Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 450-500 lb steers sold mostly 3.00-10.00 higher, with 500-550 lbs selling fully steady to firm, 550-650 lbs sold 4.00-7.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher, with 650-700 lbs selling steady to firm, over 700 lbs sold mostly in pot load lots and traded with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold steady to firm, with 500-600 lbs trading mostly steady to 5.00 higher, spots 10.00 higher on the 500-550 lbs, 600-650 lbs sold fully steady to firm and over 650 lbs were not well tested. Overall quality again this week was very good/attractive offering of steer and heifer calves as quality ran deep weighing 450-650 lbs all sold on and active market as did the pot loads and larger groups of yearlings weighing 700-850 lbs. Several stick out sales included 61 head 602 lb steers at 322.00, 127 head of 721 lb steers at 286.00, three pot loads of 811-848 lb steers selling from 260.00-266.50. Slaughter cows sold steady to 5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $322.68/cwt on 251 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −165.76 against this barn's trailing median of $488.44.

Average price

$322.68

251 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,786

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$590

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$110.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.50

vs MO average

−3.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	332.68	1,831	195
Medium and Large 1-2	559	303.89	1,699	41
Medium and Large 2	589	261.07	1,538	7thin
Large 1-2	579	236.00	1,366	4thin
Medium 2	559	222.00	1,241	4thin

One grade step is worth $110.68/cwt here — about $590 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 sale251 hd

322.68

—

MO average16 barns · 3,774 hd

316.18

+6.50

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−3.95

This barn, trailing median29 sales

488.44

−165.76

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	1,701	152.10	2,587	9thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,679	125.26	2,104	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	123.88	1,815	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,245	118.44	1,475	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,066	101.28	1,080	25
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,264	190.77	2,411	4thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,260	186.00	2,344	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	1,159	180.50	2,092	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,259	182.63	2,299	4thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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	400–450	427	331.11/cwt	315.00–347.00	1,414	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	708	263.65/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,867	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	812	236.49/cwt	234.50–239.00	1,920	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	605	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	352.31/cwt	337.50–370.00	1,497	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	288.07/cwt	286.50–300.00	1,973	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	324.44/cwt	313.00–338.00	1,856	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,444	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	625	293.50/cwt	293.50–293.50	1,834	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,371	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	313.64/cwt	296.00–322.00	1,932	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	385.54/cwt	377.50–392.50	1,507	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	402.12/cwt	387.50–407.50	1,311	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	433.15/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,243	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	263.57/cwt	260.00–266.50	2,172	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,844	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	253.93/cwt	251.50–259.00	1,965	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,092	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	261.07/cwt	260.00–262.50	1,538	7
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	579	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,366	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	265.24/cwt	264.75–265.75	2,077	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	370.11/cwt	345.00–387.50	1,817	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	332.15/cwt	322.00–341.00	1,588	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	304.44/cwt	297.00–309.00	1,604	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	278.79/cwt	262.50–292.00	1,715	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	285.71/cwt	282.00–286.00	2,057	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	338.18/cwt	324.00–355.00	1,813	117
Steers	Large 1	650–700	650	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	303.64/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,743	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	247.58/cwt	247.00–248.00	2,025	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,305	3
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	559	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,727	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	259.88/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,897	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	264.64/cwt	258.00–275.00	1,781	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,401	4
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	608	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	243.36/cwt	240.00–243.50	1,840	76
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	322.28/cwt	313.00–331.00	1,495	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	343.78/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,296	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,720	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,195	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	276.72/cwt	272.00–280.00	1,594	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,278	125.73/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,607	8
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,668	124.21/cwt	119.00–127.00	2,072	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	998	85.96/cwt	80.00–92.00	858	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	110.57/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,176	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,431	121.09/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,733	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	127.09/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,868	23
Heifers	Choice	—	1,264	190.77/cwt	190.50–191.50	2,411	4
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,260	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,344	4
Steers	Select	—	1,259	182.63/cwt	180.00–184.50	2,299	4
Heifers	Select	—	1,159	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	2,092	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	119.40/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,476	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	111.64/cwt	107.00–116.00	1,379	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,538	113.75/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,749	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,730	130.00/cwt	129.00–131.00	2,249	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	99.20/cwt	94.00–105.00	1,102	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	118.49/cwt	118.00–119.00	1,185	2
Bulls	—	—	1,737	154.57/cwt	147.00–159.00	2,685	7
Bulls	—	—	1,573	143.45/cwt	143.00–144.00	2,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	503	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	358.95/cwt	351.00–370.00	1,382	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	266.55/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,671	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	257.96/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,715	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	319.43/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,508	45
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	637	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,688	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	295.85/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,136	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	411	357.09/cwt	355.00–358.00	1,468	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	530	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,415	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	241.78/cwt	235.50–243.50	1,758	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	317.42/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,181	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	294.64/cwt	284.00–301.00	1,441	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,230	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	538	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	231.25/cwt	231.25–231.25	2,241	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	386.08/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,290	18
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	482	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,359	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	283.38/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,734	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	302.96/cwt	289.00–312.00	1,333	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	958	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	274.04/cwt	252.50–281.00	1,562	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	304.42/cwt	294.00–314.00	1,571	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	283.34/cwt	266.00–287.50	1,522	45
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	558	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,465	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	291.85/cwt	280.00–305.50	1,666	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,132	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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