Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2020-09-28

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Sep 28
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,824 head
▲ 469 vs last sale 1,355▲ 122 vs year ago 1,702 · +7.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 82 vs last sale 212▲ 50 vs year ago 80 · +62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers sold steady to firm with 550-600 lbs selling steady to spots 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly steady on comparable weights. Good demand on the yearling steers weighing 700-900 lbs with several pot load lots and part loads in the offering all selling on and active market. Slaughter cows traded steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.36/cwt on 767 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −96.92 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$146.36
767 head · 727 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,064
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$500
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$29.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.44
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1734149.251,095524
Medium and Large 1-2730141.361,032206
Medium and Large 2632137.9687323
Large 1-2681131.008927thin
Medium 1-2496120.005957thin
One grade step is worth $29.25/cwt here — about $500 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 sale767 hd
146.36
—
MO average18 barns · 11,306 hd
145.92
+0.44
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−96.92
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—Average1,75882.641,4528thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55363.9899317
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27659.2375635
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04452.3154627
SteersChoiceAverage1,399105.661,4785thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,330100.361,3355thin

Every lot

72 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 1435180.55/cwt180.00–181.0078518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443166.01/cwt164.00–169.007355
Steers—Medium and Large 1466179.59/cwt175.00–182.5083712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488167.52/cwt166.00–169.008176
Steers—Medium 1-2496120.00/cwt120.00–120.005957
Steers—Medium and Large 1506171.94/cwt170.50–175.008707
Steers—Medium and Large 2513148.89/cwt148.00–150.007649
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned520167.50/cwt167.50–167.5087113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544146.00/cwt146.00–146.007947
Steers—Medium and Large 1576161.99/cwt157.00–164.7593329
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585154.94/cwt153.50–159.0090621
Steers—Medium and Large 1618151.47/cwt150.00–155.5093611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy627147.10/cwt146.00–148.009229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy640134.00/cwt134.00–134.008587
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642145.77/cwt145.00–149.0093633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2659137.98/cwt135.00–140.0090920
Steers—Medium and Large 1663155.85/cwt150.00–158.001,03338
Steers—Medium and Large 2665127.00/cwt127.00–127.008454
Steers—Large 1-2681131.00/cwt131.00–131.008927
Steers—Medium and Large 1709149.11/cwt148.50–150.501,057142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,03015
Steers—Medium and Large 2727132.50/cwt132.50–132.5096310
Steers—Medium and Large 1755142.13/cwt140.00–144.001,07316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,00815
Steers—Medium and Large 1822142.19/cwt138.50–146.501,169158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2881136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,19871
Steers—Medium and Large 1889141.25/cwt141.25–141.251,25661
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy908122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1086
Steers—Medium and Large 1958128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,22910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2346154.00/cwt154.00–154.005335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383167.00/cwt167.00–167.006403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391147.02/cwt144.00–152.005758
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414159.67/cwt158.00–164.006617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425151.67/cwt151.00–152.006456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465148.15/cwt145.00–153.006898
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned465135.00/cwt135.00–135.0062813
Heifers—Medium and Large 2481133.00/cwt133.00–133.006405
Heifers—Medium 1-2Unweaned484121.00/cwt121.00–121.005864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510148.39/cwt147.00–149.0075710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2528129.00/cwt129.00–129.006813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530140.62/cwt135.50–143.0074525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy534131.00/cwt131.00–131.007004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575143.20/cwt143.00–144.0082310
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576129.00/cwt129.00–129.007435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578136.82/cwt134.00–143.0079141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy582128.74/cwt123.50–132.0074919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608136.91/cwt134.50–140.0083232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625144.75/cwt144.75–144.7590518
Heifers—Medium 1-2Unweaned633117.77/cwt116.50–120.007458
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660140.00/cwt140.00–140.0092413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666135.49/cwt133.00–137.0090242
Heifers—Large 1-2695129.00/cwt129.00–129.008978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2711132.03/cwt130.00–133.5093912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734136.94/cwt135.00–140.001,00553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,04516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785129.54/cwt127.50–130.001,01775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2881118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0404
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium 2320144.00/cwt144.00–144.004615
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2487157.50/cwt157.50–157.507673
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,330100.36/cwt98.00–103.001,3355
Steers—Choice1,399105.66/cwt104.00–106.251,4785
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74777.40/cwt73.50–82.501,3523
Bulls——1,76485.78/cwt83.50–89.001,5135
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03245.93/cwt38.00–50.0047412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04756.59/cwt53.50–61.0059213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10062.73/cwt61.50–64.006902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18368.54/cwt66.50–70.508112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26252.36/cwt49.50–55.006617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28760.36/cwt56.00–65.0077726
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50363.20/cwt58.00–66.0095010
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60568.96/cwt67.00–71.501,1075
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67055.44/cwt55.00–56.009262

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.