Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold steady, with 600-650 lbs trading mostly steady on a much lighter offering this week, over 650 lbs sold with a higher undertone on few comparable sales from last week. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold steady to firm, with a top quality offering of 600-650 lb heifers not well tested with last week, selling with good weighing conditions all trading with a sharply higher undertone, over 650 lbs were lightly tested. Demand was good on a moderate offering with overall quality very good as feeders and yearlings all sold on and active market. Several stick out sales included pot load 679 lb steers at 293.00, pot load 905 lb steers at 235.00, pot load 578 lb heifers at 298.75, and 5 consignments (total of 153 hd) of 600-635 lb heifers all selling from 285.00-290.75. Slaughter cows sold steady with last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.92/cwt on 396 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −166.52 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$321.92

396 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.41

vs MO average

+11.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	327.95	1,814	313
Medium and Large 1-2	569	299.36	1,703	79
Large 1	598	295.50	1,767	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.45/cwt here — about $47 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 sale396 hd

321.92

—

MO average14 barns · 3,274 hd

314.51

+7.41

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

+11.15

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−166.52

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	1,676	153.33	2,569	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,689	141.23	2,385	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,453	137.24	1,994	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,229	128.04	1,573	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,017	114.72	1,167	30
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	185.50	2,347	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,191	180.53	2,150	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,515	190.00	2,879	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,263	185.27	2,340	9thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,704	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	333.79/cwt	328.00–340.00	1,435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,354	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,852	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,519	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,457	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	651	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	1,963	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,449	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,127	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	220.35/cwt	220.35–220.35	2,153	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,957	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	326.26/cwt	309.00–335.00	1,853	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,923	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	325.92/cwt	314.00–333.00	1,587	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	330.79/cwt	315.00–344.00	1,747	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	306.44/cwt	295.00–310.50	1,915	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	331.02/cwt	315.00–342.50	1,404	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,754	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	718	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,075	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	332.01/cwt	330.00–336.00	1,112	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	362.29/cwt	344.00–377.50	1,525	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	301.94/cwt	289.00–312.75	1,579	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	281.64/cwt	274.00–293.00	1,591	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	342.77/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,104	7
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	538	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,458	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	370.54/cwt	354.00–395.00	1,412	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	335.69/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,208	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	312.87/cwt	303.00–325.00	1,445	77
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	114.29/cwt	108.00–119.00	1,386	9
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,689	141.23/cwt	138.00–144.00	2,385	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	74.88/cwt	70.00–81.00	717	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,237	135.95/cwt	131.00–144.00	1,682	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	127.02/cwt	121.00–135.00	1,297	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	137.88/cwt	133.00–145.00	1,998	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,225	124.20/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,521	11
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,515	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,879	1
Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	2,347	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,263	185.27/cwt	183.00–186.50	2,340	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	129.55/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,943	2
Bulls	—	—	1,480	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,072	1
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,191	180.53/cwt	178.00–182.50	2,150	13
Bulls	—	—	1,798	156.42/cwt	153.00–160.00	2,812	8
Bulls	—	—	1,480	150.49/cwt	150.00–151.00	2,227	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	90.28/cwt	89.00–91.00	924	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,021	113.93/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,163	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	357.29/cwt	343.00–369.00	1,679	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	294.37/cwt	294.00–295.00	1,807	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	286.50/cwt	276.00–290.75	1,751	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	578	298.75/cwt	298.75–298.75	1,727	93
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	443	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,227	4
Steers	Large 1	550–600	598	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,767	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,356	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,570	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	293.28/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,431	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	261.78/cwt	253.00–264.00	1,466	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	397.42/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,359	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	289.41/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,971	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	297.78/cwt	291.00–309.00	1,715	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	613	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,667	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	248.58/cwt	244.00–250.50	1,690	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,247	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	276.70/cwt	269.00–286.50	1,467	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	286.49/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,779	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	303.95/cwt	301.00–306.00	1,340	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	306.68/cwt	304.00–309.00	1,644	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,767	5

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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