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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2021-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Dec 13

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

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Feeder Cattle receipts

3,107 head

▲ 415 vs last sale 2,692▲ 526 vs year ago 2,581 · +20.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

184 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 212▲ 24 vs year ago 160 · +15.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-500 lb steer calves sold with a higher undertone with last week's light test, 500-600 lb steers traded firm to 3.00 higher, 600-700 lbs steers sold firm to 5.00 higher, spots 8.00 higher on the 650-700 lb steers, 700-800 lbs sold steady and three pot loads of 875-900 lb yearlings sold with a higher undertone with a limited test from last week. Feeder heifers weighing under 450 lbs sold with a higher undertone on few comparable sales from last week, 450-550 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 higher, 600-700 lbs sold 4.00-6.00 higher and over 700 lbs were not tested. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm. Demand was good with supply heavy. There was a lot of top quality steer and heifer calves weighing from 400-650 lbs on offer and eleven pot loads of yearlings all selling on and active market with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.39/cwt on 1,386 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −70.89 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.

Average price

$172.39

1,386 head · 652 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,124

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$28.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.08

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	660	174.02	1,148	1,121
Medium and Large 1-2	620	166.73	1,034	249
Medium 2	507	148.00	750	5thin
Medium and Large 2	623	145.09	904	11thin

One grade step is worth $28.93/cwt here — about $244 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 sale1,386 hd

172.39

—

MO average14 barns · 15,763 hd

168.31

+4.08

This barn, trailing median11 sales

243.28

−70.89

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,727	93.16	1,609	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,763	65.09	1,148	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,502	64.60	970	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,283	58.39	749	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,075	49.87	536	39

Every lot

77 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	205.47/cwt	201.00–206.00	748	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	185.86/cwt	182.00–190.00	730	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	185.08/cwt	182.00–187.00	794	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	201.48/cwt	200.00–203.00	882	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	196.45/cwt	191.00–200.00	939	76
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	176.52/cwt	171.00–180.00	860	14
Steers	—	Medium 2	507	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	750	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	516	198.09/cwt	197.00–199.00	1,022	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	188.31/cwt	182.00–194.50	989	140
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	176.45/cwt	168.00–179.50	949	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	543	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	815	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	166.15/cwt	160.00–169.00	950	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	172.79/cwt	168.00–180.00	1,004	139
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	157.65/cwt	154.00–160.00	976	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	172.21/cwt	164.00–175.00	1,106	134
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	159.52/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,056	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	171.75/cwt	164.00–175.00	1,140	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	690	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	973	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	157.23/cwt	154.00–159.00	1,118	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	162.60/cwt	160.00–164.50	1,192	203
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,247	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	790	157.23/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,242	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	162.35/cwt	160.00–163.50	1,445	179
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,339	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	272	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	462	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	504	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	342	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	605	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	176.34/cwt	173.00–177.50	663	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	631	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	622	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	167.56/cwt	165.00–175.00	726	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	797	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	168.12/cwt	161.00–171.00	797	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	156.20/cwt	153.00–158.50	762	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	512	163.47/cwt	158.00–169.00	837	118
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	153.76/cwt	148.00–156.00	807	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	701	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	151.09/cwt	147.50–154.00	869	16
Heifers	—	Large 1	580	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	858	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	157.31/cwt	156.00–157.50	922	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	619	165.75/cwt	165.75–165.75	1,026	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	160.03/cwt	157.00–162.00	992	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	150.85/cwt	144.00–154.00	937	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	157.57/cwt	154.00–158.25	1,073	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,115	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	711	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,024	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,167	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	777	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,158	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	142.75/cwt	142.75–142.75	1,163	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	958	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,322	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	347	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	593	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	716	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	439	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	852	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	448	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	883	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	161.50/cwt	159.00–166.00	793	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	838	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	148.55/cwt	147.00–151.00	845	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	909	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	135.65/cwt	130.00–139.00	913	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	984	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	926	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	884	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,017	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,430	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,058	1
Bulls	—	—	1,673	88.77/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,485	3
Bulls	—	—	1,880	103.93/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,954	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	54.06/cwt	51.00–56.00	574	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,064	45.37/cwt	41.50–49.00	483	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	59.10/cwt	58.00–61.00	644	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	36.25/cwt	30.00–40.00	403	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,232	51.42/cwt	47.00–53.00	633	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,293	58.55/cwt	55.00–61.00	757	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,304	63.54/cwt	62.00–66.00	829	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,458	63.73/cwt	60.00–67.00	929	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,486	56.20/cwt	53.00–58.00	835	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,568	72.36/cwt	68.00–77.00	1,135	10
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,760	63.14/cwt	60.00–66.00	1,111	2
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,770	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,221	1

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Callaway Livestock Center - Kingdom City, MO

Mon Dec 13, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,107Last week 2,692Year ago 2,581

Slaughter CattleReceipts 184Last week 212Year ago 160

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	580	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	620	157.00–162.00	160.03
118	—	512	158.00–169.00	163.47
100	—	474	161.00–171.00	168.12
6	—	342	177.00	177.00
3	—	753	155.00	155.00
93	—	586	156.00–157.50	157.31
76	—	681	154.00–158.25	157.57
11	—	815	142.75	142.75
16	—	433	165.00–175.00	167.56
74	—	700	159.25	159.25
64	—	376	173.00–177.50	176.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	619	165.75	165.75
5	—	450	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	488	153.00–158.50	156.20
5	—	380	166.00	166.00
5	—	958	138.00	138.00
34	—	525	148.00–156.00	153.76
16	—	575	147.50–154.00	151.09
5	—	313	161.00	161.00
26	—	621	144.00–154.00	150.85
5	—	272	170.00	170.00
6	—	777	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	131.00	131.00
4	—	423	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	711	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	543	150.00	150.00
6	—	690	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	507	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	438	200.00–203.00	201.48
139	—	581	168.00–180.00	172.79
179	—	890	160.00–163.50	162.35
76	—	478	191.00–200.00	196.45
140	—	525	182.00–194.50	188.31
134	—	642	164.00–175.00	172.21
34	—	364	201.00–206.00	205.47
203	—	733	160.00–164.50	162.60
109	—	664	164.00–175.00	171.75
65	—	770	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	516	197.00–199.00	198.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	662	155.00–167.00	159.52
26	—	790	154.00–158.00	157.23
21	—	619	154.00–160.00	157.65
19	—	429	182.00–187.00	185.08
47	—	538	168.00–179.50	176.45
29	—	711	154.00–159.00	157.23
14	—	487	171.00–180.00	176.52
24	—	393	182.00–190.00	185.86
18	—	572	160.00–169.00	166.15
27	—	905	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	491	159.00–166.00	161.50
11	—	673	130.00–139.00	135.65
5	—	569	147.00–151.00	148.55
10	—	772	120.00	120.00
3	—	347	171.00	171.00
3	—	537	156.00	156.00
6	—	636	143.00	143.00
6	—	884	115.00	115.00
3	—	718	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	375	191.00	191.00
6	—	439	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	448	197.00	197.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,113	30.00–40.00	36.25
10	—	1,064	41.50–49.00	45.37
6	—	1,090	58.00–61.00	59.10
17	—	1,062	51.00–56.00	54.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,304	62.00–66.00	63.54
7	—	1,232	47.00–53.00	51.42
16	—	1,293	55.00–61.00	58.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,770	69.00	69.00
2	—	1,760	60.00–66.00	63.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,486	53.00–58.00	56.20
12	—	1,458	60.00–67.00	63.73
10	—	1,568	68.00–77.00	72.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	74.00	74.00
3	—	1,673	87.00–90.00	88.77
3	—	1,880	101.00–107.00	103.93

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.