Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold mostly 10.00-15.00 higher, 500-600 lbs steers traded firm to 5.00 higher with 600-700 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on a much larger offering with 650-700 lbs mostly yearlings and a pot load of 968 lb steers traded near 2.00 lower than last week's pot load of black steers. Feeder heifers weighing 400-550 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher, with 550-600 lbs on a light test selling steady to firm and a pot load of Fancy heifers weighing 630 lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone. Demand was good to very good on a moderate offering with the market very active on a good quality offering of steer calves weighing under 650 lbs and heifer calves weighing under 550 lbs. Several stick out sales included a pot load of fancy black heifers weighing 630 lbs at 284.25, 62 head of blk heifers weighing 536 lbs at 315.00, 92 steers weighing 578 lbs 324.00, 25 steers weighing 466 lbs 380.00. Slaughter cows sold firm to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $325.15/cwt on 465 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −163.29 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$325.15

465 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,809

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$211

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

$37.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.69

vs MO average

+16.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	327.94	1,825	430
Medium and Large 1-2	555	290.87	1,614	35

One grade step is worth $37.07/cwt here — about $211 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale465 hd

325.15

—

MO average15 barns · 2,618 hd

314.45

+10.69

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

+16.54

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−163.29

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	—	Low	1,749	152.24	2,663	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,751	132.04	2,312	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,475	126.45	1,865	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,234	119.99	1,481	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,036	107.54	1,114	41

Every lot, as filed

77 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,264	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,904	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	485	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,345	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	328.57/cwt	327.50–330.00	1,071	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,452	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,462	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	238.15/cwt	232.50–249.00	1,610	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	254.61/cwt	247.00–260.00	1,586	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	288.42/cwt	282.50–294.00	1,915	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	248.47/cwt	243.00–255.00	1,777	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,736	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	320.11/cwt	307.00–325.50	1,850	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	679	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	336.30/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,779	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	291.42/cwt	283.00–307.00	1,512	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	410.09/cwt	397.50–422.50	1,386	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	384.38/cwt	374.00–390.00	1,607	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	220.75/cwt	220.75–220.75	2,137	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	363.97/cwt	339.00–382.50	1,729	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	267.08/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,934	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	256.56/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,716	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	589	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,526	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	314.20/cwt	306.00–322.00	1,486	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	306.73/cwt	292.50–313.50	1,920	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	394.79/cwt	377.50–410.00	1,473	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	678	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	329.59/cwt	312.50–343.00	1,361	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	360.35/cwt	346.00–379.00	1,348	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	370.24/cwt	356.00–377.00	1,237	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,123	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	537	276.14/cwt	268.00–279.50	1,483	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	91.19/cwt	86.00–102.00	946	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	108.96/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,120	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,489	128.89/cwt	124.00–136.00	1,919	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	109.98/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,551	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,441	122.01/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,758	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,245	110.76/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,379	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,254	127.11/cwt	123.00–135.00	1,594	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,751	132.04/cwt	128.00–141.00	2,312	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,062	77.82/cwt	72.00–81.00	826	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	118.34/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,228	17
Bulls	—	—	2,030	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	2,862	1
Bulls	—	—	2,040	157.89/cwt	157.00–159.00	3,221	2
Steers	Large 1	900–950	940	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,880	5
Steers	Large 1	700–750	714	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,878	24
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	826	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,602	10
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	652	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,669	14
Bulls	—	—	1,626	152.23/cwt	146.00–157.00	2,475	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,214	118.15/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,434	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	508	361.37/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,836	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	411	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,685	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	562	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,343	10
Steers	Large 2	450–500	459	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,377	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	450	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,278	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	630	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,319	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	256.84/cwt	253.00–261.00	1,495	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	269.55/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,580	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,893	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	630	284.25/cwt	284.25–284.25	1,791	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	536	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,688	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	298.28/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,274	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	307	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,254	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,511	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,144	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	293.08/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,416	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	291.77/cwt	279.00–300.00	1,403	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,575	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,394	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	298.38/cwt	294.00–300.00	1,558	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	633	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,526	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,877	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	287.43/cwt	279.00–301.00	1,638	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	350.37/cwt	337.50–368.00	1,349	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	329.44/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,585	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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