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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2020-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jan 20

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← Jan 13Jan 20Jan 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,957 head

▲ 659 vs last sale 1,298▲ 1,957 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 88▲ 70 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 400-550 lbs sold steady to firm, with 550-750 lbs selling firm to spots 2.00-3.00 higher, over 750 lbs not well tested. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold mostly steady, with 600-650 lbs selling steady to 2.00 lower, over 650 lbs were not well tested with several large groups and two pot loads selling with a weak to lower undertone. Slaughter cows on a light test sold steady to firm. Demand was good on steers with moderate to good demand on the heifers. There was and active market on the steers with a good offering of good quality steers weighing 400-750 lbs.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.62/cwt on 747 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −110.19 against this barn's trailing median of $252.81.

Average price

$142.62

747 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$859

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$18.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.54

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	607	144.31	875	525
Medium and Large 1-2	595	139.16	828	213
Medium and Large 2	517	126.29	653	9thin

One grade step is worth $18.02/cwt here — about $222 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 sale747 hd

142.62

—

MO average18 barns · 8,665 hd

139.08

+3.54

This barn, trailing median7 sales

252.81

−110.19

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

7 sales

Heifers 0–100 lb: high $257.10, low $235.76, median $252.81 across 7 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,664	75.45	1,255	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,733	68.99	1,196	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,505	61.96	932	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	53.72	663	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,013	45.70	463	12
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,168	119.91	1,401	12
Steers	Select	Average	1,263	111.02	1,402	13

Every lot

54 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	188.34/cwt	181.00–190.00	814	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	173.90/cwt	170.00–175.00	753	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	179.78/cwt	177.00–186.00	841	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	168.39/cwt	165.00–175.00	807	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	507	185.02/cwt	184.50–186.00	938	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	166.66/cwt	164.00–169.00	877	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	175.04/cwt	168.50–181.50	928	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	162.74/cwt	158.00–170.00	923	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	154.04/cwt	152.00–156.00	880	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	156.07/cwt	152.00–159.25	965	145
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	147.37/cwt	144.00–151.00	927	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	659	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	827	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	141.01/cwt	135.00–143.75	936	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	149.46/cwt	146.00–154.00	1,016	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	706	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	988	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	707	140.04/cwt	136.50–145.00	990	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	710	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	953	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	148.75/cwt	145.25–152.50	1,072	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	142.07/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,067	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	1,301	57
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	476	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	148.98/cwt	146.00–153.00	563	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	149.54/cwt	146.00–152.00	615	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	156.53/cwt	155.00–159.00	693	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	144.97/cwt	140.00–147.50	678	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	132.92/cwt	130.00–137.00	629	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	156.33/cwt	153.75–160.00	755	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	147.12/cwt	144.00–150.00	764	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	140.39/cwt	134.00–143.00	733	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	137.72/cwt	132.50–141.00	774	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	146.50/cwt	142.00–148.50	835	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	676	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	130.87/cwt	130.00–131.50	823	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	139.89/cwt	139.50–141.50	888	81
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	138.37/cwt	138.00–139.00	913	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	668	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	835	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	140.07/cwt	130.00–140.75	965	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	137.62/cwt	136.00–141.00	998	157
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	919	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,098	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	535	4
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,168	119.91/cwt	119.00–122.00	1,401	12
Steers	—	Select	1,246	114.16/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,422	8
Steers	—	Select	1,290	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,367	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,572	72.22/cwt	67.50–75.00	1,135	6
Bulls	—	—	1,755	78.67/cwt	76.50–83.50	1,381	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	930	39.57/cwt	38.50–42.00	368	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,054	48.76/cwt	45.00–53.00	514	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	47.33/cwt	45.50–49.50	571	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	54.70/cwt	51.00–57.50	677	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	58.98/cwt	58.50–59.50	745	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,405	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	773	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	63.70/cwt	60.00–66.50	975	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,733	68.99/cwt	68.00–70.00	1,196	2

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Callaway Livestock Center - Kingdom City, MO

Mon Jan 20, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,957Last week 1,298Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 88Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	433	170.00–175.00	173.90
6	—	479	165.00–175.00	168.39
19	—	707	136.50–145.00	140.04
18	—	571	152.00–156.00	154.04
36	—	629	144.00–151.00	147.37
14	—	664	135.00–143.75	141.01
14	—	526	164.00–169.00	166.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	659	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	618	152.00–159.25	156.07
110	—	530	168.50–181.50	175.04
76	—	721	145.25–152.50	148.75
57	—	908	143.25	143.25
56	—	567	158.00–170.00	162.74
42	—	468	177.00–186.00	179.78
36	—	432	181.00–190.00	188.34
35	—	680	146.00–154.00	149.46
15	—	751	141.00–143.00	142.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	706	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	710	134.25	134.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	507	184.50–186.00	185.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	345	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	668	125.00	125.00
8	—	615	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	660	138.00–139.00	138.37
62	—	483	153.75–160.00	156.33
59	—	519	144.00–150.00	147.12
31	—	443	155.00–159.00	156.53
157	—	725	136.00–141.00	137.62
113	—	570	142.00–148.50	146.50
81	—	635	139.50–141.50	139.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	573	118.00	118.00
5	—	473	130.00–137.00	132.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	689	130.00–140.75	140.07
23	—	562	132.50–141.00	137.72
18	—	378	146.00–153.00	148.98
13	—	468	140.00–147.50	144.97
13	—	411	146.00–152.00	149.54
7	—	629	130.00–131.50	130.87
4	—	919	119.50	119.50
3	—	333	143.00	143.00
21	—	522	134.00–143.00	140.39

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,290	106.00	106.00
8	—	1,246	112.00–115.00	114.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,168	119.00–122.00	119.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,238	51.00–57.50	54.70
4	—	1,206	45.50–49.50	47.33
3	—	1,263	58.50–59.50	58.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,733	68.00–70.00	68.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,054	45.00–53.00	48.76
4	—	930	38.50–42.00	39.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,530	60.00–66.50	63.70
1	—	1,405	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,755	76.50–83.50	78.67
6	—	1,572	67.50–75.00	72.22

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.