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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2023-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Sep 18

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,650 head

▼ 325 vs last sale 1,975▲ 363 vs year ago 1,287 · +28.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

204 head

▼ 57 vs last sale 261▲ 9 vs year ago 195 · +4.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-600 lbs sold steady to firm, with 600-700 lbs selling firm to spots 5.00 higher and over 750 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Heifer calves on a much lighter offering this week sold steady. Demand was good on all classes of feeders with supply moderate. Several stick-out sales of yearling steers with a pot load of thin black steers weighing 662 lbs at 296.25 and three pot loads of top quality yearling steers weighing 906 to 943 lbs all selling with good demand with the pot load of 906 lb steers selling at 251.10. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady with the bulk of the slaughter cows average dressing cows.

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 $285.39/cwt on 781 head. That ranks 12 of 11 comparable sales and sits +42.11 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.

Average price

$285.39

781 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,941

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$263

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

$44.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.09

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	287.02	1,549	91
Medium and Large 1	700	285.42	1,997	686
Medium and Large 2	529	243.00	1,285	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.02/cwt here — about $263 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 sale781 hd

285.39

—

MO average16 barns · 9,876 hd

273.30

+12.09

This barn, trailing median11 sales

243.28

+42.11

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	—	Average	1,747	133.21	2,327	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,672	120.39	2,013	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,492	112.98	1,685	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,250	107.39	1,342	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	93.09	954	49

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	381.48/cwt	375.00–384.00	1,301	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	342	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,163	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	373.72/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,416	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	328.03/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,378	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	448	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,362	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	462	304.04/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,405	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	330.49/cwt	321.00–345.00	1,550	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	486	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,550	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	318.23/cwt	313.00–321.50	1,661	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	294.03/cwt	288.00–299.00	1,535	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,285	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	309.67/cwt	299.00–312.00	1,750	101
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,576	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,668	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	618	305.25/cwt	305.25–305.25	1,886	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	293.63/cwt	289.00–298.00	1,835	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,740	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	662	296.25/cwt	296.25–296.25	1,961	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	287.38/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,948	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	253.40/cwt	250.00–255.50	1,807	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,752	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	260.13/cwt	253.00–261.50	2,047	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	253.25/cwt	253.25–253.25	2,125	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	854	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,101	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	928	245.59/cwt	240.50–251.10	2,279	177
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,149	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	288.51/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,024	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,313	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	298.96/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,247	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	265.04/cwt	259.50–267.50	1,137	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,270	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	269.87/cwt	267.00–277.50	1,260	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	283.05/cwt	279.00–289.00	1,344	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	482	257.07/cwt	249.00–265.00	1,239	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	508	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,336	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	277.75/cwt	277.50–278.00	1,469	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	247.65/cwt	243.00–249.00	1,313	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	550	258.94/cwt	252.50–267.00	1,424	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	283.35/cwt	272.00–285.50	1,609	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,452	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	275.59/cwt	271.00–278.50	1,689	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	619	262.23/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,623	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,644	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,793	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	1,809	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	222.75/cwt	222.75–222.75	1,933	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	868	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,901	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	407	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,258	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	456	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,318	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,436	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,521	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,591	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,747	133.21/cwt	126.00–138.00	2,327	13
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,006	105.47/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,061	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	74.42/cwt	70.00–78.00	758	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,022	85.71/cwt	80.00–90.00	876	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,036	97.16/cwt	93.00–102.50	1,007	21
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,238	108.46/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,343	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	99.36/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,243	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,292	116.85/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,510	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,433	102.99/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,476	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,503	112.15/cwt	108.00–116.00	1,686	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,511	120.46/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,820	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,672	120.39/cwt	119.00–122.00	2,013	3

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 Sep 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,650Last week 1,975Year ago 1,287

Slaughter CattleReceipts 204Last week 261Year ago 195

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	420	320.00–335.00	328.03
41	—	839	253.25	253.25
66	—	787	253.00–261.50	260.13
51	—	522	313.00–321.50	318.23
38	—	469	321.00–345.00	330.49
40	—	625	289.00–298.00	293.63
101	—	565	299.00–312.00	309.67
7	—	341	375.00–384.00	381.48
177	—	928	240.50–251.10	245.59
13	—	678	284.00–290.00	287.38
11	—	854	246.00	246.00
17	—	379	355.00–385.00	373.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	642	271.00	271.00
19	—	571	276.00	276.00
14	—	713	250.00–255.50	253.40
29	—	462	297.50–315.00	304.04
9	—	522	288.00–299.00	294.03
3	—	342	340.00	340.00
11	—	448	304.00	304.00
3	—	765	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	579	288.00	288.00
15	—	486	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	662	296.25	296.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	618	305.25	305.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	868	219.00	219.00
8	—	355	270.00–300.00	288.51
29	—	467	267.00–277.50	269.87
4	—	734	224.00	224.00
10	—	823	219.75	219.75
9	—	550	252.50–267.00	258.94
6	—	788	227.50	227.50
18	—	429	259.50–267.50	265.04
8	—	619	260.00–266.00	262.23
4	—	508	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	475	279.00–289.00	283.05
10	—	417	290.00–308.00	298.96
53	—	568	272.00–285.50	283.35
23	—	868	222.75	222.75
3	—	333	345.00	345.00
22	—	529	277.50–278.00	277.75
19	—	613	271.00–278.50	275.59
3	—	395	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	435	292.00	292.00
18	—	530	243.00–249.00	247.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	600	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	482	249.00–265.00	257.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	456	289.00	289.00
4	—	723	220.00	220.00
3	—	563	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	309.00	309.00
10	—	592	257.00	257.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,503	108.00–116.00	112.15
5	—	1,433	100.00–107.00	102.99
8	—	1,511	118.00–124.00	120.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,672	119.00–122.00	120.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,238	105.00–113.00	108.46
10	—	1,251	95.00–104.00	99.36
6	—	1,292	114.00–122.00	116.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,036	93.00–102.50	97.16
9	—	1,006	104.00–109.00	105.47
5	—	1,018	70.00–78.00	74.42
14	—	1,022	80.00–90.00	85.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,747	126.00–138.00	133.21

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.