Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monday's sale featured an 800 head consignment of top quality/reputation home raised calves along with several consignments of pot loads, strings and large groups of top quality calves and yearlings with good weighing conditions as quality ran very deep on Monday's auction as these consignments sold with sharply higher undertones with few comparisons from the sale three weeks ago on the large groups. Comparable sales of 400-550 lb steers sold fully steady to firm, 550-700 lbs sold 5.00-12.00 higher and heifers weighing 400-650 lbs traded 5.00-15.00, spots 20 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate to heavy supply. Stick out sales were numerous with a pot load (100 hd) fancy 520 lb steers at 388.75, pot load 585 lbs steers at 358.00, pot load 606 lb steers at 341.50, pot load 711 lb steers at 306.85 and pot load 840 lb steers at 266.10. Heifer sales included pot load (100 hd) 527 lbs at 329.50, 66 hd for replacement 546 lbs 338.00, pot load 621 lbs at 306.50. Slaughter cows sold on a very active market selling mostly 7.00-13.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.51/cwt on 489 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −138.93 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$349.51

489 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,936

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$477

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

$78.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.55

vs MO average

+46.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	357.53	1,973	395
Medium and Large 1-2	564	317.00	1,786	91
Medium and Large 2	535	279.50	1,495	3thin

One grade step is worth $78.03/cwt here — about $477 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 sale489 hd

349.51

—

MO average5 barns · 1,357 hd

325.96

+23.55

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+46.60

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−138.93

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	1,765	169.92	2,999	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,462	154.26	2,256	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,232	150.26	1,851	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,020	133.07	1,357	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,352	197.59	2,671	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,501	197.86	2,970	22

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	550–600	583	313.00/cwt	302.00–318.50	1,825	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	300.18/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,843	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,620	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,853	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,129	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	264.80/cwt	263.50–266.10	2,222	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	336.76/cwt	326.00–344.00	1,950	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	372.40/cwt	358.00–381.00	1,795	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	312.98/cwt	306.00–318.00	2,103	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	316	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	1,574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	334.21/cwt	317.00–340.00	1,577	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	319.59/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,978	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	301.89/cwt	297.25–306.85	2,177	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	347.69/cwt	334.00–358.00	1,825	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,267	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	396.74/cwt	387.00–420.00	1,520	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	258.73/cwt	256.00–260.50	1,891	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	361.01/cwt	350.00–364.00	1,375	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,324	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	303.46/cwt	296.00–306.50	1,894	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	343.26/cwt	328.00–356.00	1,459	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	369.48/cwt	362.50–380.00	1,604	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	320.26/cwt	300.00–329.75	1,691	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	315.69/cwt	299.00–323.00	1,796	124
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,435	139.82/cwt	136.00–151.00	2,006	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	132.70/cwt	130.50–134.50	1,546	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,243	158.51/cwt	151.00–170.00	1,970	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	145.73/cwt	137.00–149.00	1,795	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	101.83/cwt	95.00–109.00	965	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	126.28/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,310	7
Heifers	Choice	—	1,352	197.59/cwt	194.50–198.50	2,671	16
Steers	Choice	—	1,501	197.86/cwt	196.50–200.00	2,970	22
Bulls	—	—	1,576	165.12/cwt	163.00–168.00	2,602	4
Bulls	—	—	1,700	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	2,244	1
Bulls	—	—	1,856	176.26/cwt	170.00–180.00	3,271	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,022	145.29/cwt	134.00–154.00	1,485	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	546	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,845	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	427	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,550	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	520	388.75/cwt	388.75–388.75	2,022	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	606	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,069	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	585	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,094	90
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	163.09/cwt	155.00–172.00	2,412	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	287.26/cwt	278.00–292.50	1,350	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,458	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,495	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	334.72/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,446	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	298	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,423	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,057	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	268.50/cwt	266.75–269.50	1,759	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	254.91/cwt	254.10–264.00	2,011	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	333.61/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,621	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	274.57/cwt	267.00–281.00	1,719	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	284.76/cwt	277.00–299.00	1,484	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	304.49/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,431	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,386	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	281.66/cwt	263.00–285.00	1,653	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	325.13/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,704	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	275.50/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,989	18

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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