Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2021-08-02

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 2
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,352 head
▲ 363 vs last sale 989▼ 843 vs year ago 2,195 · −38.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 60▼ 85 vs year ago 165 · −51.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs and 600-700 lbs sold steady to firm, with 550-600 lb trading firm to 2.00 higher and over 700 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone with last week's light receipts. Feeder heifers weighing 400-550 lb sold steady to 4.00 higher with 550-650 lbs lightly tested. Slaughter cows on a light test sold firm to 3.00 higher. A good quality offering of 550-600 lb steers and four pot loads of yearling steers over 700 lbs all sold with good demand as did the 400-600 lb heifer calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $165.62/cwt on 662 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −77.66 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$165.62
662 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,127
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 2
$40.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.50
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2541175.5995077
Medium and Large 1708166.801,181524
Medium and Large 2628145.7291542
Large 1-2776139.501,0837thin
Medium 2504135.1768112thin
One grade step is worth $40.42/cwt here — about $269 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 sale662 hd
165.62
—
MO average10 barns · 4,886 hd
162.12
+3.50
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−77.66
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—Low1,88296.661,82017
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,73083.001,4361thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26074.1193418
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45272.651,0558thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02166.3067721

Every lot

67 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 2363138.50/cwt138.50–138.505034
Steers—Medium and Large 1368201.95/cwt200.00–205.007436
Steers—Medium and Large 2380165.00/cwt165.00–165.0062712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381185.00/cwt185.00–185.007054
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed388196.00/cwt196.00–196.007603
Steers—Medium and Large 1427197.38/cwt196.00–198.008433
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431187.32/cwt184.00–190.008075
Steers—Medium and Large 2471168.00/cwt168.00–168.007919
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474186.03/cwt184.00–190.0088215
Steers—Medium and Large 1491197.18/cwt192.00–198.0096833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515179.95/cwt174.00–183.0092710
Steers—Medium and Large 1522187.87/cwt185.00–194.009818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2567172.86/cwt172.00–175.0098014
Steers—Medium 2574133.50/cwt133.50–133.507668
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed578174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0068
Steers—Medium and Large 1583185.17/cwt175.00–188.001,080119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy595159.50/cwt159.50–159.509493
Steers—Medium and Large 1625169.41/cwt165.50–175.001,05926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627164.41/cwt162.00–167.001,0316
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed658175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1523
Steers—Medium and Large 1666161.16/cwt160.00–164.001,07324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696155.50/cwt152.50–158.501,0826
Steers—Medium and Large 1717161.77/cwt160.00–164.001,16098
Steers—Medium and Large 2743122.50/cwt122.50–122.509106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2757152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,1513
Steers—Large 1-2776139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,0837
Steers—Medium and Large 1781157.09/cwt153.00–159.001,22786
Steers—Medium and Large 2829127.29/cwt123.50–129.501,0558
Steers—Medium and Large 1876149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,31060
Steers—Medium and Large 1922145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,33958
Steers—Medium and Large 2925125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1567
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322169.40/cwt168.00–171.005454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2339157.41/cwt154.00–161.005346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378164.00/cwt164.00–164.006203
Heifers—Medium and Large 1395174.00/cwt174.00–174.006873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2402160.25/cwt158.00–164.006448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431167.57/cwt165.50–176.0072216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476166.91/cwt161.00–170.0079433
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479155.27/cwt150.00–159.0074414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517162.54/cwt159.00–165.0084036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2540139.00/cwt139.00–139.007513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571157.91/cwt155.50–161.5090254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2583139.75/cwt139.75–139.7581518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584146.30/cwt145.50–148.5085413
Heifers—Medium 1-2592130.00/cwt130.00–130.007705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2608140.00/cwt140.00–140.008516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623146.69/cwt146.50–146.7591427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686135.00/cwt135.00–135.009264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2701134.75/cwt134.75–134.759457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2878124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2930113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,0567
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2557149.00/cwt149.00–149.008306
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2613149.00/cwt149.00–149.009134
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2676131.50/cwt131.50–131.5088910
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2803118.72/cwt116.00–122.5095312
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed819125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0248
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,81885.33/cwt82.50–86.501,5513
Bulls——1,84496.58/cwt93.00–99.001,7818
Bulls——1,966102.42/cwt100.00–105.502,0146
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90549.61/cwt48.00–51.004493
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02863.95/cwt57.00–67.006578
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05173.18/cwt69.00–78.0076910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25276.40/cwt73.00–80.0095713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28068.17/cwt65.00–71.508735
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42369.58/cwt67.00–71.509904
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48075.72/cwt73.50–80.001,1214
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,73083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,4361

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.