Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2020-07-20

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jul 20
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
978 head
▼ 1,896 vs last sale 2,874▲ 150 vs year ago 828 · +18.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 103 vs last sale 197▲ 39 vs year ago 55 · +70.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter test this week, with 5 weight steers on a light test selling mostly steady, a light test of 600-650 lb steers sold steady to spots 2.00 higher, with a part load of 665 lb steers trading mostly 5.00 lower, two pot loads of 840 lb steers sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady to firm on comparable sales and weights. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.54/cwt on 374 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −96.74 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$146.54
374 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,002
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$66
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$36.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.89
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2619148.5392070
Medium and Large 1717147.381,057268
Medium and Large 2521139.4072632
Large 1-2880112.009864thin
One grade step is worth $36.53/cwt here — about −$66 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 sale374 hd
146.54
—
MO average15 barns · 7,497 hd
144.65
+1.89
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−96.74
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—Average1,67191.311,5268thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,77565.001,1541thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45564.4893814
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25562.9979132
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03859.9662222

Every lot

51 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1380186.16/cwt185.00–188.007075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385174.00/cwt174.00–174.006703
Steers—Medium and Large 2427152.50/cwt152.50–152.506516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469166.38/cwt164.00–169.0078012
Steers—Medium and Large 2476143.00/cwt143.00–143.006817
Steers—Medium and Large 1486173.20/cwt169.00–175.5084213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2509162.00/cwt162.00–162.008254
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned514152.50/cwt152.50–152.507845
Steers—Medium and Large 1542170.20/cwt168.00–175.0092223
Steers—Medium and Large 2567133.93/cwt130.00–137.5075919
Steers—Medium and Large 1571163.00/cwt163.00–163.009314
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584152.23/cwt143.00–155.5088916
Steers—Medium and Large 1626158.54/cwt155.50–160.0099226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630146.50/cwt143.00–149.0092311
Steers—Medium and Large 1665145.00/cwt145.00–145.0096465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683137.00/cwt137.00–137.009363
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740136.00/cwt132.50–137.751,00612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,0215
Steers—Medium and Large 1841137.85/cwt136.85–138.851,159120
Steers—Large 1-2880112.00/cwt112.00–112.009864
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2884117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0344
Steers—Medium and Large 1898128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,1527
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2312139.00/cwt139.00–139.004343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2343158.89/cwt156.00–163.005459
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361161.38/cwt159.00–163.005835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434155.83/cwt154.00–157.506769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480146.62/cwt146.00–149.0070414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2495138.50/cwt138.00–139.006866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514147.21/cwt144.00–151.0075721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518134.30/cwt129.50–136.0069626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570138.00/cwt137.00–138.5078720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2593130.55/cwt128.00–135.5077418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624129.51/cwt126.00–131.5080815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2661115.75/cwt115.75–115.757657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675122.90/cwt120.25–124.7583010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679137.25/cwt137.25–137.2593278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716135.50/cwt135.50–135.5097073
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730114.75/cwt114.75–114.758384
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2410173.00/cwt173.00–173.007094
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477151.00/cwt151.00–151.007203
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,67191.31/cwt86.00–95.001,5268
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99155.64/cwt52.50–59.005519
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06864.28/cwt63.00–66.0068712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09047.00/cwt47.00–47.005121
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24561.00/cwt58.00–63.0075914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25766.56/cwt64.00–69.0083716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31348.29/cwt45.00–51.506342
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45365.72/cwt64.00–71.0095510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46161.37/cwt60.00–63.008974
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,77565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1541

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.