Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2022-10-17

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Oct 17
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,349 head
▼ 582 vs last sale 1,931▼ 240 vs year ago 1,589 · −15.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
▼ 91 vs last sale 305▲ 14 vs year ago 200 · +7.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a much lighter test and offering of steer and heifer calves weighing 400-600 lbs, with 4 weight steer calves selling steady to firm and 500-550 lb trading steady to 3.00 lower on a light test and 550-800 lbs not well tested on light offerings with three pot loads of 850-930 lb steers selling with a firm undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 450-500 lbs sold with a lower undertone on a light offering with 500-600 lbs selling 2.00-5.00 lower and over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower on mostly average and low dressing cows. Demand was moderate to good, best on the three pot loads of yearling steers weighing 850-930 lbs and a pot load of 730 lb heifers. Feeder Cattle contracts closed 95 to 215 higher on the front three months with Live Cattle contracts up 92 to 142 on the front three months and December corn closing 6 1/4 cents lower to start the week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.69/cwt on 422 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −62.59 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$180.69
422 head · 724 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,308
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$29.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.35
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1771184.871,425247
Medium and Large 1-2656177.001,160148
Medium and Large 2565167.6494616thin
Large 1-2826155.361,28311thin
One grade step is worth $29.51/cwt here — about $142 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 sale422 hd
180.69
—
MO average13 barns · 6,317 hd
177.34
+3.35
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−62.59
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—Average1,838102.601,88618
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,77591.011,6152thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46476.061,11322
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24670.5687970
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04260.0062555

Every lot

69 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372210.81/cwt207.00–214.0078412
Steers—Medium and Large 1420219.44/cwt219.00–220.0092212
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428199.48/cwt195.50–206.0085411
Steers—Medium and Large 1474211.09/cwt205.00–216.501,00128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474197.05/cwt195.00–199.009346
Steers—Medium and Large 2500176.00/cwt176.00–176.008804
Steers—Medium and Large 1513204.11/cwt197.00–208.001,04728
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519190.00/cwt190.00–190.009866
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned555180.00/cwt180.00–180.009995
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571179.99/cwt174.00–185.001,02812
Steers—Medium and Large 2586164.85/cwt158.00–169.7596612
Steers—Large 1-2613157.00/cwt157.00–157.009625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623172.90/cwt172.75–173.001,07716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy626164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0274
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673174.23/cwt172.50–177.001,17321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy690150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0357
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775171.16/cwt167.00–173.001,32614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,3707
Steers—Medium and Large 1857176.65/cwt176.10–177.251,514122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2884163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,44521
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,5166
Steers—Medium and Large 1932172.85/cwt172.85–172.851,61157
Steers—Large 1-21,003154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,5456
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340197.50/cwt197.50–197.506723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373181.00/cwt181.00–181.006756
Heifers—Medium 1-2384157.00/cwt157.00–157.006034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385170.00/cwt170.00–170.006555
Heifers—Medium 2390144.00/cwt144.00–144.005623
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413186.93/cwt183.00–195.0077231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2423164.37/cwt161.00–168.006956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432167.05/cwt161.00–175.007229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462161.29/cwt160.00–162.5074510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470169.00/cwt169.00–169.0079412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned488159.00/cwt159.00–159.007763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512170.88/cwt168.00–176.0087536
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525159.62/cwt154.00–164.0083837
Heifers—Medium 1-2540145.00/cwt145.00–145.007833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned561151.00/cwt151.00–151.008474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1591174.65/cwt173.00–175.001,03217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2604155.00/cwt155.00–155.009365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623172.87/cwt170.00–174.001,07721
Heifers—Large 1-2639155.61/cwt149.00–159.5099412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667170.81/cwt168.00–174.751,13975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686156.32/cwt152.50–161.751,07217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0264
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,25070
Heifers—Medium and Large 1810154.75/cwt154.75–154.751,2535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2818141.87/cwt141.50–144.501,16024
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2355197.50/cwt197.50–197.507014
Bulls—Medium 1-2393174.00/cwt174.00–174.006844
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2438175.50/cwt175.50–175.507693
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned506155.00/cwt155.00–155.007845
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510176.00/cwt176.00–176.008984
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2577155.94/cwt153.00–160.0090014
Bulls—Medium and Large 1627164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0286
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,80795.15/cwt92.00–98.001,7196
Bulls——1,840114.00/cwt114.00–114.002,0981
Bulls——1,855105.63/cwt100.00–109.001,95911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00044.47/cwt40.00–48.0044512
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04159.56/cwt53.00–64.5062026
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06970.77/cwt67.00–75.5075715
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11078.23/cwt77.50–79.008682
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24065.40/cwt61.00–69.0081134
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24974.74/cwt71.00–79.0093433
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28583.00/cwt82.50–83.501,0673
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44668.01/cwt64.00–71.009837
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47084.39/cwt83.50–86.001,2415
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47377.54/cwt74.00–82.501,14210
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,77591.01/cwt89.00–93.001,6152

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.