Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2021-01-11

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jan 11
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,117 head
▲ 1,296 vs last sale 1,821▲ 1,819 vs year ago 1,298 · +140.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 60▲ 112 vs year ago 88 · +127.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-550 lbs sold steady to firm, with 550-650 lbs selling steady to 3.00 higher, 650-700 lbs sold steady to 2.00 lower and 700-800 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Feeder heifers weighing 400-550 lbs sold with a higher undertone on last weeks light test, 550-600 lbs sold mostly steady and heifers over 600 lbs sold with a lower undertone on a light test of comparable sales. Demand was good on a good quality offering of steer calves weighing 400-650 lbs with light demand on the 700-800 lb steers. Slaughter cows sold with a firm to higher undertone on last weeks very light sales.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.65/cwt on 1,327 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −95.63 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$147.65
1,327 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$241
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.41
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1628149.48938931
Medium 1-2484149.007214thin
Medium and Large 1-2623145.54907351
Large 1782127.009935thin
Medium and Large 2564123.7969836
One grade step is worth $25.69/cwt here — about $241 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 sale1,327 hd
147.65
—
MO average19 barns · 23,354 hd
145.24
+2.41
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−95.63
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—Average1,86377.701,44810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54254.1183427
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,25851.1764434
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09346.2050536
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,47398.001,4444thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,370101.221,38714
SteersSelectAverage1,58096.001,5173thin

Every lot

80 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383190.42/cwt184.00–193.0072916
Steers—Medium and Large 1429189.11/cwt188.00–191.0081113
Steers—Medium and Large 2460143.00/cwt143.00–143.006584
Steers—Medium and Large 1478184.17/cwt179.00–190.5088053
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483171.69/cwt164.00–177.0082947
Steers—Medium 1-2484149.00/cwt149.00–149.007214
Steers—Medium and Large 1522173.25/cwt164.50–177.0090487
Steers—Medium and Large 2527129.58/cwt128.00–130.0068318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532160.57/cwt153.00–165.0085452
Steers—Medium and Large 1569158.25/cwt152.00–162.00900140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575146.23/cwt140.00–152.0084151
Steers—Medium and Large 2604120.00/cwt120.00–120.007256
Steers—Medium and Large 1630145.99/cwt142.50–152.25920277
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2632140.76/cwt139.50–143.0089041
Steers—Medium and Large 1657141.92/cwt140.50–143.00932160
Steers—Medium and Large 2667104.00/cwt104.00–104.006948
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673134.66/cwt133.00–138.0090631
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy680127.22/cwt125.00–130.5086518
Steers—Medium and Large 1724132.39/cwt130.00–134.00959100
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy727128.20/cwt125.75–129.1093239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734128.51/cwt126.50–130.7594331
Steers—Medium and Large 1774134.36/cwt133.50–134.501,04062
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780123.55/cwt120.00–126.0096434
Steers—Large 1782127.00/cwt127.00–127.009935
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2805125.52/cwt120.00–127.751,01024
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2893121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,0856
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326158.26/cwt154.00–163.005166
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335133.00/cwt133.00–133.004463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373146.91/cwt142.00–149.0054811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420155.50/cwt152.00–158.0065327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425144.07/cwt141.00–147.0061214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427125.00/cwt125.00–125.005343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed437162.00/cwt162.00–162.007083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy445135.00/cwt135.00–135.006014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464120.00/cwt120.00–120.005579
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485150.13/cwt145.00–156.0072839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2486137.61/cwt134.00–141.0066914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2508137.06/cwt131.00–140.0069628
Heifers—Medium and Large 2520124.44/cwt120.00–126.0064727
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy525110.00/cwt110.00–110.005783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534143.08/cwt140.00–146.7576438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy537148.50/cwt148.50–148.5079729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned565119.22/cwt113.00–124.006747
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575133.03/cwt131.00–140.0076585
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576127.06/cwt122.00–130.0073291
Heifers—Medium and Large 2586115.00/cwt115.00–115.006744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622127.59/cwt124.50–131.0079456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy626120.00/cwt120.00–120.007519
Heifers—Large 1627127.25/cwt127.25–127.257987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634131.08/cwt129.00–132.7583132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671121.69/cwt119.50–125.0081731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy678118.60/cwt116.50–120.0080413
Heifers—Large 1680117.00/cwt117.00–117.007964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1695126.75/cwt126.75–126.7588113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2711118.80/cwt114.50–122.5084513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750124.00/cwt124.00–124.0093057
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2762116.75/cwt116.75–116.758903
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy821109.75/cwt109.75–109.759014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2848112.25/cwt112.25–112.2595222
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2348174.00/cwt174.00–174.006067
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2475150.33/cwt147.00–154.007146
Bulls—Medium and Large 2493132.00/cwt132.00–132.006513
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2514138.72/cwt135.00–141.007138
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy586114.00/cwt114.00–114.006684
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2708116.50/cwt116.50–116.508253
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2814105.00/cwt105.00–105.008554
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,370101.22/cwt97.00–103.001,38714
Steers—Select1,58096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,5173
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,47398.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4444
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,65870.36/cwt66.50–72.001,1673
Bulls——1,95180.85/cwt77.50–85.001,5777
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07540.58/cwt36.00–43.5043612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09554.00/cwt53.50–54.505914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10348.01/cwt45.00–52.5053020
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25652.61/cwt50.00–56.0066123
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25747.14/cwt43.00–49.0059310
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32058.50/cwt58.50–58.507721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50948.32/cwt46.50–50.007297
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54554.49/cwt52.00–58.0084215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57861.07/cwt59.50–63.009645

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.