Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2020-03-09

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Mar 9
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,818 head
▲ 594 vs last sale 1,224▲ 1,818 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 120▲ 170 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 450-600 lbs and 700-750 lbs sold mostly 10.00-12.00 lower, with 6 weight steers on a light test selling with a lower undertone, 800-850 lb sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 lower on a few comparable sales with last week, with over 600 lbs trading with a lower undertone on few comparisons. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady with last week. Demand was moderate on a moderate offering. Bulk of the feeder cattle were steers weighing 500-850 lbs with overall quality good and several pot loads of yearlings in the offering. The start of a new week wrecked havoc as the Stock Market suffered its worst one day losses on record dropping over 2000 points as coronavirus fears spread and oil prices took a nose dive. CME cattle futures had a free-fall as well with Feeder Cattle futures trading with limit losses all pressuring the feeder cattle market.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.37/cwt on 743 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −98.91 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$144.37
743 head · 665 lb average
Value per head Derived
$960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$178
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$26.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.85
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568150.32854128
Medium and Large 1691143.69993592
Medium 1-2507143.497276thin
Medium 2548123.3667617thin
One grade step is worth $26.96/cwt here — about $178 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 sale743 hd
144.37
—
MO average17 barns · 8,382 hd
151.21
−6.85
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−98.91
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—Average1,68084.201,41525
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48658.2886616
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27156.8672231
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06746.9350152

Every lot

64 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2331179.16/cwt176.00–182.005936
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427172.97/cwt170.00–177.0073915
Steers—Medium and Large 1466172.17/cwt171.50–173.5080218
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489167.46/cwt166.00–168.0081915
Steers—Medium 1-2Fleshy507143.49/cwt143.00–144.007276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520154.15/cwt149.50–160.0080219
Steers—Medium 2523125.00/cwt125.00–125.006546
Steers—Medium and Large 1528168.04/cwt163.00–170.0088760
Steers—Medium 2562122.47/cwt121.00–125.0068811
Steers—Medium and Large 1580152.42/cwt148.00–157.5088494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584144.29/cwt142.00–146.0084317
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed600149.50/cwt149.50–149.508977
Steers—Medium and Large 1616150.53/cwt148.50–153.5092755
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623141.17/cwt139.00–144.0087914
Steers—Medium and Large 1666147.23/cwt144.50–156.0098164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677138.21/cwt134.00–142.0093623
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy693130.00/cwt130.00–130.009013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned722112.50/cwt112.50–112.508125
Steers—Medium and Large 1732139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,02120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy750131.00/cwt131.00–131.009834
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy754130.75/cwt130.75–130.7598670
Steers—Medium and Large 1776132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,03020
Steers—Medium and Large 1811132.23/cwt129.50–135.101,072191
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340160.00/cwt160.00–160.005443
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377145.38/cwt142.00–148.0054817
Heifers—Medium and Large 2391138.43/cwt138.00–139.005417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420150.61/cwt149.00–155.006338
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426137.00/cwt137.00–137.005844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436143.13/cwt141.00–145.0062416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474136.67/cwt134.00–141.0064813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481146.96/cwt144.00–152.0070733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512145.85/cwt142.50–151.0074724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537136.03/cwt133.00–137.5073029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571121.55/cwt116.00–128.006948
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578133.11/cwt132.50–134.0076910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2614129.11/cwt126.00–131.5079313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621134.84/cwt134.50–136.0083722
Heifers—Large 1Thin Fleshed668133.50/cwt133.50–133.5089214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671127.71/cwt126.50–129.008576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686123.25/cwt123.25–123.2584511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1700124.75/cwt124.75–124.7587374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2748118.25/cwt118.25–118.2588522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy753102.50/cwt102.50–102.507724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2758112.66/cwt111.00–114.7585425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2934106.75/cwt106.75–106.759979
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335172.00/cwt172.00–172.005763
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2377161.00/cwt161.00–161.006079
Bulls—Medium and Large 1404179.00/cwt179.00–179.0072313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2413160.92/cwt159.00–162.0066516
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2478148.76/cwt148.00–149.0071113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2510137.47/cwt130.00–142.007019
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59074.02/cwt70.00–77.501,1774
Bulls——1,67785.16/cwt81.00–89.001,42818
Bulls——1,82092.05/cwt91.00–94.001,6753
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00834.94/cwt31.00–37.0035215
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09044.93/cwt41.00–49.5049014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09161.66/cwt59.00–64.506736
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09353.95/cwt50.50–58.0059017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25563.79/cwt61.50–65.508016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26057.04/cwt54.00–60.0071918
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31150.46/cwt45.00–53.506627
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45548.51/cwt46.00–51.007062
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45956.61/cwt54.50–59.008269
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54865.19/cwt63.00–68.501,0095

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.