Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-500 lb steer calves sold with a sharply higher undertone on a larger offering than last week, 500-550 lbs sold steady to firm, with 550-600 lbs trading 5.00-8.00 higher, 600-700 lbs steers sold steady to 5.00 higher, with over 700 lbs scarce. Feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs and 550-600 lbs sold steady to firm with 500-550 lbs selling with a steady to higher undertone on last week's light test, and 600-655 lbs traded with a higher undertone on mostly a yearling offering with last week's offering mostly calves, 700-755 lbs sold with a firm undertone on few comparisons. Demand was good on a moderate supply, with the best demand on the good quality offering of 400-650 lb steers that were long timed weaned with shots sold on and active market as did the 600-650 lb heifers. Several stick out sales included 43 head of steers weighing 586 lbs at 311.00 and 33 steers weighing 606 lbs at 301.00. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.71/cwt on 136 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −175.24 against this barn's trailing median of $437.95.

Average price

$262.71

136 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,434

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$223

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

$40.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.13

vs MO average

+4.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	275.69	1,502	84
Medium and Large 1-2	548	243.04	1,332	43
Large 1-2	543	235.50	1,279	9thin

One grade step is worth $40.19/cwt here — about $223 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

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 sale136 hd

262.71

—

MO average17 barns · 2,212 hd

254.58

+8.13

National average194 barns · 18,518 hd

258.39

+4.32

This barn, trailing median29 sales

437.95

−175.24

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	—	High	1,785	156.27	2,790	18
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,707	129.32	2,208	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,453	126.03	1,831	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,251	120.10	1,502	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	106.43	1,075	59
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,281	185.33	2,374	9thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,260	192.00	2,419	2thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,334	183.35	2,446	6thin

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1-2	600–650	632	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,419	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	677	249.69/cwt	249.50–250.00	1,690	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	725	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,834	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	269.43/cwt	268.00–273.00	1,247	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	230.55/cwt	227.50–234.00	1,529	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	272.46/cwt	271.00–276.00	1,188	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	586	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,822	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	297.23/cwt	292.00–303.00	1,709	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	216.50/cwt	216.50–216.50	1,667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	429	251.75/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,080	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,211	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,175	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	265.32/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,786	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	702	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,678	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	638	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	606	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,824	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	295.80/cwt	295.00–296.00	1,491	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,012	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,233	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	252.41/cwt	249.00–255.00	1,580	7
Steers	Large 1	650–700	689	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,660	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	257.76/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,374	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	334.99/cwt	329.00–348.00	1,598	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	595	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,583	5
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	473	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,159	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	339.14/cwt	332.00–343.00	1,448	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	274.40/cwt	264.00–286.00	1,731	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,063	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	446	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	617	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,481	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,511	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	310.55/cwt	295.00–322.50	1,612	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	493	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,459	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	603	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,327	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	435	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,227	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	462	255.87/cwt	249.00–262.50	1,182	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	233.62/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,250	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,680	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,982	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,723	125.47/cwt	123.00–128.00	2,162	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	98.46/cwt	94.00–105.00	1,018	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	113.47/cwt	108.00–119.00	1,138	32
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,706	134.07/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,287	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	115.22/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,649	7
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,334	183.35/cwt	183.00–184.00	2,446	6
Heifers	Choice	—	1,281	185.33/cwt	184.00–186.00	2,374	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	129.70/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,645	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	130.03/cwt	128.00–136.00	1,915	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	110.93/cwt	105.00–116.00	1,394	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	122.10/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,514	34
Steers	Choice	—	1,260	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,419	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,434	125.02/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,793	16
Bulls	—	—	1,754	160.76/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,820	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	121.05/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,214	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	996	85.92/cwt	80.00–91.00	856	8
Bulls	—	—	1,837	156.83/cwt	153.00–159.00	2,881	11
Bulls	—	—	1,578	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,241	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	598	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,555	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	694	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,582	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,334	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	249.65/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,298	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	244.88/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,352	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,359	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	543	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,279	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,083	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	472	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,180	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	455	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,374	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	249.01/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,785	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	279.72/cwt	276.00–290.00	1,326	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	260.68/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,369	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	270.21/cwt	264.00–274.50	1,654	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,832	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	861	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	226.56/cwt	220.00–235.50	1,314	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	421	284.42/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,197	14
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	429	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,047	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,667	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	274.51/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,620	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	277.69/cwt	269.00–284.00	1,441	54

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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