Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2021-06-21

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jun 21
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,881 head
▲ 248 vs last sale 1,633▼ 361 vs year ago 2,242 · −16.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 140▲ 50 vs year ago 110 · +45.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold steady to firm on a light test, with 500-550 lbs and 600-700 lb steers selling 3.00-4.00 higher, the 550-600 lbs steers sold 5.00-7.00 higher and 4 pot loads of big yearling steers weighing 880-905 lbs with similar weights and quality as last week traded 4.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers weighing 450-600 lbs sold firm to 4.00 higher with 600-700 lbs selling 2.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm, spots 2.00 higher. Demand was good with supply moderate with the best demand on the good quality 5 weight steers as they sold on a very active market and heavy weight yearling steers over 800 lbs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.56/cwt on 935 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −83.72 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$159.56
935 head · 691 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,103
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$24.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.95
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2607161.61982185
Medium and Large 1714159.831,142725
Medium and Large 2639136.6487325
One grade step is worth $24.97/cwt here — about $109 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 sale935 hd
159.56
—
MO average15 barns · 8,980 hd
152.62
+6.95
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−83.72
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—Average1,94291.111,7696thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,73080.451,3922thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51074.231,12114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27168.5487144
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03359.6461639
HeifersChoiceAverage1,336120.501,6104thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,163118.001,3723thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,224115.401,4126thin

Every lot

68 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 1-2386180.00/cwt180.00–180.0069511
Steers—Medium and Large 1445185.33/cwt184.00–187.008259
Steers—Medium and Large 1465183.92/cwt180.00–185.5085524
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed482194.00/cwt194.00–194.009353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483168.00/cwt168.00–168.008114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2488170.00/cwt170.00–170.008305
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed517188.09/cwt187.00–190.0097222
Steers—Medium and Large 1524186.49/cwt180.00–189.0097752
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy528190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530172.12/cwt167.50–177.0091229
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed557186.19/cwt185.00–187.001,0375
Steers—Medium and Large 1570179.74/cwt171.00–184.001,02594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578160.11/cwt157.00–169.0092532
Steers—Medium and Large 2598140.00/cwt140.00–140.0083713
Steers—Medium and Large 2600140.00/cwt140.00–140.008404
Steers—Medium and Large 1622164.97/cwt160.00–168.501,026119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638143.45/cwt142.00–144.0091518
Steers—Medium and Large 1669157.27/cwt154.00–161.001,05272
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690141.50/cwt141.50–141.509765
Steers—Medium and Large 2724129.50/cwt129.50–129.509388
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727139.00/cwt138.00–140.001,0116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed729154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,12343
Steers—Medium and Large 1746151.40/cwt148.00–151.751,12975
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2764143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0934
Steers—Medium and Large 1789150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,1877
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2801137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,1016
Steers—Medium and Large 1819150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,23328
Steers—Medium and Large 1882146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,29259
Steers—Medium and Large 1902142.00/cwt140.50–142.751,281174
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340170.00/cwt170.00–170.005785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381156.30/cwt155.00–157.005968
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385164.56/cwt162.50–172.0063412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed416171.18/cwt170.00–172.007125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424158.48/cwt155.00–161.006727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427152.07/cwt146.00–155.0064935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462148.64/cwt146.00–150.0068715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed476164.00/cwt164.00–164.007814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480156.62/cwt150.00–160.0075251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed490157.00/cwt157.00–157.0076921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519154.10/cwt151.50–157.0080082
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531140.69/cwt138.00–144.007479
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545128.00/cwt128.00–128.006984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy566160.00/cwt160.00–160.009069
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573152.21/cwt148.00–154.0087240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580140.86/cwt140.00–145.0081725
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2607139.00/cwt139.00–139.008445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613146.95/cwt143.00–152.0090139
Heifers—Medium and Large 2659123.00/cwt123.00–123.008116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664134.46/cwt132.50–139.0089314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675147.69/cwt140.00–150.0099780
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2705135.00/cwt135.00–135.0095218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2743124.50/cwt124.50–124.509254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,06630
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579139.00/cwt139.00–139.008058
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,163118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3723
Heifers—Select1,224115.40/cwt115.00–115.501,4126
Heifers—Choice1,336120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,6104
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,94291.11/cwt87.50–96.001,7696
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98651.18/cwt47.00–54.005057
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02961.41/cwt57.50–65.0063219
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05341.30/cwt39.50–45.004354
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06970.63/cwt67.00–75.007559
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23660.12/cwt59.00–61.507434
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26173.75/cwt71.50–78.0093016
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28366.47/cwt62.00–70.5085324
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50976.19/cwt72.00–80.001,15011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51367.05/cwt64.50–70.501,0143
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,73080.45/cwt79.50–81.501,3922

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.