Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2019-04-22

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Apr 22
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,716 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 1,685▲ 1,716 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 180▲ 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers weighing 450-700 lbs sold steady to firm with yearlings steers over 850 lbs trading with a higher undertone with no recent test. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold firm to 5.00 higher, with 500-725 lb heifers trading steady to firm. Demand was good on feeders going to grass weighing mostly 400-700 lbs with a nice offering of five pot loads of big yearlings selling with good demand as well. Slaughter cows on a good offering sold mostly 3.00-6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.91/cwt on 751 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −82.37 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$160.91
751 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$319
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$44.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.77
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538169.49912205
Medium and Large 1703163.151,147443
Medium and Large 2657144.1494638
Large 11,065129.601,38050
Large 1-2987124.641,23015thin
One grade step is worth $44.85/cwt here — about −$319 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale751 hd
160.91
—
MO average19 barns · 11,556 hd
166.69
−5.77
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−82.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

11 sales
272249226203median 243.2804/0604/2706/0808/0308/31
Steers 0–100 lb: high $258.28, low $216.82, median $243.28 across 11 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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
Bulls—Average1,61881.671,3218thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49760.3390316
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27257.0072558
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01950.9051949
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceLow1,34378.071,0489thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceHigh1,130129.661,46512

Every lot

61 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2315198.45/cwt194.00–202.0062514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2367189.25/cwt188.00–190.0069520
Steers—Medium and Large 1391211.00/cwt211.00–211.008254
Steers—Medium and Large 1442188.34/cwt188.00–190.008326
Steers—Medium and Large 1465191.28/cwt188.00–194.5088936
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471182.58/cwt180.00–187.5086040
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488163.50/cwt163.50–163.507985
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed506200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,0155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515172.98/cwt165.50–175.0089122
Steers—Medium and Large 1528186.97/cwt183.00–191.5098744
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2562160.07/cwt157.25–163.0090020
Steers—Medium and Large 2573152.00/cwt152.00–152.008715
Steers—Medium and Large 1575177.40/cwt172.00–183.501,02070
Steers—Medium and Large 1614171.31/cwt168.00–175.001,05240
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620159.66/cwt157.00–167.0099031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned624143.50/cwt143.50–143.508955
Steers—Medium and Large 2631135.35/cwt135.00–135.5085410
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy635152.00/cwt152.00–152.009654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656156.11/cwt156.00–157.001,02427
Steers—Medium and Large 1680162.13/cwt161.00–169.501,10267
Steers—Medium and Large 2686146.25/cwt146.25–146.251,00323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710150.83/cwt144.75–153.001,07117
Steers—Medium and Large 1876142.75/cwt142.00–143.501,250116
Steers—Medium and Large 1960136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,30855
Steers—Large 1-2987124.64/cwt121.75–130.501,23015
Steers—Large 11,065129.60/cwt129.60–129.601,38050
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326164.67/cwt159.00–167.005378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328176.00/cwt176.00–176.005773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372173.04/cwt172.00–177.0064421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2383162.07/cwt159.00–166.0062110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed408166.00/cwt166.00–166.006773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419156.80/cwt156.00–159.0065711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425165.97/cwt159.00–170.0070531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462166.91/cwt163.00–170.0077158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474152.52/cwt149.00–159.0072338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524154.96/cwt150.50–161.5081259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy530149.42/cwt149.00–149.5079212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566147.71/cwt146.50–150.0083618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571144.44/cwt143.50–145.5082512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2601142.55/cwt142.25–143.008575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613152.26/cwt151.00–154.5093319
Heifers—Medium and Large 2625134.50/cwt134.50–134.508413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy628133.75/cwt133.75–133.758404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677143.08/cwt142.50–144.5096924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678133.04/cwt130.25–136.509029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,03874
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535151.27/cwt149.00–152.5080912
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2592147.24/cwt145.50–149.008726
Bulls—Medium and Large 1734131.50/cwt131.50–131.5096511
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,130129.66/cwt129.00–130.001,46512
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53880.84/cwt78.00–84.001,2437
Bulls——2,17587.50/cwt87.50–87.501,9031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00351.08/cwt46.00–55.0051222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02943.02/cwt39.50–45.0044314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03559.07/cwt56.00–63.5061113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26856.17/cwt52.00–60.0071234
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27463.12/cwt60.00–68.0080416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28348.26/cwt46.00–50.006198
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47357.48/cwt55.00–60.0084710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53665.08/cwt62.50–69.001,0006
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,34378.07/cwt77.00–79.501,0489

This sale against other markets

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.