Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2021-02-01

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Feb 1
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,014 head
▼ 467 vs last sale 1,481▼ 477 vs year ago 1,491 · −32.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 56 vs last sale 170▼ 86 vs year ago 200 · −43.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 550-700 lb steers and 500-600 lb heifers sold with a higher undertone on a light test with last week, two pot loads of 8 weight steers sold steady to firm and heifers over 600 lbs sold steady with last week on comparable sales. A light offering this week with rain and muddy conditions over the weekend, but a good quality offering of five pot loads of yearlings and good quality offering of 550-700 lb steers sold on and active market. Slaughter cows traded firm to 5.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.18/cwt on 366 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −101.10 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$142.18
366 head · 691 lb average
Value per head Derived
$983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$310
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$6.39/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.75
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2484147.007117thin
Medium and Large 1-2600146.5887989
Medium and Large 1727140.611,022270
One grade step is worth $6.39/cwt here — about −$310 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 sale366 hd
142.18
—
MO average15 barns · 7,995 hd
145.93
−3.75
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−101.10
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—Average1,60785.381,37210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54860.3493422
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26558.5774128
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04751.2953715
HeifersChoiceAverage1,160107.171,2435thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,150107.781,2392thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,114105.341,1739thin

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2291177.00/cwt177.00–177.005156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2342175.00/cwt175.00–175.005993
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379176.00/cwt169.00–179.006677
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473163.51/cwt163.00–164.0077310
Steers—Medium and Large 2484147.00/cwt147.00–147.007117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2509155.66/cwt152.00–158.007929
Steers—Medium and Large 1538165.00/cwt165.00–165.0088814
Steers—Medium and Large 1568160.12/cwt154.00–164.5090953
Steers—Medium and Large 1613149.73/cwt145.00–153.0091831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2678134.04/cwt131.00–137.0090913
Steers—Medium and Large 1679140.31/cwt140.00–141.5095333
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed680140.50/cwt140.50–140.5095518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734128.60/cwt124.25–131.7594413
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779127.00/cwt127.00–127.009896
Steers—Medium and Large 1789129.61/cwt127.75–132.001,02318
Steers—Medium and Large 1830128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,06261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2845121.25/cwt121.25–121.251,0254
Steers—Medium and Large 1872129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,12760
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378157.00/cwt157.00–157.005934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410140.00/cwt140.00–140.0057411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425148.00/cwt148.00–148.006293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475140.89/cwt138.00–145.006699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495144.00/cwt144.00–144.007133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514133.11/cwt128.00–136.0068413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515141.47/cwt140.00–143.007298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573132.88/cwt130.00–136.0076124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576126.19/cwt124.00–128.007279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612130.94/cwt130.00–131.5080119
Heifers—Medium and Large 2617115.38/cwt115.00–116.007128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638121.00/cwt121.00–121.007723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2658123.00/cwt123.00–123.008093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689131.52/cwt130.00–131.7590686
Heifers—Medium and Large 1704128.25/cwt128.25–128.2590373
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2725117.53/cwt116.50–119.0085211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750122.85/cwt122.85–122.8592169
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477145.00/cwt145.00–145.006923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2666103.00/cwt103.00–103.006864
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,114105.34/cwt104.00–105.501,1739
Steers—Choice1,150107.78/cwt106.50–109.001,2392
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,160107.17/cwt106.50–108.501,2435
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37068.00/cwt68.00–68.009321
Bulls——1,58791.91/cwt89.00–96.001,4596
Bulls——1,72778.12/cwt76.00–80.001,3493
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99638.78/cwt36.00–43.003864
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05460.58/cwt57.00–63.006396
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07950.15/cwt47.00–53.505415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26355.45/cwt52.00–58.5070016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26862.72/cwt59.00–67.0079512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52356.62/cwt52.50–58.508628
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55863.73/cwt60.00–69.5099313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62046.00/cwt46.00–46.007451

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.