Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2021-08-16

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 16
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,052 head
▲ 1,265 vs last sale 787▲ 756 vs year ago 1,296 · +58.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 45▼ 29 vs year ago 125 · −23.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week, Feeder steers under 550 lbs steady, 550-650 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, Over 650 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs

steady to 5.00 higher, Over 600 lbs no recent price comparison, however the undertone was higher. Demand good to very good. supply moderate to heavy. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $158.50/cwt on 831 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −94.32 against this barn's trailing median of $252.81.
Average price
$158.50
831 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$983
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$23.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.25
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622160.49998709
Large 1516149.507714thin
Medium and Large 1-2603148.42895102
Medium and Large 2659136.5489916thin
One grade step is worth $23.95/cwt here — about $99 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 sale831 hd
158.50
—
MO average13 barns · 5,545 hd
150.25
+8.25
This barn, trailing median7 sales
252.81
−94.32
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

7 sales
271255238222median 252.8103/3005/1106/0106/1506/29
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $257.10, low $235.76, median $252.81 across 7 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—High1,43591.301,31015
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40372.041,01119
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19570.3784121
CowsLean 85-90%Low97061.9960128
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,401113.561,5917thin

Every lot

65 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1333204.00/cwt204.00–204.006793
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2365194.00/cwt194.00–194.007082
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415194.41/cwt194.00–195.008075
Steers—Medium and Large 1430200.49/cwt200.00–202.008628
Steers—Medium and Large 1469194.83/cwt192.00–197.0091465
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482187.33/cwt179.00–190.0090329
Steers—Medium and Large 1528189.01/cwt183.00–194.00998105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534176.51/cwt173.00–181.0094327
Steers—Medium and Large 2534164.80/cwt162.00–169.5088011
Steers—Medium and Large 1562186.10/cwt177.00–190.001,04643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2564167.34/cwt161.50–176.0094470
Steers—Medium and Large 1612175.90/cwt174.00–177.001,07739
Steers—Medium and Large 2622152.17/cwt144.50–156.5094615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2636163.80/cwt155.00–173.001,04279
Steers—Medium and Large 2653145.00/cwt145.00–145.009475
Steers—Large 1671152.25/cwt152.25–152.251,02211
Steers—Medium and Large 1673169.42/cwt163.00–171.001,14085
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686157.00/cwt156.00–158.001,0774
Steers—Medium and Large 1715166.84/cwt163.00–169.501,19336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715153.41/cwt150.00–158.001,09718
Steers—Medium and Large 2721145.46/cwt143.50–147.501,04915
Steers—Medium and Large 2769138.86/cwt135.00–143.001,0688
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2773146.95/cwt140.00–151.001,13621
Steers—Large 1775138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0702
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2813135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0983
Steers—Medium and Large 1822160.75/cwt160.75–160.751,32162
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2892132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,1823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2900130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1702
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366174.50/cwt174.50–174.5063910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376167.86/cwt158.00–172.006317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420165.00/cwt165.00–165.006932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426172.06/cwt167.00–176.5073346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2468152.89/cwt149.00–155.0071612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478164.39/cwt160.00–170.0078643
Heifers—Large 1516149.50/cwt149.50–149.507714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522163.16/cwt158.00–166.0085296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2580149.99/cwt146.00–153.0087017
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585134.00/cwt134.00–134.007842
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587161.42/cwt155.00–163.00948131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2618149.84/cwt145.00–153.5092627
Heifers—Medium and Large 2669136.90/cwt135.50–138.5091614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,090227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2684144.93/cwt144.25–145.0099120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,11175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716135.58/cwt135.00–137.0097117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,15370
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914123.73/cwt122.50–125.251,13111
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed283208.00/cwt208.00–208.005897
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2373188.00/cwt188.00–188.007014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed414213.00/cwt213.00–213.008825
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2506165.00/cwt165.00–165.008355
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,401113.56/cwt113.00–114.001,5917
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,18680.36/cwt62.00–89.009536
Bulls——1,48694.69/cwt90.00–99.001,4075
Bulls——1,746103.48/cwt100.00–107.001,8074
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%89973.88/cwt72.00–77.006645
Cows—Lean 85-90%94554.44/cwt48.50–60.005145
Cows—Lean 85-90%98465.13/cwt62.00–69.0064116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09326.07/cwt20.00–37.002852
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12560.76/cwt57.00–66.506845
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20270.35/cwt68.00–74.0084610
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24278.41/cwt76.50–81.009746
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36170.94/cwt68.50–74.0096513
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39064.23/cwt62.00–66.508932
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54579.54/cwt75.50–83.001,2294

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.