Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2022-09-26

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Sep 26
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,091 head
▲ 804 vs last sale 1,287▲ 70 vs year ago 2,021 · +3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 195▼ 45 vs year ago 220 · −20.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400 lbs sold with a lower undertone on a light test, with 500-600 lb steers selling mostly steady with spots 3.00 lower on the 500-550 lb steers, over 600 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers on a light test weighing 400-550 lbs sold with a lower undertone and over 550 lbs traded steady to firm. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm, spots 3.00 higher on the high dressing cows. Demand was moderate to good with supply moderate. A good offering of 5 weight steer calves, with a pot load of 695 lb steers and two pot loads of 808 and 815 lb steers all sold with good demand. All commodities for the most part closed in the red on Monday with November corn closing 10 1/2 cents lower , November beans closed 14 1/2 cents lower with Live Cattle contracts closing 77 to 125 lower on the front three months and Feeder Cattle closing 120-127 lower on the front months.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $198.48/cwt on 841 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −44.80 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$198.48
841 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,200
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$17
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$24.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.06
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622202.261,258535
Medium and Large 1-2567193.611,097266
Medium and Large 2518185.0095810thin
Medium 1-2456183.008345thin
Large 1-2697177.981,24125
One grade step is worth $24.28/cwt here — about $17 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 sale841 hd
198.48
—
MO average14 barns · 7,592 hd
182.43
+16.06
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−44.80
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—Average1,564111.491,74310
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,59397.861,5593thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46586.101,26215
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25184.661,05938
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04068.1370945

Every lot

67 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 1337238.00/cwt238.00–238.008023
Steers—Medium and Large 1381229.01/cwt227.00–236.0087327
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned396221.00/cwt221.00–221.008754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421209.55/cwt206.00–213.0088218
Steers—Medium and Large 1429219.12/cwt217.00–222.5094019
Steers—Medium 1-2456183.00/cwt183.00–183.008345
Steers—Medium and Large 1466215.79/cwt210.00–220.001,00619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy479192.00/cwt192.00–192.009209
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2482202.45/cwt198.00–205.0097632
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned500202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,01013
Steers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed518185.00/cwt185.00–185.0095810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2522199.37/cwt196.00–203.001,04137
Steers—Medium and Large 1529212.13/cwt206.00–218.001,12296
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy532188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0003
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned542194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0515
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy554219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,21311
Steers—Medium and Large 1565209.56/cwt202.00–216.501,18471
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568191.47/cwt183.00–196.001,08881
Steers—Large 1-2590189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1156
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned591193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,1419
Steers—Medium and Large 1630206.45/cwt196.00–211.251,30168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639192.38/cwt185.00–196.001,22940
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665182.57/cwt179.00–185.001,21410
Steers—Medium and Large 1694193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,33969
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723174.75/cwt170.00–180.001,26316
Steers—Large 1-2731174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,27619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768172.82/cwt172.50–173.001,32711
Steers—Medium and Large 1771178.25/cwt178.25–178.251,37411
Steers—Medium and Large 1810182.51/cwt180.25–184.751,478119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331191.00/cwt191.00–191.006324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned369198.14/cwt197.00–199.0073119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2412186.28/cwt180.00–191.0076717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned437181.00/cwt181.00–181.007913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned469177.00/cwt177.00–177.0083014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470178.02/cwt175.00–179.0083729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475182.13/cwt180.00–187.0086539
Heifers—Medium 1-2476141.00/cwt141.00–141.006715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned479168.07/cwt164.00–171.0080516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy509165.00/cwt165.00–165.008406
Heifers—Medium and Large 2515164.42/cwt163.00–165.0084717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522175.62/cwt170.00–179.0091719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524183.00/cwt183.00–183.009598
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560160.50/cwt160.50–160.508993
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2567171.08/cwt167.00–175.0097044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584184.97/cwt181.00–188.751,08090
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606184.94/cwt184.00–185.251,12153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned612150.00/cwt150.00–150.009186
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,0796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732170.53/cwt168.50–177.001,248103
Heifers—Large 1-2745156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,16615
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2378210.00/cwt210.00–210.007943
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2483204.00/cwt204.00–204.009856
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2580175.98/cwt174.00–177.001,02115
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2689142.00/cwt142.00–142.009786
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,563110.99/cwt106.00–114.001,7359
Bulls——1,570116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,8211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93947.56/cwt40.00–53.004478
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03774.20/cwt69.50–79.0076920
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08482.90/cwt80.00–86.008997
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09762.11/cwt57.00–66.5068110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16970.72/cwt67.00–73.008274
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25790.65/cwt87.00–97.001,13915
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26382.87/cwt78.00–86.501,04719
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46590.74/cwt87.00–93.001,3299
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46575.02/cwt72.00–77.001,0993
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46783.26/cwt79.00–87.001,2213
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,59397.86/cwt95.00–103.001,5593

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.