Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700 lbs sold steady to firm, spots 2.00 higher on the 6 weight steers with yearling steers over 700 lbs trading 4.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs were lightly tested with 700-750 lb heifers selling with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply with best demand on the top quality pot loads of yearling steers over 700 lbs. There was 7 pot loads of top quality 860-987 lb steers with 3 pot loads weighing 860-898 lbs at 241.60-243.75, 2 pot loads weighing 909-938 lbs both at 235.75, and 112 head weighing 987 lbs selling at 231.10. Good demand for these big yearling steers remains very good with a bumper corn crop on the horizon is helping to support the market. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.38/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −200.06 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$288.38

136 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$37.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.50

vs MO average

+21.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	297.47	1,670	77
Medium and Large 1-2	582	277.39	1,616	56
Medium and Large 2	598	260.00	1,555	3thin

One grade step is worth $37.47/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale136 hd

288.38

—

MO average16 barns · 2,066 hd

271.88

+16.50

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+21.74

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−200.06

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	1,631	154.30	2,517	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,491	135.56	2,021	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,216	129.56	1,575	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,030	118.40	1,219	23
Steers	Select	Average	1,055	173.61	1,832	5thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,344	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,235	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,209	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,463	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,282	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,672	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	255.28/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,353	14
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	929	224.25/cwt	224.25–224.25	2,083	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	2,176	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	231.10/cwt	231.10–231.10	2,281	112
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	254.36/cwt	248.00–259.50	1,577	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	280.22/cwt	270.00–283.50	1,886	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	298.42/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,453	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,837	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,251	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	257.92/cwt	249.50–265.50	1,973	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	293.39/cwt	284.00–301.00	1,787	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	269.31/cwt	263.50–271.50	1,896	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	307.32/cwt	307.00–307.50	1,620	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	295.83/cwt	287.00–302.00	1,677	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	322.83/cwt	319.00–326.00	1,530	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	243.01/cwt	241.60–243.75	2,121	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,297	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	276.68/cwt	268.00–283.00	1,624	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	272.14/cwt	268.00–276.50	1,720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	301.44/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,278	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,633	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	140.49/cwt	137.00–144.00	2,140	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,482	133.92/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,985	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	138.21/cwt	137.00–141.00	1,643	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,208	134.14/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,620	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	107.64/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,351	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	121.71/cwt	115.00–128.00	1,504	7
Steers	Select	—	1,055	173.61/cwt	173.50–174.00	1,832	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,730	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,080	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	929	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	107.83/cwt	96.00–114.00	1,089	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	134.36/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,401	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	121.03/cwt	119.00–126.00	1,260	4
Bulls	—	—	1,823	160.10/cwt	157.00–165.00	2,919	6
Bulls	—	—	1,503	150.43/cwt	145.00–155.00	2,261	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	258.24/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,469	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	277.27/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,442	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,238	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	207.75/cwt	207.75–207.75	1,922	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,131	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	648	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	267.44/cwt	258.00–274.00	1,292	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	242.41/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,745	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	262.77/cwt	262.00–263.00	1,648	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	251.92/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,673	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,840	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	289.83/cwt	289.00–291.00	1,229	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	961	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,008	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	249.18/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,425	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	282.01/cwt	278.00–287.00	1,210	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	243.02/cwt	240.00–246.00	1,621	6

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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