Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2021-07-19

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jul 19
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,282 head
▼ 409 vs last sale 2,691▲ 1,304 vs year ago 978 · +133.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 152▲ 61 vs year ago 94 · +64.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing under 550 lbs sold steady to firm, with 450-500 lb steers spots 2.00-4.00 higher, 550-700 lbs steers traded steady to 4.00 lower compared to last week's very active market, 700-750 lbs sold steady with over 750 lbs not well tested with last week's offering. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold steady to firm, over 600 lbs were lightly tested. Slaughter cows sold uneven with Lean cows mostly steady and Boners and Breakers trading 2.00-5.00 lower. There were a lot more crossbred calves in this week's offering, market was still very active on calves with the 550-700 lb steers not quite reaching last weeks highs. September corn closed unchanged with Dec corn fractionally higher and Feeder Cattle contracts closing with modest gains after a slow start.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.93/cwt on 1,075 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −76.35 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$166.93
1,075 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,109
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$166
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$46.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.38
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1633172.971,094676
Medium and Large 1-2615166.591,024239
Medium and Large 2772150.791,16479
Medium 2546140.007644thin
Large 1988136.001,34454
Large 1-21,000126.001,26023
One grade step is worth $46.97/cwt here — about −$166 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 sale1,075 hd
166.93
—
MO average16 barns · 9,688 hd
160.55
+6.38
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−76.35
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—Average1,83397.541,78819
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51069.621,05118
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26268.8186923
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02966.7168737
HeifersChoiceAverage1,295124.661,6143thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,403124.001,7406thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,417120.001,7006thin
SteersSelectAverage1,547115.361,7853thin

Every lot

71 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 1322199.99/cwt199.00–201.006446
Steers—Medium and Large 1391204.27/cwt202.00–205.007998
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391187.74/cwt184.00–195.007348
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed406196.00/cwt196.00–196.007964
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415190.00/cwt190.00–190.007893
Steers—Medium and Large 1432199.70/cwt195.50–202.0086337
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471181.54/cwt176.00–188.0085516
Steers—Medium and Large 1477196.36/cwt188.00–204.0093751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523177.16/cwt171.00–180.0092725
Steers—Medium and Large 1528192.90/cwt183.00–200.501,01971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed543183.00/cwt183.00–183.0099447
Steers—Medium 2546140.00/cwt140.00–140.007644
Steers—Medium and Large 1573182.97/cwt177.50–189.001,04868
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590170.90/cwt164.00–172.501,00834
Steers—Medium and Large 1608173.49/cwt171.75–178.501,055136
Steers—Medium and Large 2630143.44/cwt139.75–148.0090411
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634159.89/cwt154.00–165.001,01421
Steers—Medium and Large 1666164.52/cwt160.00–167.001,09675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686155.70/cwt154.00–160.001,06814
Steers—Medium and Large 1710158.32/cwt153.00–160.001,124104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723148.51/cwt145.50–151.001,07413
Steers—Medium and Large 2744130.00/cwt130.00–130.009674
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759145.55/cwt141.75–147.251,10539
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed798153.35/cwt153.35–153.351,22464
Steers—Medium and Large 1828151.26/cwt150.50–152.001,252120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2839140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2864137.15/cwt135.75–139.501,18511
Steers—Large 1988136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,34454
Steers—Large 1-21,000126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,26023
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326167.83/cwt165.00–169.0054714
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367147.50/cwt147.50–147.505413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2380156.00/cwt156.00–156.005936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386170.38/cwt169.00–172.006588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420164.45/cwt161.00–168.0069121
Heifers—Medium and Large 2456142.18/cwt140.00–143.506488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469163.52/cwt155.00–165.5076777
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2488154.00/cwt154.00–154.007523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy516172.00/cwt172.00–172.008885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525161.91/cwt156.00–165.7585091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531148.67/cwt146.00–151.0078915
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534140.01/cwt139.00–140.2574810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1567155.61/cwt152.00–158.5088286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578141.92/cwt137.50–149.0082010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2603136.00/cwt136.00–136.008205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2612143.85/cwt142.00–146.2588046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622149.18/cwt148.50–150.0092843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1650143.25/cwt143.25–143.259319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2656134.79/cwt134.50–135.008847
Heifers—Medium and Large 2681125.54/cwt125.00–127.5085514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2710133.22/cwt131.50–134.5094614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760130.25/cwt130.25–130.259908
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2439170.00/cwt170.00–170.007469
Bulls—Medium and Large 1507172.00/cwt172.00–172.008729
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2686120.00/cwt120.00–120.008235
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,403124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,7406
Steers—Select and Choice1,417120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7006
Steers—Select1,547115.36/cwt114.00–116.001,7853
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,295124.66/cwt124.00–125.001,6143
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70585.47/cwt85.00–86.001,4572
Bulls——1,73295.58/cwt91.00–100.001,6558
Bulls——1,951101.96/cwt100.00–105.001,9899
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99962.63/cwt59.50–66.0062614
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02050.52/cwt50.00–51.005152
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04872.47/cwt68.00–81.0075920
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10041.00/cwt41.00–41.004511
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14077.01/cwt73.50–80.008785
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29267.67/cwt64.50–70.5087415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31860.86/cwt59.00–63.008023
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45864.25/cwt63.50–65.009372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49169.77/cwt66.00–73.501,04014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69573.96/cwt73.50–74.501,2542

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.