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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2020-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jul 27

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,204 head

▲ 226 vs last sale 978▼ 43 vs year ago 1,247 · −3.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

70 head

▼ 24 vs last sale 94▲ 5 vs year ago 65 · +7.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, light weight steer calves under 450 lbs and 700-750 lb steers sold with a higher undertone on few comparisons, 450-500 lb steers and 650-700 lb steers sold 5.00-6.00 higher, with 500-650 lb steers trading fully steady to firm. Feeder heifer under 500 lbs sold with a firm undertone on a light test, with 500-550 lbs selling steady to firm and 550-600 lbs trading 5.00-7.00 higher, 6 weights on a light test sold with a firm undertone and a pot load of 715 lb heifers off the same consignment and same weight as last week sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows on a light test sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply. A very good quality offering of steers weighing 400-750 lbs and heifers weighing 500-600 lbs and the pot load of 715 heifers all sold on and active market.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.75/cwt on 565 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −88.53 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.

Average price

$154.75

565 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$969

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$36.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.32

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	606	161.13	977	333
Medium and Large 1-2	663	146.28	970	194
Large 1	649	145.62	945	13thin
Medium and Large 2	548	144.41	791	20
Large 1-2	755	124.25	938	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.88/cwt here — about $39 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 sale565 hd

154.75

—

MO average19 barns · 10,846 hd

147.43

+7.32

This barn, trailing median11 sales

243.28

−88.53

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,852	95.50	1,768	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,543	68.87	1,063	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,238	68.70	851	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	983	62.17	611	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,295	109.60	1,419	3thin

Every lot

57 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	639	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	358	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	641	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	197.22/cwt	192.00–200.00	724	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	404	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	768	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	175.79/cwt	172.00–179.00	737	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	187.58/cwt	183.00–194.00	803	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	177.72/cwt	174.00–182.00	848	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	163.97/cwt	160.00–167.00	856	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	149.26/cwt	148.50–150.00	781	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	171.07/cwt	169.00–176.00	908	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	164.63/cwt	160.00–170.00	943	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	154.12/cwt	151.50–157.00	892	22
Steers	—	Large 1	588	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	917	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	158.78/cwt	154.00–160.50	976	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	146.72/cwt	145.00–150.00	921	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	638	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	874	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	648	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	810	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	153.52/cwt	151.00–155.50	1,022	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	142.09/cwt	137.00–144.00	961	16
Steers	—	Large 1	676	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	953	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	146.12/cwt	140.00–149.50	1,052	68
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	731	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,009	36
Steers	—	Large 1-2	755	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	938	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,075	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	131.82/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,030	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	792	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	950	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	848	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,098	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	909	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,118	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	177.77/cwt	176.00–179.00	587	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	171.97/cwt	164.00–175.00	655	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	161.29/cwt	156.00–165.00	682	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	636	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	138.04/cwt	134.00–140.00	656	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	147.82/cwt	145.00–151.00	718	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	138.00/cwt	134.00–139.50	709	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	149.47/cwt	143.00–152.50	779	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	146.18/cwt	143.00–149.00	823	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	569	150.25/cwt	150.25–150.25	855	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	798	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	137.06/cwt	136.00–138.50	839	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	142.64/cwt	140.00–144.50	880	5
Heifers	—	Large 1	658	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	872	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	130.19/cwt	125.00–132.50	871	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	135.52/cwt	135.00–136.00	919	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,007	72
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	116.51/cwt	116.25–117.25	888	20
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	754	3
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,295	109.60/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,419	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,756	101.88/cwt	97.50–105.50	1,789	4
Bulls	—	—	1,890	92.95/cwt	86.50–97.00	1,757	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	945	57.56/cwt	55.00–61.00	544	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,001	67.06/cwt	63.00–69.00	671	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	536	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	63.30/cwt	60.00–65.00	780	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	70.86/cwt	68.00–75.00	879	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	63.76/cwt	63.00–64.50	910	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,589	70.91/cwt	66.00–74.50	1,127	5

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 Jul 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,204Last week 978Year ago 1,247

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 94Year ago 65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	419	172.00–179.00	175.79
4	—	848	129.50	129.50
3	—	358	179.00	179.00
15	—	628	145.00–150.00	146.72
8	—	781	130.00–135.00	131.82
29	—	909	123.00	123.00
22	—	579	151.50–157.00	154.12
16	—	676	137.00–144.00	142.09
40	—	522	160.00–167.00	163.97
36	—	731	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	638	137.00	137.00
3	—	792	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	720	140.00–149.50	146.12
64	—	666	151.00–155.50	153.52
63	—	615	154.00–160.50	158.78
48	—	531	169.00–176.00	171.07
30	—	573	160.00–170.00	164.63
26	—	477	174.00–182.00	177.72
12	—	428	183.00–194.00	187.58
10	—	367	192.00–200.00	197.22
9	—	757	142.00	142.00
3	—	310	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	755	124.25	124.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	676	141.00	141.00
4	—	588	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	523	148.50–150.00	149.26
4	—	648	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	404	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	330	176.00–179.00	177.77
7	—	486	145.00–151.00	147.82
5	—	617	140.00–144.50	142.64
72	—	717	140.50	140.50
50	—	521	143.00–152.50	149.47
32	—	563	143.00–149.00	146.18
17	—	678	135.00–136.00	135.52
15	—	423	156.00–165.00	161.29
12	—	381	164.00–175.00	171.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	658	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	762	116.25–117.25	116.51
16	—	669	125.00–132.50	130.19
13	—	514	134.00–139.50	138.00
10	—	612	136.00–138.50	137.06
6	—	475	134.00–140.00	138.04
4	—	574	139.00	139.00
2	—	430	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	569	150.25	150.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	582	129.50	129.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,295	108.00–113.00	109.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,001	63.00–69.00	67.06
5	—	945	55.00–61.00	57.56
1	—	1,050	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,589	66.00–74.50	70.91
2	—	1,428	63.00–64.50	63.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,240	68.00–75.00	70.86
4	—	1,233	60.00–65.00	63.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,890	86.50–97.00	92.95
4	—	1,756	97.50–105.50	101.88

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.