Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Few true comparisons with last week's light run due to the hot weather. Feeders sold with a lower undertone from previous sale and slaughter cattle sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.24/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −175.20 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$313.24

97 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$18.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.40

vs MO average

+32.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	315.18	1,789	87
Medium and Large 1-2	570	296.40	1,688	10thin

One grade step is worth $18.78/cwt here — about $101 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 sale97 hd

313.24

—

MO average14 barns · 1,196 hd

294.85

+18.40

National average153 barns · 6,707 hd

280.34

+32.90

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−175.20

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	1,819	170.97	3,110	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,476	147.22	2,174	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,157	140.30	1,623	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,020	118.91	1,213	10

Every lot, as filed

54 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	350–400	350	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,155	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	319.79/cwt	309.00–325.00	1,481	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	296.08/cwt	282.00–306.50	1,546	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	1,786	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	261.00/cwt	254.75–267.50	1,639	123
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	905	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,977	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	240.65/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,490	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	472	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	273	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	258.61/cwt	254.50–266.00	1,541	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	310.73/cwt	301.50–314.50	1,818	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	302.17/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,876	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	259.97/cwt	252.50–260.75	1,903	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	325.06/cwt	315.00–332.00	1,720	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,601	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,746	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	260.70/cwt	253.00–275.50	1,783	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	338.98/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,614	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,379	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,203	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	277.86/cwt	265.00–289.50	1,887	95
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	888	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,034	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	255.22/cwt	251.50–256.75	1,988	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	247.25/cwt	247.25–247.25	1,963	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	249.07/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,806	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,680	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,517	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,322	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	511	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,584	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	288	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,132	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	383	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,475	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,911	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	143.71/cwt	136.00–151.00	1,684	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,152	134.50/cwt	130.00–139.00	1,549	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,273	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	117.23/cwt	100.00–130.00	1,205	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,376	142.16/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,956	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,506	149.41/cwt	146.00–154.00	2,250	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,035	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,314	1
Bulls	—	—	1,735	153.08/cwt	140.00–163.00	2,656	3
Bulls	—	—	1,913	181.02/cwt	178.00–183.00	3,463	5
Bulls	—	—	1,788	171.46/cwt	163.00–181.00	3,066	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	359	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,167	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	406	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,311	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,617	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	276.76/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,605	47

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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