Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2022-01-24

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jan 24
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,935 head
▲ 1,179 vs last sale 1,756▲ 1,454 vs year ago 1,481 · +98.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
143 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 166▼ 27 vs year ago 170 · −15.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-450 lb steer calves sold with a higher undertone on a light test, 450-500 lbs steers sold firm to 6.00 higher, 500-600 lb steers traded unevenly steady to instances 3.00 lower, 600-700 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 lower, spots 12.00 lower, 700-750 lbs traded steady to firm, and two pot loads of 800-850 lb yearlings sold steady. Feeder heifers weighing 450-600 lbs sold firm to 5.00 higher, with 600-650 lbs selling with a lower undertone on few comparable sales, 650-700 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 lower. over 700 lbs were not well tested. Demand was moderate to good on a heavy offering of feeders, best demand was on calves weighing 400-550 lbs. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher. CME Cattle Futures were absorbing Friday's COF report and fell with triple-digit losses on Monday as Placements were much larger than expected at 106 percent.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.71/cwt on 1,077 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −74.57 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$168.71
1,077 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,049
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$21.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.69
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1654170.951,118711
Medium and Large 2424169.9272138
Medium and Large 1-2571165.43945292
Large 1-2601149.8890136
One grade step is worth $21.07/cwt here — about $217 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 sale1,077 hd
168.71
—
MO average16 barns · 13,777 hd
169.40
−0.69
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−74.57
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—Low1,72695.171,64220
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,77874.281,3219thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49372.561,08318
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26168.7786736
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04255.6558027
SteersSelectAverage1,321121.031,5999thin

Every lot

83 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 2329176.00/cwt176.00–176.0057914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418188.62/cwt182.00–194.0078851
Steers—Medium and Large 2431173.05/cwt171.00–176.0074616
Steers—Medium and Large 1438213.54/cwt205.00–217.0093543
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471184.73/cwt179.00–190.0087025
Steers—Medium and Large 1482205.82/cwt195.00–212.0099251
Steers—Large 1-2487164.00/cwt164.00–164.007997
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy495163.00/cwt163.00–163.008079
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2527174.97/cwt170.00–179.0092244
Steers—Medium and Large 1533188.61/cwt183.00–195.001,00572
Steers—Medium and Large 2563154.00/cwt154.00–154.008674
Steers—Medium and Large 1580176.12/cwt172.00–181.001,02188
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2589163.34/cwt160.00–167.0096229
Steers—Medium and Large 2Fleshy590152.00/cwt152.00–152.008974
Steers—Large 1-2600152.50/cwt152.50–152.5091515
Steers—Medium and Large 1614166.51/cwt162.00–169.001,022110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622154.01/cwt144.50–160.0095885
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy659154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0158
Steers—Large 1-2659140.00/cwt140.00–140.0092314
Steers—Medium and Large 1670160.78/cwt158.00–165.751,07785
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683151.51/cwt150.00–153.001,0356
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728148.77/cwt142.00–153.001,08323
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy737157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,15721
Steers—Medium and Large 1740162.68/cwt160.50–165.001,20475
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy741135.17/cwt132.00–139.001,00211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy758137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0385
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2814143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1644
Steers—Medium and Large 1824154.73/cwt153.50–156.101,275126
Steers—Medium and Large 1863143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,23432
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363161.44/cwt152.00–163.0058635
Heifers—Large 1-2392147.00/cwt147.00–147.005768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411158.19/cwt156.00–160.006509
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428140.99/cwt134.00–148.0060315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429169.66/cwt166.00–172.0072813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed431186.69/cwt186.00–187.0080513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned454143.78/cwt135.00–150.0065312
Heifers—Medium and Large 2456136.12/cwt130.00–146.006218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2477158.16/cwt150.00–160.0075426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488169.28/cwt162.00–174.0082655
Heifers—Medium 2508120.00/cwt120.00–120.006105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524151.63/cwt143.00–158.0079559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527167.45/cwt160.00–170.0088279
Heifers—Medium and Large 2529134.00/cwt134.00–134.007095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned533140.50/cwt137.00–142.0074917
Heifers—Medium 1-2554130.00/cwt130.00–130.007205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed559167.00/cwt167.00–167.0093414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572157.07/cwt153.00–163.0089835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy573133.65/cwt130.00–136.5076622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574148.96/cwt140.00–153.0085543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2598133.50/cwt133.50–133.507985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620146.18/cwt144.00–149.0090624
Heifers—Medium and Large 2628132.37/cwt130.00–135.0083117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631150.14/cwt149.00–152.5094793
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy646139.50/cwt139.50–139.509018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2660137.65/cwt136.50–139.0090815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2662134.00/cwt133.00–134.508879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685146.29/cwt145.00–149.501,00298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2718139.83/cwt139.00–140.001,00424
Heifers—Medium and Large 2745121.00/cwt121.00–121.0090113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,09664
Heifers—Medium and Large 2776130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2822139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824142.97/cwt142.75–143.501,17888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2965123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,18712
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2387185.00/cwt185.00–185.007165
Bulls—Medium and Large 2460141.00/cwt141.00–141.006495
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2574142.00/cwt137.00–148.0081511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2724133.69/cwt133.50–134.0096813
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Select1,321121.03/cwt120.50–122.001,5999
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,38579.56/cwt77.00–82.001,1023
Bulls——1,61392.44/cwt85.00–97.001,4918
Bulls——1,939102.80/cwt99.00–109.001,9939
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00032.98/cwt30.00–40.003304
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04356.71/cwt52.00–60.005916
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04544.75/cwt41.00–48.004686
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05569.25/cwt64.00–73.0073111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21053.51/cwt53.00–54.006472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25265.65/cwt59.00–69.0082217
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27573.68/cwt70.00–80.0093917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49375.60/cwt72.00–82.001,12912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49366.48/cwt62.00–70.009936
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,77176.08/cwt74.00–79.501,3477
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,80367.97/cwt66.00–70.001,2252

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.