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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2023-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Mar 6

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← Feb 27Mar 6Mar 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,213 head

▼ 70 vs last sale 1,283▼ 1,067 vs year ago 2,280 · −46.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

130 head

▼ 51 vs last sale 181▼ 66 vs year ago 196 · −33.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 450 lbs traded with a sharply higher undertone on a light test, with 450-550 lbs and 600-650 lb steer calves selling fully steady to firm, 550-600 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 higher, over 700 lb sold with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-450 lbs sold mostly 8.00-10.00 higher, with 450-600 lbs selling steady to firm and over 600 lbs were not tested. Demand was good to very good on a light to moderate offering with and attractive offering of steers and heifer calves weighing 400-650 lbs all selling on a very active market. There were three pot loads of top quality blk yearling steers weighing 707 to 810 lbs also trading on a very active market. Slaughter cows on comparable sales with last week sold steady to firm on a lighter offering.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $217.05/cwt on 484 head. That ranks 2 of 11 comparable sales and sits −26.23 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.

Average price

$217.05

484 head · 633 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,375

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$8.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.11

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	218.15	1,409	419
Medium and Large 1-2	553	209.90	1,161	65

One grade step is worth $8.25/cwt here — about $247 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 sale484 hd

217.05

—

MO average16 barns · 11,833 hd

215.94

+1.11

This barn, trailing median11 sales

243.28

−26.23

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,749	113.85	1,991	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,228	90.96	1,117	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,452	89.62	1,302	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,045	83.02	868	28
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,833	82.29	1,508	2thin

Every lot

60 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	882	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	261.85/cwt	255.00–272.50	977	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	388	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,083	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	416	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	946	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	420	266.94/cwt	262.50–272.50	1,121	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	250.07/cwt	243.00–258.00	1,058	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	228.09/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,106	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	246.35/cwt	231.00–257.00	1,197	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	215.99/cwt	206.00–233.00	1,138	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	241.92/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,280	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	530	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,357	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	234.10/cwt	218.00–242.00	1,348	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	214.97/cwt	209.00–218.00	1,253	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	598	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,274	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	603	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,351	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	603	193.15/cwt	190.00–194.50	1,165	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	214.20/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,339	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	659	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,153	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	206.27/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,372	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	200.66/cwt	191.50–201.75	1,421	93
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	752	200.25/cwt	200.25–200.25	1,506	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	175.75/cwt	175.75–175.75	1,355	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	811	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,606	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	237.78/cwt	233.00–247.00	773	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	232.85/cwt	226.00–242.50	883	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	408	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	787	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	197.29/cwt	194.00–204.00	815	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	229.69/cwt	215.00–238.00	976	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	208.15/cwt	202.00–211.00	976	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	231.46/cwt	213.00–235.00	1,090	85
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	205.73/cwt	199.00–219.00	1,086	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	193.52/cwt	180.00–199.00	1,031	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	187.59/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,064	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	201.20/cwt	195.00–209.00	1,161	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,029	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,203	10
Heifers	—	Large 1	660	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,132	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	178.10/cwt	177.50–178.25	1,190	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	676	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,082	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	753	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,130	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	789	147.02/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,160	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	796	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,301	7
Heifers	—	Large 1Fleshy	1,019	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,452	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	327	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	814	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	388	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	970	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	406	242.41/cwt	238.00–246.50	984	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	579	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,112	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,621	104.38/cwt	96.00–112.00	1,692	5
Bulls	—	—	1,740	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,636	1
Bulls	—	—	1,803	119.45/cwt	109.00–128.00	2,154	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,011	68.68/cwt	65.00–73.00	694	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,054	91.27/cwt	87.00–97.00	962	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,061	80.87/cwt	75.00–85.00	858	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	95.82/cwt	92.00–103.00	1,167	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	88.93/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,103	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	73.98/cwt	71.00–77.00	918	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,441	95.12/cwt	92.00–102.50	1,371	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	90.00/cwt	89.00–91.00	1,301	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,488	74.69/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,111	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,833	82.29/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,508	2

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Callaway Livestock Center - Kingdom City, MO

Mon Mar 6, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,213Last week 1,283Year ago 2,280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 181Year ago 196

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	660	171.50	171.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	789	145.00–150.00	147.02
6	—	676	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,019	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	528	199.00–219.00	205.73
14	—	379	226.00–242.50	232.85
85	—	471	213.00–235.00	231.46
41	—	577	195.00–209.00	201.20
10	—	325	233.00–247.00	237.78
10	—	614	196.00	196.00
60	—	425	215.00–238.00	229.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	178.00	178.00
3	—	753	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	533	180.00–199.00	193.52
15	—	567	186.00–190.00	187.59
9	—	413	194.00–204.00	197.29
7	—	796	163.50	163.50
18	—	469	202.00–211.00	208.15
15	—	668	177.50–178.25	178.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	408	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	416	227.50	227.50
4	—	659	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	486	231.00–257.00	246.35
40	—	576	218.00–242.00	234.10
24	—	529	230.00–251.00	241.92
23	—	625	208.00–219.00	214.20
19	—	665	202.00–212.00	206.27
8	—	423	243.00–258.00	250.07
63	—	811	198.00	198.00
5	—	373	255.00–272.50	261.85
5	—	333	265.00	265.00
93	—	708	191.50–201.75	200.66
64	—	752	200.25	200.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	598	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	388	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	583	209.00–218.00	214.97
4	—	771	175.75	175.75
10	—	603	190.00–194.50	193.15
8	—	485	227.00–230.00	228.09
25	—	527	206.00–233.00	215.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	420	262.50–272.50	266.94
3	—	603	224.00	224.00
3	—	530	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	406	238.00–246.50	242.41
5	—	327	249.00	249.00
3	—	388	250.00	250.00
4	—	579	192.00	192.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,488	70.00–79.00	74.69
8	—	1,441	92.00–102.50	95.12
2	—	1,445	89.00–91.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,833	80.00–85.00	82.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,241	71.00–77.00	73.98
19	—	1,218	92.00–103.00	95.82
12	—	1,240	85.00–91.00	88.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,054	87.00–97.00	91.27
7	—	1,011	65.00–73.00	68.68
7	—	1,061	75.00–85.00	80.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,740	94.00	94.00
12	—	1,803	109.00–128.00	119.45
5	—	1,621	96.00–112.00	104.38

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.