Large 2—539245.92/cwt245.00–247.001,32611
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1237
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435247.30/cwt245.00–249.001,0767
HeifersMedium and Large 2—645214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,3803
HeifersMedium and Large 1—586272.31/cwt261.00–279.501,596209
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529280.89/cwt270.00–292.001,48682
HeifersMedium and Large 1—808219.75/cwt219.75–219.751,77620
HeifersMedium and Large 1—671241.66/cwt239.00–244.501,62264
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370328.50/cwt309.00–337.001,21518
HeifersMedium and Large 1—330348.00/cwt348.00–348.001,1483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—479258.47/cwt255.00–267.501,23826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—525256.68/cwt247.00–263.001,34823
HeifersMedium and Large 1—791220.10/cwt220.10–220.101,74163
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—328302.50/cwt302.50–302.509923
HeifersMedium and Large 1—475294.04/cwt283.00–305.001,39760
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627256.71/cwt250.00–260.001,61059
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—884176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,5604
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—577253.65/cwt245.00–261.001,46448

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.