Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2024-08-05

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 5
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
243 head
770 vs last sale 1,013 1,101 vs year ago 1,344 · 81.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
48 head
182 vs last sale 230 82 vs year ago 130 · 63.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Monday's auction had very light receipts with no comparison with mostly singles and small packages, with undertone lower. High temperatures and humidity along with Stock market down over a 1000 points at this time, affecting CME Cattle futures sharply lower with Live Cattle down on the three front months 2.55.-3.95 and Feeder Cattle front three months down 5.65-7.35. Slaughter cows on a light test sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.27/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits 178.68 against this barn's trailing median of $437.95.
Average price
$259.27
20 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,442
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.81
vs MO average
+14.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556259.271,44220
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
497449400352median 437.9501/0503/0204/2006/1508/10
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $483.04, low $365.59, median $437.95 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 sale20 hd
259.27
MO average11 barns · 742 hd
263.08
−3.81
National average152 barns · 6,273 hd
245.07
+14.20
This barn, trailing median29 sales
437.95
−178.68
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,680172.892,90411
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,262149.461,8863thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,489148.932,2189thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,024113.971,1674thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,005124.93/cwt120.00–130.001,2562
CowsBoner 80-85%1,262149.46/cwt146.00–155.001,8863
Bulls1,961178.42/cwt173.00–183.003,4995
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,508151.93/cwt145.00–159.002,2916
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,452142.94/cwt137.00–147.002,0753
CowsLean 85-90%1,043103.01/cwt101.00–105.001,0742
BullsMedium and Large 1-2250–300298333.00/cwt333.00–333.009923
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned400–450412268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1043
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700677269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,82114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550527308.11/cwt294.00–317.001,6249
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500488255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578262.20/cwt257.00–265.001,51614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400368298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,0973
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600565303.95/cwt300.00–308.001,71712
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550505252.43/cwt245.00–260.001,2756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800758248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,8803
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600555296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,6434
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,2162
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400363262.00/cwt262.00–262.009513
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550504267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,3464
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650614259.89/cwt256.00–268.001,59614
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650602266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,6015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,5713
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600550220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,21011
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650610270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6473
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466269.95/cwt265.00–272.001,25810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350314308.00/cwt308.00–308.009677
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500479304.74/cwt303.00–306.001,4607
Bulls1,445168.29/cwt164.00–175.002,4326
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350340312.00/cwt312.00–312.001,0613
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400365310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1323
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600563263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,4813
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750722239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,7263
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700688245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,6896

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.