Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a very light offering this week of feeders as the heat and many farmers in the hayfield affected receipts. Steer calves under 550 lbs. on a light test sold steady to firm, with a light offering of 550-620 lb. steers trading with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing from 400-600 lbs. sold mostly steady on a light test of comparable weights and quality. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.20/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −162.23 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$326.20

93 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,790

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$379

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

$83.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.49

vs MO average

+26.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	336.27	1,833	68
Medium and Large 1-2	546	312.78	1,709	16thin
Large 1	598	294.00	1,758	3thin
Medium 2	563	275.00	1,548	3thin
Medium and Large 2	575	253.00	1,455	3thin

One grade step is worth $83.27/cwt here — about $379 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 sale93 hd

326.20

—

MO average14 barns · 2,293 hd

307.71

+18.49

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

+26.94

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−162.23

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	1,772	168.38	2,983	14
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,890	151.94	2,872	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,464	145.31	2,128	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,238	138.09	1,709	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,031	125.27	1,291	33
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,222	194.61	2,378	6thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,343	184.00	2,471	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,305	189.50	2,473	1thin

Every lot, as filed

61 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	450–500	481	292.74/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,408	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	300.53/cwt	298.00–303.00	1,674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	286	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,158	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	243.24/cwt	242.50–244.00	1,768	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	247.23/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,674	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,176	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	306.41/cwt	303.00–314.00	1,327	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,403	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	286.15/cwt	278.00–291.00	1,508	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	290.46/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,830	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	250–300	253	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,227	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	286.32/cwt	283.00–294.00	1,603	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,556	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	271.42/cwt	268.00–281.00	1,563	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	371.06/cwt	349.00–380.00	1,733	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	320.13/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,729	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	320.07/cwt	317.50–322.00	1,367	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	133.45/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,649	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,890	151.94/cwt	150.00–155.00	2,872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,312	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	281.82/cwt	277.00–290.00	1,860	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,471	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	241.43/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,502	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	318.86/cwt	309.00–321.50	1,951	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,434	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	342.16/cwt	334.00–359.00	1,813	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	388.48/cwt	376.00–395.00	1,620	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	327.86/cwt	324.00–333.00	1,859	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,289	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	653	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,508	3
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	442	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,242	3
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	494	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,171	5
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	563	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,548	3
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	360	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,588	15
Bulls	—	—	1,704	164.93/cwt	159.00–170.00	2,810	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	148.30/cwt	142.00–155.00	1,861	19
Bulls	—	—	1,862	172.97/cwt	171.00–176.00	3,221	6
Steers	Large 1	600–650	614	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,787	14
Steers	Large 1	550–600	598	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,758	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	581	273.18/cwt	272.00–276.00	1,587	10
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,343	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,471	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,222	194.61/cwt	191.00–195.50	2,378	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,305	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	2,473	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	150.22/cwt	146.00–157.00	2,202	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,056	137.30/cwt	132.00–143.00	1,450	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	73.91/cwt	62.00–86.00	727	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,026	125.46/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,287	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	134.25/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,960	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	111.19/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,100	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	123.62/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,478	7

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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