Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2021-10-11

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Oct 11
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,469 head
▲ 185 vs last sale 1,284▼ 418 vs year ago 1,887 · −22.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 31 vs last sale 169▲ 50 vs year ago 150 · +33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, weaned steer calves weighing 400-650 lbs sold mostly steady, with yearlings over 650 lbs scarce. Feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs sold steady to 3.00 lower on a light test, with 500-550 lbs lightly tested and a nice offering of 550-700 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone compared to last week's limited offering. Slaughter cows, Breaking cows sold mostly steady with Boning and Lean cows trading weak to 3.00 lower. Steer offering was mostly made up of calves weighing 400-650 lbs and bulk of the heifers weighing 550-700 lbs.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.71/cwt on 462 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −102.11 against this barn's trailing median of $252.81.
Average price
$150.71
462 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$902
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$160
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.20
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1608155.69946290
Medium and Large 1-2585142.67834154
Medium and Large 2565139.1178618thin
One grade step is worth $16.58/cwt here — about $160 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 sale462 hd
150.71
—
MO average12 barns · 5,582 hd
144.50
+6.20
This barn, trailing median7 sales
252.81
−102.11
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—Low1,92487.441,68313
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,74878.031,3642thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50863.8296328
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29760.3978329
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04755.2857949
SteersChoiceAverage1,175121.741,43013

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1339201.00/cwt201.00–201.006815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372192.51/cwt192.00–193.0071610
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned385188.00/cwt188.00–188.0072411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned408188.21/cwt187.00–190.007685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2424179.00/cwt179.00–179.007594
Steers—Medium and Large 1431197.01/cwt192.00–200.5084926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462165.47/cwt162.00–172.0076413
Steers—Medium and Large 1491184.79/cwt183.00–189.0090710
Steers—Large 1-2522165.73/cwt165.00–167.008658
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy523175.00/cwt175.00–175.0091514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526169.18/cwt167.00–171.0089026
Steers—Medium and Large 1530181.09/cwt177.00–187.0096041
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned560165.42/cwt163.00–167.0092613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned563154.00/cwt154.00–154.008676
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581154.24/cwt152.00–159.0089615
Steers—Medium and Large 2600130.00/cwt130.00–130.007805
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2626150.37/cwt149.00–151.0094119
Steers—Medium and Large 1634159.63/cwt155.75–164.001,01283
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy651150.00/cwt150.00–150.009779
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672144.55/cwt142.75–148.5097123
Steers—Large 1698145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,01210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy698140.00/cwt140.00–140.009775
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,05610
Steers—Medium and Large 2762132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,0127
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768146.04/cwt143.25–147.751,12219
Steers—Large 1-2850133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,1335
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374151.96/cwt150.00–153.5056814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned412154.71/cwt153.00–156.5063710
Heifers—Medium and Large 2426146.00/cwt144.00–148.006226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427155.78/cwt155.00–157.0066513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480153.97/cwt150.50–157.0073930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2498143.00/cwt143.00–143.007125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned514140.21/cwt136.50–144.0072119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned517143.00/cwt143.00–143.007395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518149.34/cwt149.00–149.5077412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526153.00/cwt153.00–153.0080514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned556143.00/cwt143.00–143.007955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578144.97/cwt143.00–147.0083820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581157.11/cwt153.00–160.0091337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy586143.00/cwt143.00–143.008388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed588162.75/cwt162.00–169.0095735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608159.31/cwt158.50–160.7596942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620148.86/cwt144.00–150.0092318
Heifers—Medium and Large 2626136.00/cwt136.00–136.008518
Heifers—Medium and Large 2650135.00/cwt135.00–135.008784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,0769
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679134.38/cwt132.75–135.0091225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1702153.69/cwt150.00–154.751,07995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy719131.50/cwt131.50–131.509455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2762132.70/cwt130.00–135.751,01123
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2335166.00/cwt166.00–166.005565
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2372180.00/cwt180.00–180.006703
Bulls—Medium and Large 1434181.57/cwt178.00–187.007889
Bulls—Medium and Large 1497171.00/cwt171.00–171.008505
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535152.79/cwt152.00–155.0081711
Bulls—Medium and Large 2569139.00/cwt139.00–139.007915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2628137.31/cwt136.00–140.0086210
Bulls—Medium and Large 2665116.00/cwt116.00–116.007715
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,175121.74/cwt121.00–122.501,43013
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,64071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1641
Bulls——1,94888.81/cwt85.00–91.001,73012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99440.49/cwt36.00–43.004025
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01950.28/cwt46.00–54.0051213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06359.06/cwt55.00–63.0062827
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09664.47/cwt64.00–66.007074
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29457.42/cwt53.00–60.0074315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30063.57/cwt61.00–67.5082614
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48659.47/cwt54.00–62.0088411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51063.92/cwt62.00–68.0096512
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55473.13/cwt70.00–76.501,1365
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,74878.03/cwt76.00–80.001,3642

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.