Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2019-09-30

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Sep 30
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,702 head
▲ 911 vs last sale 791▲ 1,702 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 90▲ 80 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the best test on feeder steers weighed 600-750 lbs and sold firm to 3.00 higher, with steers under 550 lbs and a good quality offering of yearling steers weighing over 800 lbs all selling with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 500-700 lbs on a few comparable sales sold mostly steady, with a light test of 4 weight heifers and 700-750 lb heifers selling with a higher undertone. Demand was moderate to good,with supply moderate. A nice offering of good quality 800-900 lb steers sold in several pot load offerings along with a pot load of 735 lb steers all sold with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.93/cwt on 882 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −90.35 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$152.93
882 head · 710 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,086
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$23.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.27
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1737154.121,136655
Medium and Large 1-2633151.37957198
Medium and Large 2589137.6381125
Large 1-2856130.751,1194thin
One grade step is worth $23.37/cwt here — about $17 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 sale882 hd
152.93
—
MO average15 barns · 9,778 hd
146.66
+6.27
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−90.35
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—Average1,67088.171,4738thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45858.5385315
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29256.5973125
CowsLean 85-90%High1,07452.5056425

Every lot

67 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345184.00/cwt184.00–184.006354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2386182.44/cwt180.00–186.0070413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2402172.00/cwt172.00–172.006913
Steers—Medium and Large 1440188.37/cwt185.00–189.0082912
Steers—Medium and Large 2466146.41/cwt144.00–151.006829
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470169.97/cwt169.00–171.007996
Steers—Medium and Large 1471182.94/cwt180.00–189.0086228
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned471160.00/cwt160.00–160.0075411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy477194.00/cwt194.00–194.009256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526164.59/cwt163.00–166.008669
Steers—Medium and Large 1532174.83/cwt170.00–177.0093034
Steers—Medium and Large 1568166.78/cwt163.50–169.5094723
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy570174.50/cwt174.50–174.5099521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583151.03/cwt150.00–154.0088111
Steers—Medium and Large 2587138.13/cwt137.00–138.508118
Steers—Medium and Large 1615162.85/cwt158.50–165.001,0029
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625147.06/cwt144.00–152.0091938
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2659147.45/cwt145.00–151.0097211
Steers—Medium and Large 1664157.65/cwt155.00–158.751,047113
Steers—Medium and Large 2698130.00/cwt130.00–130.009074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2703148.21/cwt148.00–148.251,04278
Steers—Medium and Large 1734158.15/cwt154.50–158.501,16190
Steers—Medium and Large 1755147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,11625
Steers—Medium and Large 2761124.50/cwt124.50–124.509474
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2831126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,0497
Steers—Medium and Large 1838146.84/cwt146.75–147.001,231185
Steers—Large 1-2856130.75/cwt130.75–130.751,1194
Steers—Medium and Large 1870134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,16623
Steers—Medium and Large 1901138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,24858
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy919123.84/cwt123.75–124.001,13828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy977110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0757
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1331169.00/cwt169.00–169.005594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1358171.00/cwt171.00–171.006123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393154.00/cwt154.00–154.006056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431143.12/cwt140.00–145.0061726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1437151.44/cwt149.00–156.5066219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476136.93/cwt132.00–140.0065222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1491149.50/cwt149.50–149.5073416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500156.50/cwt156.50–156.507836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523140.88/cwt135.00–144.5073740
Heifers—Medium and Large 2532126.20/cwt125.00–129.0067111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577150.00/cwt150.00–150.0086611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579140.56/cwt139.25–145.0081422
Heifers—Medium and Large 1604143.00/cwt143.00–143.0086418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625137.16/cwt134.25–142.5085743
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2665130.91/cwt129.00–135.0087118
Heifers—Medium and Large 2671125.00/cwt125.00–125.008394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675139.24/cwt136.50–142.0094029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718143.87/cwt141.50–145.001,03323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1754135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,02013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2800122.50/cwt122.50–122.509804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2908113.75/cwt113.75–113.751,0338
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463171.00/cwt171.00–171.007924
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2484143.82/cwt141.00–148.006969
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2531140.76/cwt139.00–147.0074713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605132.00/cwt132.00–132.007993
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1481
Bulls——1,70489.34/cwt84.50–94.001,5227
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04860.32/cwt59.00–62.506325
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06455.24/cwt49.50–58.5058811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10244.82/cwt41.50–49.004949
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24849.82/cwt47.00–52.006224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28156.54/cwt54.00–59.5072416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36362.15/cwt60.00–64.008475
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43964.53/cwt61.00–66.009295
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45749.44/cwt48.00–52.507203
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47158.13/cwt55.00–60.008557

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.