Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2022-03-28

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Mar 28
● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,824 head
▼ 807 vs last sale 2,631▼ 436 vs year ago 2,260 · −19.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 216▲ 64 vs year ago 170 · +37.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold steady to firm, with 600-650 lbs selling steady to firm, spots 3.00 higher, 650-850 lbs were not well tested, a pot load of 883 lb steers sold 4.00 higher than last week's pot loads of similar weight. Feeder heifers weighing 400-450 lbs sold steady to firm, with 450-600 lbs selling 5.00-8.00 higher getting back all they lost last week, with over 600 lbs not well tested. Demand was moderate to good with supply moderate, More consignments of new crop calves this week, with many carrying flesh and short weaned in the offering. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady with high dressing breakers and boners trading steady to 3.00 lower. Grain trade on Monday was pressured as May corn closed 5 1/2 lower with December corn 4 1/2 lower, heavy pressure was felt on May soybeans closing 46 cents lower with November beans 28 cents lower. Feeder cattle futures closed mostly 25 to 75 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $184.39/cwt on 628 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −58.89 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$184.39
628 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$177
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$19.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.39
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591186.871,104421
Medium and Large 1-2566179.571,016203
Large 1-2555167.009274thin
One grade step is worth $19.87/cwt here — about $177 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 sale628 hd
184.39
—
MO average16 barns · 8,840 hd
176.99
+7.39
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−58.89
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
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—Low1,760108.141,90326
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47583.511,23230
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,74482.261,43412
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25479.0299152
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01162.9063645

Every lot

82 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 and Large 1289226.00/cwt226.00–226.006537
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323203.00/cwt203.00–203.006565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372207.40/cwt200.00–210.0077210
Steers—Medium and Large 1426208.38/cwt201.50–218.0088864
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431192.34/cwt191.00–194.008298
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy460198.00/cwt198.00–198.0091110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478193.18/cwt188.00–199.0092342
Steers—Medium and Large 1481211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,01514
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy502218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,09410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy515182.85/cwt179.00–186.0094227
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525182.69/cwt177.00–190.0095919
Steers—Medium and Large 1527202.50/cwt195.00–212.001,06780
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed527194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0223
Steers—Large 1-2555167.00/cwt167.00–167.009274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned558174.00/cwt174.00–174.009716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565179.03/cwt175.00–184.001,01220
Steers—Medium and Large 1566190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0757
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy567178.71/cwt175.00–182.001,01324
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy592163.02/cwt161.00–165.0096510
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy605158.00/cwt158.00–158.0095611
Steers—Medium and Large 1619186.71/cwt180.00–193.501,15671
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624171.33/cwt170.00–174.001,0699
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed633185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,17132
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0776
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy677154.24/cwt151.00–156.501,0447
Steers—Medium and Large 1688175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,20719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2704152.56/cwt151.00–155.001,07418
Steers—Medium and Large 1705164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,1568
Steers—Medium and Large 1797145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1569
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2814144.55/cwt143.00–145.501,1778
Steers—Medium and Large 1883149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,31660
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2283189.00/cwt189.00–189.005354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1311191.00/cwt191.00–191.005944
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340169.88/cwt165.00–178.0057811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1383173.38/cwt170.00–177.5066425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388167.97/cwt165.00–170.006528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned390167.50/cwt167.50–167.506534
Heifers—Medium and Large 2422154.00/cwt154.00–154.006503
Heifers—Medium and Large 1428175.54/cwt170.00–180.0075122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429164.61/cwt159.00–168.0070618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463178.67/cwt175.00–182.0082726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473161.90/cwt158.00–167.0076624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy489154.32/cwt153.50–159.0075527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned494164.00/cwt164.00–164.008105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514171.61/cwt165.00–176.0088258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy518157.00/cwt157.00–157.008138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539157.38/cwt150.00–161.0084819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562154.06/cwt147.00–157.5086631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574162.72/cwt159.00–166.50934102
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615155.74/cwt154.00–157.0095812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630146.04/cwt142.50–149.5092028
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy632136.75/cwt136.75–136.7586412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy655167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,09417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy671138.00/cwt138.00–138.009266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677145.02/cwt141.50–147.509827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2768134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2827132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,0965
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1383205.29/cwt202.00–207.0078612
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2397175.50/cwt175.50–175.506975
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2467189.52/cwt186.00–193.0088515
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2519170.94/cwt167.00–175.0088714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2553168.00/cwt168.00–168.009294
Bulls—Medium and Large 1605156.00/cwt156.00–156.009444
Bulls—Medium and Large 1666152.10/cwt151.75–152.501,01313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1739146.41/cwt145.75–147.251,0829
Bulls—Medium and Large 1835136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,1405
Bulls—Medium and Large 1869135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,1775
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53585.90/cwt80.00–90.001,3193
Bulls——1,718106.03/cwt98.00–110.501,82214
Bulls——1,899118.84/cwt114.00–124.002,2579
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97337.76/cwt31.00–47.003677
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00054.60/cwt50.00–61.0054611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01267.53/cwt63.00–73.0068313
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03777.69/cwt74.00–84.0080614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22177.65/cwt72.00–81.0094825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27466.87/cwt61.00–69.008526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28884.12/cwt82.00–88.001,08321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45780.06/cwt78.00–82.001,16610
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48485.24/cwt82.50–89.501,26520
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,74085.85/cwt83.50–88.501,4946
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,74778.66/cwt74.50–81.001,3746

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.