Sale reports / Missouri / Callaway Livestock Center / 2023-06-26

Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Jun 26
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,738 head
▼ 484 vs last sale 2,222▼ 599 vs year ago 2,337 · −25.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
496 head
▲ 26 vs last sale 470▲ 261 vs year ago 235 · +111.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 450-550 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower, with 550-650 lbs selling with a firm to higher undertone compared to last week's lighter offering, over 650 lbs were lightly tested. Feeder heifers weighing 450-550 lbs on a much lighter offering and quality not as attractive sold with a lower undertone, 550-650 lbs sold steady with over 650 lbs not well tested. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate offering. Demand and quality was best on the 550-650 lb steers and heifers. Slaughter cows sold firm to 3.00 higher. Cattle on Feed report was released on Friday with On Feed coming in at 97.1 percent, Placements were slightly bearish coming in above expectations at 104.6 percent and Marketings at 101.7.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $265.50/cwt on 552 head. That ranks 12 of 11 comparable sales and sits +22.22 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.
Average price
$265.50
552 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,499
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$603
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2
$83.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.81
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577272.861,575346
Medium and Large 1-2549258.891,421163
Large 1586255.001,49410thin
Medium and Large 2503239.521,20623
Medium 2514189.0097110thin
One grade step is worth $83.86/cwt here — about $603 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 sale552 hd
265.50
—
MO average17 barns · 16,350 hd
245.70
+19.81
This barn, trailing median11 sales
243.28
+22.22
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—Low1,855120.802,2408thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,651115.631,9096thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,440111.301,60240
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235103.681,281122
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02592.3594765
SteersChoiceAverage1,576183.362,8905thin

Every lot

64 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2303290.00/cwt290.00–290.008793
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,1453
Steers—Medium and Large 2389269.15/cwt260.00–281.001,0477
Steers—Medium and Large 1412300.80/cwt297.50–304.001,23927
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434282.89/cwt275.00–292.001,22824
Steers—Medium and Large 2461254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,1715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2472276.23/cwt271.00–282.001,30431
Steers—Medium and Large 1483289.78/cwt286.00–298.001,40058
Steers—Medium 2514189.00/cwt189.00–189.0097110
Steers—Medium and Large 1528278.97/cwt269.00–295.001,47333
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530257.25/cwt252.00–261.001,36332
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy561285.64/cwt283.00–287.001,60239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned568223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2674
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,4398
Steers—Medium and Large 2579225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3035
Steers—Medium and Large 1580265.90/cwt256.00–280.001,54270
Steers—Large 1586255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,49410
Steers—Medium and Large 2609205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2486
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2625249.79/cwt240.00–254.001,56125
Steers—Medium and Large 1629275.26/cwt264.00–280.001,73148
Steers—Medium and Large 1674252.35/cwt239.50–262.001,70147
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688234.26/cwt233.00–234.501,61225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718228.24/cwt228.00–228.501,6398
Steers—Medium and Large 1726232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6884
Steers—Medium and Large 1792226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,79020
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345272.50/cwt272.50–272.509403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1371269.21/cwt266.00–272.509998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2376238.48/cwt237.00–240.0089710
Heifers—Medium 2401186.00/cwt186.00–186.007466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417258.26/cwt253.00–261.001,07713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2429239.75/cwt224.00–251.001,02928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed434274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,18912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469240.86/cwt232.00–245.001,13025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477259.15/cwt254.00–270.001,23627
Heifers—Medium and Large 2491220.27/cwt215.00–229.001,08216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517243.51/cwt241.00–247.001,25924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518229.42/cwt221.00–240.001,18861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned537211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1337
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542200.50/cwt200.50–200.501,08721
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573242.51/cwt234.00–251.001,39080
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584226.13/cwt216.00–229.001,32117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615241.78/cwt238.00–246.001,48728
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624219.99/cwt218.00–222.001,37316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6067
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2681219.36/cwt218.50–220.001,49412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717231.38/cwt222.50–233.501,65921
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,2317
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2523222.02/cwt211.00–228.001,16113
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2568216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,2277
Bulls—Medium and Large 2689170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1717
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,576183.36/cwt183.00–185.002,8905
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,705114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,9441
Bulls——1,876121.77/cwt120.00–125.002,2847
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95677.94/cwt75.50–82.0074510
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03391.65/cwt85.00–95.5094734
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,045100.35/cwt96.50–107.001,04921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,203100.14/cwt95.00–105.001,20557
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24191.54/cwt85.00–94.501,13614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270110.98/cwt106.00–120.001,40951
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,428103.42/cwt99.00–106.001,4779
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,443113.59/cwt108.00–121.001,63931
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,646117.75/cwt114.00–122.001,9385
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,675105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,7591

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.