Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2022-11-28

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Nov 28
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,583 head
▲ 1,245 vs last sale 1,338▲ 614 vs year ago 1,969 · +31.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
330 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 250▲ 60 vs year ago 270 · +22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-450 lb steer calves sold with a higher undertone on few comparisons, with the 450-500 lbs steer calves selling mostly 5.00-8.00 lower on last week's very active market, 500-600 lb traded steady to firm with weights over 600 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone on few good comparisons with last week. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 higher with several packages and groups of fancy black 4 weight heifers with good weighing conditions selling on a very active market, 500-600 lb sold steady to firm on comparable sales with 600 lbs not well tested. Several pot loads and part loads of 800-930 lb steers in the offering selling with good demand along with a pot load of 570 lb heifers. Overall quality was very good on the calves and yearlings with demand good on a moderate to heavy supply. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm with spots 3.00-4.00 higher on the high dressing cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $188.70/cwt on 1,255 head. That ranks 1 of 11 comparable sales and sits −54.58 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$188.70
1,255 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,262
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$85
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$36.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.64
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1667192.581,284902
Medium and Large 1-2625183.981,150258
Medium and Large 2615166.881,02728
Large 1-2884164.651,45660
Medium 1-2879155.751,3697thin
One grade step is worth $36.83/cwt here — about −$85 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 sale1,255 hd
188.70
—
MO average7 barns · 8,331 hd
184.05
+4.64
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
−54.58
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—High1,82096.121,74917
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,72580.891,3958thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45675.071,09341
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24168.0384482
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03159.7061684

Every lot

76 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275225.00/cwt225.00–225.006195
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2313210.00/cwt210.00–210.006573
Steers—Medium and Large 1338227.50/cwt227.50–227.507693
Steers—Medium and Large 1384230.97/cwt229.00–233.0088724
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385211.77/cwt211.00–212.508156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed411237.00/cwt237.00–237.0097412
Steers—Medium and Large 1420221.14/cwt213.00–230.0092918
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy441236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,04112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2441200.94/cwt198.00–207.008869
Steers—Medium and Large 1475208.34/cwt205.00–210.0099070
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2481198.96/cwt198.00–200.0095729
Steers—Large 1-2489161.50/cwt161.50–161.507906
Steers—Medium and Large 2492180.69/cwt179.00–186.0088912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519190.11/cwt184.00–193.0098713
Steers—Medium and Large 1524199.96/cwt196.00–205.501,048160
Steers—Medium and Large 1567194.35/cwt189.00–199.001,10294
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,08913
Steers—Medium and Large 2602165.00/cwt165.00–165.009935
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2622174.33/cwt167.00–179.501,08443
Steers—Medium and Large 1636188.30/cwt181.00–190.001,198122
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy662199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,31754
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672169.33/cwt167.25–177.001,13817
Steers—Medium and Large 1684187.07/cwt183.50–189.501,28041
Steers—Medium and Large 2698144.25/cwt144.25–144.251,0076
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2755173.83/cwt164.00–175.001,31299
Steers—Medium and Large 2825162.75/cwt162.75–162.751,3435
Steers—Medium and Large 1837179.10/cwt179.10–179.101,49961
Steers—Medium and Large 1876180.67/cwt175.25–183.351,583179
Steers—Medium 1-2879155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,3697
Steers—Medium and Large 1919174.48/cwt174.00–174.751,60364
Steers—Large 1-2928165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,53154
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 2-3284140.00/cwt140.00–140.0039813
Heifers—Medium 2-3311141.00/cwt141.00–141.0043914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340190.00/cwt190.00–190.006463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy365220.41/cwt210.00–230.008046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373199.17/cwt186.00–208.0074312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed417206.11/cwt200.00–209.0085941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429192.03/cwt185.00–198.0082427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437179.33/cwt172.00–184.0078418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy450209.00/cwt209.00–209.009416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469182.43/cwt178.00–189.0085658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473166.20/cwt160.00–171.0078631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy508198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,00622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521150.00/cwt150.00–150.007824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523167.82/cwt158.50–171.0087849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527177.62/cwt173.00–182.0093661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed571183.45/cwt183.00–183.501,04798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576168.89/cwt168.00–170.0097313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578173.88/cwt172.00–175.001,00556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,11813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617165.10/cwt158.00–170.001,01931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660172.16/cwt169.50–176.001,13622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677154.62/cwt151.50–158.501,04717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721150.34/cwt149.00–151.251,08410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2751147.73/cwt145.50–148.251,10916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2828140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,1636
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2951133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2658
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2609153.50/cwt153.50–153.509357
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2725144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,0444
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,58086.79/cwt82.00–90.001,3714
Bulls——1,85696.97/cwt94.00–101.001,80010
Bulls——2,018105.71/cwt104.00–109.002,1333
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98646.05/cwt39.00–50.0045411
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02156.93/cwt52.00–61.0058138
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05665.27/cwt62.00–69.0068927
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06172.84/cwt70.00–77.007738
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22668.86/cwt67.00–72.5084437
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23774.62/cwt73.00–78.0092317
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26262.92/cwt59.00–66.0079428
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43672.94/cwt69.50–76.501,04721
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45665.07/cwt62.00–68.509476
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48582.55/cwt77.50–88.001,22614
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,67570.49/cwt70.00–71.001,1812
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,72573.98/cwt73.00–75.001,2762
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,75089.55/cwt87.00–94.001,5674

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.