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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-02-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-26

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Feb 26

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

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Feeder Cattle receipts

2,534 head

▲ 523 vs last sale 2,011▲ 1,251 vs year ago 1,283 · +97.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

250 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 240▲ 69 vs year ago 181 · +38.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 400-500 lb steer calves sold 8.00-15.00 higher, with 500-600 lbs trading fully steady to firm, 600-650 lbs sold mostly 8.00-10.00 higher, with 650-700 lbs not well tested on comparable sales, 700-800 lbs sold steady to firm and over 850 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold mostly 5.00-10.00 higher with the most advance on the 400-450 lbs, 500-550 lbs sold steady to firm, with 550-600 lbs selling mostly 2.00-5.00 lower and 600-650 lbs trading 5.00-10.00 lower with a pot load weighing 697 lbs selling 2.00 lower than a pot load of similar weight last week, a part load weighing 735 lbs was not tested but sold with a firm undertone. Demand was good on the steers and moderate to good on the heifers with supply moderate. The best demand was on steers weighing 400-650 lbs and heifers weighing 400-550 lbs going to grass with the bulk of the calves good quality, long timed weaned with shots. Several stick-out sales with a part load of 606 lb steers at 310.75, pot load 856 lb steers at 248.00 and part load of 549 lb heifers at 298.50. Slaughter cows sold 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 $292.39/cwt on 1,002 head. That ranks 12 of 11 comparable sales and sits +49.11 against this barn's trailing median of $243.28.

Average price

$292.39

1,002 head · 638 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$56

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

$28.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.47

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	637	296.76	1,890	796
Medium and Large 1-2	623	279.21	1,740	132
Large 1	584	276.00	1,612	4thin
Large 1-2	683	268.50	1,834	70

One grade step is worth $28.26/cwt here — about $56 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 sale1,002 hd

292.39

—

MO average16 barns · 15,611 hd

277.91

+14.47

This barn, trailing median11 sales

243.28

+49.11

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	1,710	124.55	2,130	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	117.14	1,729	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,245	112.18	1,396	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,048	92.54	970	28
Steers	Choice	Average	1,438	183.82	2,643	28
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,359	177.15	2,407	26

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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	332	376.43/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,250	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	366.39/cwt	354.00–378.00	1,330	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	343.57/cwt	327.00–363.00	1,426	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	314.18/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,474	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	342.12/cwt	325.00–354.00	1,615	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	510	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,617	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	311.42/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,638	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	330.59/cwt	317.00–337.00	1,746	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	309.03/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,777	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	290.46/cwt	283.00–295.00	1,679	21
Steers	—	Large 1Fleshy	584	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,612	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	596	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,669	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	305.56/cwt	290.00–310.75	1,864	109
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	280.26/cwt	277.00–288.00	1,774	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	266.98/cwt	258.00–278.00	1,791	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,873	19
Steers	—	Large 1-2	683	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,834	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	686	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,787	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	267.41/cwt	263.50–272.25	1,928	135
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	249.19/cwt	244.00–258.00	1,817	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	260.04/cwt	248.50–265.00	1,995	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	246.33/cwt	241.75–248.00	2,106	82
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,183	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	360.08/cwt	355.00–368.00	1,181	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	376	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,030	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	309.68/cwt	308.00–311.00	1,186	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	326.35/cwt	316.00–345.00	1,260	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	290.69/cwt	288.00–292.00	1,221	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	307.95/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,318	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	276.27/cwt	270.00–282.00	1,307	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	297.84/cwt	288.00–310.00	1,421	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	487	317.68/cwt	317.00–318.00	1,547	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,262	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	529	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,677	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	267.89/cwt	255.00–277.00	1,425	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	539	296.20/cwt	281.00–305.00	1,597	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	251.45/cwt	245.00–258.50	1,446	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	267.92/cwt	266.00–268.25	1,578	88
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	602	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,463	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	258.97/cwt	257.00–261.25	1,611	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	248.62/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,571	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	680	240.66/cwt	236.75–244.00	1,636	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	687	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,594	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	697	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,746	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	246.25/cwt	246.25–246.25	1,812	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	1,706	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,825	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	445	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,442	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	521	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,584	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,589	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	646	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,628	4
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,359	177.15/cwt	175.00–179.50	2,407	26
Steers	—	Choice	1,438	183.82/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,643	28
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,710	124.55/cwt	120.00–131.00	2,130	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	974	64.48/cwt	60.00–66.50	628	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	87.31/cwt	80.00–90.00	902	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,062	95.90/cwt	92.00–98.00	1,018	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,076	105.15/cwt	100.00–108.50	1,131	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	104.70/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,263	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	116.22/cwt	108.00–127.00	1,454	37
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,260	94.23/cwt	92.00–95.00	1,187	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,390	109.00/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,515	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,489	118.36/cwt	114.00–122.00	1,762	20

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 Feb 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,534Last week 2,011Year ago 1,283

Slaughter CattleReceipts 250Last week 240Year ago 181

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	855	241.75–248.00	246.33
109	—	610	290.00–310.75	305.56
54	—	575	295.00–320.00	309.03
53	—	415	327.00–363.00	343.57
24	—	767	248.50–265.00	260.04
60	—	931	234.50	234.50
154	—	528	317.00–337.00	330.59
12	—	332	370.00–382.50	376.43
6	—	363	354.00–378.00	366.39
65	—	472	325.00–354.00	342.12
19	—	681	275.00	275.00
135	—	721	263.50–272.25	267.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	584	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	686	260.50	260.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	671	258.00–278.00	266.98
23	—	729	244.00–258.00	249.19
21	—	578	283.00–295.00	290.46
18	—	633	277.00–288.00	280.26
17	—	469	305.00–320.00	314.18
11	—	526	307.50–315.00	311.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	683	268.50	268.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	596	280.00	280.00
4	—	510	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	487	317.00–318.00	317.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	376	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	680	236.75–244.00	240.66
16	—	473	270.00–282.00	276.27
22	—	532	255.00–277.00	267.89
45	—	575	245.00–258.50	251.45
9	—	383	308.00–311.00	309.68
42	—	632	240.00–255.00	248.62
14	—	420	288.00–292.00	290.69
5	—	744	229.25	229.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	515	245.00	245.00
3	—	602	243.00	243.00
6	—	550	240.00	240.00
3	—	687	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	529	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	328	355.00–368.00	360.08
63	—	428	300.00–315.00	307.95
62	—	697	250.50	250.50
46	—	477	288.00–310.00	297.84
88	—	589	266.00–268.25	267.92
11	—	785	232.50	232.50
54	—	736	246.25	246.25
78	—	622	257.00–261.25	258.97
68	—	539	281.00–305.00	296.20
31	—	386	316.00–345.00	326.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	646	252.00	252.00
4	—	595	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	304.00	304.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,438	180.00–185.00	183.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,359	175.00–179.50	177.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,033	80.00–90.00	87.31
4	—	974	60.00–66.50	64.48
9	—	1,076	100.00–108.50	105.15
9	—	1,062	92.00–98.00	95.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,489	114.00–122.00	118.36
3	—	1,390	108.00–110.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,260	92.00–95.00	94.23
37	—	1,251	108.00–127.00	116.22
8	—	1,206	101.00–107.00	104.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,710	120.00–131.00	124.55

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.