Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2023-04-17

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Apr 17
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,503 head
▲ 1,384 vs last sale 1,119▲ 1,631 vs year ago 872 · +187.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
527 head
▲ 392 vs last sale 135▲ 366 vs year ago 161 · +227.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light volume sale, the best test was on light weight steers and heifers under 600 lbs with 400-550 lb steers selling on a very active market trading 10.00-20.00 higher, spots 25.00 higher on the 450-550 lb steers, 550-600 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 higher. Steers and heifers over 600 lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone on limited comparisons. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold 3.00-8.00 higher. Feeder cattle market continues to see huge jumps each week as several small packages and groups of thin/fancy blk steers weighing from 370-520 lbs hit the 3.00+ per lb mark on Monday's auction with several stick out sales on these light steer calves along with a near pot load of 522 lb fancy blk heifers selling on and active market and two pot loads and two part loads of 700-765 lb steers all sold with very good demand. Over all a very active market on feeders with a good quality offering with good weighing conditions made for a very aggressive market with buyers very active to own cattle and pushing some very impressive prices throughout the day. Slaughter cows on a very large offering sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $245.78/cwt on 967 head. That ranks 8 of 11 comparable sales and sits +2.50 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$245.78
967 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,469
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$221
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$60.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.62
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1587254.801,496681
Medium and Large 2419232.9997510thin
Medium and Large 1-2562231.891,304218
Large 1884194.251,71758
One grade step is worth $60.55/cwt here — about −$221 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 sale967 hd
245.78
—
MO average16 barns · 11,081 hd
234.16
+11.62
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
+2.50
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
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,745103.991,8153thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44098.791,42216
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22194.401,15261
CowsLean 85-90%High1,01884.6086178
SteersChoiceAverage1,487177.892,64511

Every lot

79 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1322287.71/cwt275.00–292.5092622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned386275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,06215
Steers—Medium and Large 2388239.42/cwt222.50–252.509297
Steers—Medium and Large 1389303.34/cwt295.00–312.501,18018
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2390279.75/cwt270.00–287.501,09113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420255.28/cwt252.50–259.001,07226
Steers—Medium and Large 1423283.73/cwt272.50–289.001,20023
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned423260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1006
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed431304.45/cwt298.00–308.001,31222
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned465272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,2656
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed469308.38/cwt305.00–317.501,44625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned473242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,14710
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480252.92/cwt237.50–265.001,21419
Steers—Medium and Large 1482288.20/cwt272.50–296.001,38949
Steers—Medium and Large 2490218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,0683
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed513266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,3653
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy516303.86/cwt301.00–306.001,56835
Steers—Medium and Large 1519281.54/cwt270.00–294.001,46160
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533232.55/cwt225.00–249.001,23925
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy544235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,27810
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed562275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5466
Steers—Medium and Large 1571243.51/cwt235.00–262.001,390102
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577219.84/cwt209.00–230.001,26812
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed614250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,53540
Steers—Medium and Large 1616242.65/cwt231.50–246.001,49531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2630213.39/cwt209.00–219.001,34437
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672207.05/cwt201.00–209.001,39147
Steers—Medium and Large 1686214.51/cwt212.50–221.001,47212
Steers—Medium and Large 1706224.02/cwt223.50–225.101,582106
Steers—Medium and Large 1762218.62/cwt218.25–219.751,66693
Steers—Medium and Large 1809196.39/cwt194.00–198.501,58915
Steers—Large 1884194.25/cwt194.25–194.251,71758
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2937186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,74311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2284275.00/cwt275.00–275.007816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314262.50/cwt262.50–262.508246
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2326231.89/cwt230.00–233.007568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed361272.50/cwt272.50–272.509847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377254.04/cwt242.50–262.5095847
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424251.14/cwt235.00–260.001,065107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433218.92/cwt217.50–222.5094825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467219.16/cwt207.50–225.001,02332
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468201.00/cwt201.00–201.009413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475241.42/cwt238.00–247.001,14734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510196.46/cwt192.00–200.001,00211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed518237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,2288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy522254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,32680
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524221.82/cwt215.00–227.501,16269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy539209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,1294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy554234.25/cwt234.25–234.251,29827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572217.04/cwt212.00–222.001,24183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy575203.18/cwt202.50–204.001,1689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed630227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,43320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1632218.93/cwt212.00–223.001,38473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667194.88/cwt191.00–198.001,3009
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4639
Heifers—Medium and Large 2697169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,1815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714177.49/cwt177.00–178.501,26712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730191.33/cwt188.75–196.751,39715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1766185.75/cwt185.75–185.751,4239
Heifers—Medium and Large 1841189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,5899
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870187.24/cwt186.00–188.001,62916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1909180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,63625
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2398257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0233
Bulls—Medium and Large 1533218.91/cwt217.50–220.001,1677
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2605197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2694191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3264
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,487177.89/cwt176.50–180.002,64511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93065.09/cwt60.00–68.006053
Cows—Lean 85-90%98475.82/cwt70.00–80.0074620
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02796.03/cwt91.00–105.0098615
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03886.16/cwt81.00–90.0089440
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21083.56/cwt78.50–88.001,01110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,214101.68/cwt99.00–106.001,23417
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22793.94/cwt89.50–98.001,15334
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43294.45/cwt90.00–97.001,3538
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,447103.12/cwt101.00–106.001,4928
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,73099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,7131
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,753106.49/cwt106.00–107.001,8672

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.