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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2023-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Sep 25

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← Sep 18Sep 25Oct 2 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,492 head

▼ 158 vs last sale 1,650▼ 599 vs year ago 2,091 · −28.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

240 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 204▲ 65 vs year ago 175 · +37.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs were lightly tested, with 500-550 lb steers selling 2.00-5.00 lower, 550-600 lbs sold 5.00-8.00 lower, spots 10.00 lower, 600-650 lbs sold mostly 5.00 lower and over 650 lbs were not well tested with a part load of 713 lb steers selling with a firm undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-600 lbs sold steady to firm, over 600 lbs were lightly tested with the exception of a pot load of top quality 605 lb heifers selling with a higher undertone. Demand was moderate to good on a moderate offering there was a couple of stick-out sales with a pot load of 605 lb heifers at 285.75 and a part load 713 lb steers at 279.75. The offering of light weight calves under 400 lbs was greater than normal and sold with good demand. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

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 $298.29/cwt on 476 head. That ranks 12 of 11 comparable sales and sits +55.01 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.

Average price

$298.29

476 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,627

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$69.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.17

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	304.75	1,718	315
Medium and Large 1-2	504	287.93	1,453	154
Large 1	611	235.71	1,440	7thin

One grade step is worth $69.03/cwt here — about $278 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 sale476 hd

298.29

—

MO average15 barns · 8,161 hd

271.12

+27.17

This barn, trailing median11 sales

243.28

+55.01

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	1,647	119.03	1,961	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,654	128.74	2,129	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,441	114.11	1,644	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,264	107.68	1,361	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	87.22	931	42

Every lot

70 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	273	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,058	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	275	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	880	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	316.09/cwt	309.00–329.00	1,059	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	350	366.96/cwt	364.00–380.00	1,284	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	370	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,084	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	324.02/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,244	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	415	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,465	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	304.11/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,302	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	446	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,432	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,509	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	470	289.82/cwt	284.00–295.00	1,362	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,419	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,452	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	314.69/cwt	306.00–319.00	1,649	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	291.94/cwt	289.00–300.00	1,544	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	561	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,762	5
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	574	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,292	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	276.70/cwt	275.00–279.00	1,599	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	294.33/cwt	292.00–297.00	1,728	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	253.61/cwt	249.50–265.00	1,580	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	285.95/cwt	282.25–294.00	1,799	73
Steers	—	Large 1	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	266.25/cwt	266.25–266.25	1,805	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	711	278.02/cwt	271.00–279.75	1,977	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,784	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	245.39/cwt	240.50–250.00	1,934	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	272	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	993	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	946	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	330	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,089	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	359	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,206	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,140	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	313.67/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,211	8
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	388	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	708	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,104	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	425	261.86/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,113	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	426	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,367	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	302.62/cwt	291.00–312.50	1,295	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,257	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	287.76/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,347	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	490	264.25/cwt	256.00–268.00	1,295	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	521	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,292	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	276.91/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,445	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	545	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,439	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	271.40/cwt	267.00–274.50	1,517	16
Heifers	—	Medium 2	566	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,172	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	256.91/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,508	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	273.94/cwt	269.00–276.00	1,652	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	605	285.75/cwt	285.75–285.75	1,729	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	255.79/cwt	254.00–258.00	1,601	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	632	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,447	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	240.50/cwt	237.50–245.50	1,609	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	706	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,821	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	1,730	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,754	28
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	345	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,277	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	275.62/cwt	274.00–277.50	1,031	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,341	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	617	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,536	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,628	125.45/cwt	125.00–126.00	2,042	2
Bulls	—	—	1,651	117.75/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,944	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	67.15/cwt	62.00–73.00	700	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,064	84.79/cwt	78.00–90.00	902	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,081	97.32/cwt	93.00–100.00	1,052	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,244	107.84/cwt	104.00–113.00	1,342	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	99.54/cwt	95.00–103.00	1,257	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	116.35/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,502	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,407	102.30/cwt	100.00–107.00	1,439	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,441	112.79/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,625	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,451	118.85/cwt	116.00–124.00	1,725	10
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,654	128.74/cwt	124.00–133.00	2,129	7

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 25, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,492Last week 1,650Year ago 2,091

Slaughter CattleReceipts 240Last week 204Year ago 175

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	623	249.50–265.00	253.61
14	—	335	309.00–329.00	316.09
5	—	481	295.00	295.00
15	—	788	240.50–250.00	245.39
5	—	275	320.00	320.00
15	—	428	290.00–310.00	304.11
14	—	578	275.00–279.00	276.70
26	—	529	289.00–300.00	291.94
3	—	718	248.50	248.50
12	—	384	320.00–330.00	324.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	711	271.00–279.75	278.02
73	—	629	282.25–294.00	285.95
57	—	587	292.00–297.00	294.33
5	—	446	321.00	321.00
27	—	350	364.00–380.00	366.96
19	—	678	266.25	266.25
22	—	460	328.00	328.00
4	—	273	387.50	387.50
60	—	524	306.00–319.00	314.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	470	284.00–295.00	289.82
13	—	370	293.00	293.00
5	—	515	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	415	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	660	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	359	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	468	280.00–290.00	287.76
8	—	386	310.00–321.00	313.67
4	—	706	258.00	258.00
67	—	522	270.00–279.00	276.91
24	—	603	269.00–276.00	273.94
16	—	559	267.00–274.50	271.40
31	—	428	291.00–312.50	302.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	330	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	425	260.00–265.00	261.86
4	—	521	248.00	248.00
7	—	632	229.00	229.00
17	—	490	256.00–268.00	264.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	605	285.75	285.75
11	—	426	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	587	251.00–265.00	256.91
11	—	626	254.00–258.00	255.79
5	—	774	223.50	223.50
3	—	545	264.00	264.00
5	—	438	287.00	287.00
9	—	377	302.50	302.50
28	—	837	209.50	209.50
16	—	669	237.50–245.50	240.50
6	—	272	365.00	365.00
5	—	305	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	566	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	388	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	374	274.00–277.50	275.62
3	—	530	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	617	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	345	370.00	370.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,064	78.00–90.00	84.79
18	—	1,081	93.00–100.00	97.32
7	—	1,043	62.00–73.00	67.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,291	114.00–120.00	116.35
15	—	1,244	104.00–113.00	107.84
12	—	1,263	95.00–103.00	99.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,451	116.00–124.00	118.85
9	—	1,441	110.00–115.00	112.79
3	—	1,407	100.00–107.00	102.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,654	124.00–133.00	128.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,651	110.00–120.00	117.75
2	—	1,628	125.00–126.00	125.45

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.