Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a light test of lightweight steer and heifer calves under 500 lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone, 500-650 lb steers sold firm to 5.00 higher, with 650-750 lbs trading firm to 2.00 higher and steers over 750 lbs had a couple of groups selling mostly steady on comparable weights and quality. Feeder heifers weighing 500-650 lbs sold with a firm undertone on a light test with a pot load weighing 651 lbs and a part load weighing 675 lbs selling with a higher undertone. Monday's offering was much lighter than last week, with most of the steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs selling in small packages, groups and singles but sold on a very active market with buyers wanting to own light weight calves for grass, several groups of 650-700 lb steers and a pot load of 650 lb heifers also sold on and active market. Slaughter steers and heifers sold firm to 2.00 higher than last week's offering with slaughter cows selling firm to 4.00 higher with the most advance on the high dressing cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.97/cwt on 100 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −161.47 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$326.97

100 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$261

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

$45.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.31

vs MO average

+10.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	331.97	1,833	89
Medium and Large 1-2	549	286.55	1,572	11thin

One grade step is worth $45.42/cwt here — about $261 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.16, low $400.00, median $488.44 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale100 hd

326.97

—

MO average16 barns · 3,075 hd

311.65

+15.31

National average167 barns · 13,796 hd

316.07

+10.90

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−161.47

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	—	High	1,809	140.79	2,546	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,716	130.39	2,237	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,458	126.92	1,851	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,238	117.40	1,453	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,031	101.50	1,046	19
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,347	186.05	2,506	23
Steers	Choice	Average	1,438	187.13	2,691	25
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,294	180.40	2,334	5thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1-2	600–650	624	272.53/cwt	264.00–280.50	1,701	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	311.74/cwt	306.00–317.50	1,571	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	255.00/cwt	250.00–259.50	1,892	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	535	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,375	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,214	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	338.81/cwt	332.50–356.00	1,789	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,978	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	323.19/cwt	307.00–335.00	1,884	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	473	373.80/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	299.67/cwt	288.00–311.00	1,867	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	390.32/cwt	370.00–399.00	1,436	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	352.00/cwt	336.00–367.50	1,693	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	259.56/cwt	253.00–263.75	1,713	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	273.75/cwt	273.75–273.75	2,009	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	381.12/cwt	370.00–387.50	1,208	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	271.87/cwt	264.00–284.00	1,533	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	295.92/cwt	293.00–299.00	1,548	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,643	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	346.21/cwt	326.00–368.00	1,122	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	320.58/cwt	312.50–323.00	1,369	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	334.16/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,266	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	129.03/cwt	123.00–139.00	1,894	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,392	112.83/cwt	111.00–114.50	1,571	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	123.15/cwt	115.00–134.00	1,517	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,247	108.06/cwt	104.50–113.00	1,348	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,716	130.39/cwt	125.00–136.00	2,237	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	610	1
Steers	Choice	—	1,438	187.13/cwt	185.00–189.50	2,691	25
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,294	180.40/cwt	179.50–181.00	2,334	5
Bulls	—	—	1,828	142.70/cwt	138.00–147.00	2,609	14
Bulls	—	—	1,718	131.87/cwt	129.50–135.00	2,266	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	85.65/cwt	81.00–90.00	919	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	109.45/cwt	103.00–120.00	1,122	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	751	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,878	6
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	505	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,050	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	798	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,676	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	103.01/cwt	96.00–114.00	1,094	3
Heifers	Choice	—	1,347	186.05/cwt	183.00–187.50	2,506	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	235.25/cwt	235.25–235.25	1,583	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,316	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	242.40/cwt	240.50–242.75	2,019	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	371.13/cwt	357.50–384.00	1,588	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	283.90/cwt	269.00–289.00	1,899	82
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	364.46/cwt	344.00–373.00	1,374	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	794	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	1,820	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	298.38/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,262	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	306.00/cwt	301.00–317.50	1,148	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	277.07/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,419	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	252.75/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,744	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	272.15/cwt	267.00–279.00	1,562	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	276	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,035	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	225.87/cwt	221.75–227.75	1,728	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	255.91/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,576	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	253.65/cwt	250.50–257.00	1,507	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	246.01/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,683	20

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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