Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2019-12-02

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Dec 2
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,171 head
▲ 749 vs last sale 1,422▲ 2,171 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 160▲ 170 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Monday's offering included many good quality calves that were long time weaned weighing 400-650 lbs had few good comparisons with last week's auction, a light test of 400-450 lb steer calves sold 6.00-8.00 higher, 5 weight steers on a few comparable sales sold firm to 5.00 higher and steers over 600 lbs were not well tested with last week. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher on a light test, with 5 weight heifers mostly 2.00-5.00 higher on comparable sales and heifers over 600 lb sold steady to firm. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.60/cwt on 952 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −91.68 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$151.60
952 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$283
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$41.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.87
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1612156.48958623
Medium and Large 1-2631147.41930223
Medium and Large 2637132.8884799
Medium and Large 2-3587115.006757thin
One grade step is worth $41.48/cwt here — about $283 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 sale952 hd
151.60
—
MO average11 barns · 7,137 hd
146.73
+4.87
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−91.68
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—Low1,62077.621,25715
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,66373.601,2246thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50157.0785725
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28153.7468843
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03944.8446633
HeifersChoiceAverage1,182112.501,3303thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,388113.441,5755thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,206109.001,3155thin

Every lot

73 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1363183.39/cwt183.00–184.006665
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378179.00/cwt179.00–179.006774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed413178.00/cwt178.00–178.007354
Steers—Medium and Large 2419139.00/cwt139.00–139.005824
Steers—Medium and Large 1436185.80/cwt179.00–190.0081030
Steers—Medium and Large 1467172.69/cwt169.00–181.0080629
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483158.60/cwt155.00–164.0076622
Steers—Medium and Large 2497141.00/cwt141.00–141.007013
Steers—Medium and Large 2504142.50/cwt142.50–142.507188
Steers—Medium and Large 1524165.82/cwt162.00–173.50869145
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527158.47/cwt155.00–161.5083535
Steers—Medium and Large 2570132.38/cwt129.00–137.0075512
Steers—Medium and Large 1571156.49/cwt152.00–159.5089486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583145.93/cwt143.00–148.5085123
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3587115.00/cwt115.00–115.006757
Steers—Medium and Large 2607129.12/cwt128.00–130.007849
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621143.06/cwt138.00–145.0088823
Steers—Medium and Large 1626147.79/cwt145.00–150.75925150
Steers—Medium and Large 2657134.75/cwt134.75–134.7588552
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663139.68/cwt136.25–143.0092618
Steers—Medium and Large 1685149.84/cwt147.00–151.501,026104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy705138.00/cwt138.00–138.0097331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720144.65/cwt141.00–145.001,04145
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2797146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1646
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy797145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1566
Steers—Medium and Large 1811147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1928
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy818132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,08012
Steers—Medium and Large 2855116.25/cwt116.25–116.2599411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy860144.85/cwt144.85–144.851,24660
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2308144.00/cwt144.00–144.004444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2342139.00/cwt139.00–139.004753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367147.86/cwt144.00–150.0054315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427142.60/cwt137.00–145.0060918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435153.53/cwt147.00–157.0066833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed438148.50/cwt148.50–148.506506
Heifers—Medium and Large 2462131.00/cwt131.00–131.006053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468138.13/cwt134.00–142.0064622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1489150.21/cwt146.00–152.5073571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed506151.17/cwt149.00–153.5076520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527141.93/cwt138.50–145.0074850
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2540134.33/cwt131.00–136.5072521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1556140.63/cwt135.50–142.0078236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562134.65/cwt132.50–135.2575765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607138.64/cwt135.50–140.0084274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy612129.27/cwt124.50–133.007917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy613124.00/cwt124.00–124.007603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617133.38/cwt132.00–135.0082311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658120.00/cwt120.00–120.007905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660142.57/cwt142.00–143.5094156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675130.00/cwt130.00–130.0087812
Heifers—Medium 1Fleshy684128.50/cwt128.50–128.5087913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2742132.50/cwt132.50–132.509837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,03864
Heifers—Medium and Large 2824123.25/cwt123.25–123.251,0169
Heifers—Large 1-2863121.25/cwt121.25–121.251,0468
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2385165.00/cwt165.00–165.006354
Bulls—Medium and Large 1427178.00/cwt178.00–178.007603
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,206109.00/cwt106.00–110.501,3155
Steers—Choice1,388113.44/cwt112.50–114.001,5755
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,182112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,3303
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59272.45/cwt66.50–75.001,1536
Bulls——1,63881.06/cwt77.00–86.501,3289
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96631.10/cwt27.50–34.003004
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01240.88/cwt37.00–45.0041413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07557.79/cwt55.50–60.006212
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07950.60/cwt46.50–54.5054614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26561.80/cwt61.00–63.507823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27548.37/cwt45.00–51.0061711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28554.95/cwt52.00–58.0070629
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48348.56/cwt47.00–50.507204
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49556.06/cwt54.00–59.0083813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51962.98/cwt60.00–68.009578
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,66373.60/cwt70.50–77.001,2246

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.