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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Mar 4

● Final74 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← Feb 26Mar 4Mar 11 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,819 head

▲ 285 vs last sale 2,534▲ 1,606 vs year ago 1,213 · +132.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

189 head

▼ 61 vs last sale 250▲ 59 vs year ago 130 · +45.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs and 600-650 lbs sold steady to firm, with 500-600 lbs trading firm to 8.00 higher, 650-700 lbs sold with a higher undertone, 700-800 lbs sold steady to firm, spots 3.00 higher and over 800 lbs sold with a firm undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher, spots 13.00 higher, 500-600 lbs sold fully steady to firm, with 600-650 lbs trading firm to 7.00 higher, 650-750 lbs sold steady to firm. Demand was good to very good with supply moderate. Demand remains very good with buyers still very aggressive to buy/own calves going to grass. Overall quality ran pretty deep on calves and yearlings with most calves long timed weaned with shots. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-10.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $321.04/cwt on 382 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −158.98 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.

Average price

$321.04

382 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$40.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.13

vs MO average

+8.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	327.31	1,791	318
Large 1	535	314.00	1,680	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	551	286.47	1,579	56

One grade step is worth $40.84/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale382 hd

321.04

—

MO average3 barns · 1,351 hd

314.91

+6.13

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+8.04

This barn, trailing median32 sales

480.02

−158.98

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 500–600 lb

32 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.16, low $385.53, median $480.02 across 32 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	—	High	1,671	132.49	2,214	20
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,623	131.12	2,128	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,465	124.35	1,822	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,215	116.17	1,412	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,029	101.20	1,041	25
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,015	176.94	1,796	6thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,386	185.35	2,569	18

Every lot

74 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	373.28/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,209	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	334.88/cwt	324.00–345.00	1,122	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	357.70/cwt	352.00–371.00	1,352	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,313	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	332.28/cwt	328.00–339.00	1,406	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,476	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	345.44/cwt	329.00–354.00	1,606	79
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	308.94/cwt	304.50–320.00	1,437	25
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	479	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,427	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,774	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	334.46/cwt	320.00–347.00	1,776	151
Steers	500–550	Large 1	535	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,680	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	286.70/cwt	285.50–305.00	1,557	46
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	553	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,853	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	313.13/cwt	300.00–324.00	1,791	122
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	285.41/cwt	272.00–294.00	1,681	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	619	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,489	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	300.09/cwt	291.00–306.00	1,870	100
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,770	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	280.64/cwt	269.00–287.50	1,875	104
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	681	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,815	78
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	688	263.78/cwt	250.00–267.50	1,815	15
Steers	700–750	Large 1	719	259.25/cwt	259.25–259.25	1,864	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	269.46/cwt	260.00–270.50	1,954	83
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	249.25/cwt	249.25–249.25	1,877	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	258.53/cwt	251.00–261.50	2,001	95
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	244.48/cwt	244.00–246.25	2,046	74
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	237.63/cwt	236.50–238.50	2,070	31
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	927	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,090	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	331.40/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,147	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	327.11/cwt	320.00–333.00	1,220	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	313.98/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,206	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	315.57/cwt	300.00–328.00	1,366	57
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	280.72/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,221	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	459	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,515	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	282.66/cwt	274.00–287.50	1,320	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	306.63/cwt	297.00–318.00	1,447	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	491	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,326	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	503	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,584	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	293.64/cwt	283.00–304.00	1,533	94
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	267.98/cwt	263.00–280.00	1,420	74
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	545	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,357	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	268.73/cwt	259.00–274.50	1,534	79
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	248.21/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,450	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	606	278.25/cwt	278.25–278.25	1,686	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	263.25/cwt	255.50–268.50	1,632	118
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,561	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,532	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	248.69/cwt	241.50–255.00	1,689	91
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	55
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,763	27
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,657	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	244.75/cwt	242.50–245.25	1,850	67
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,940	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	926	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,935	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	260	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	905	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	321.83/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,226	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	327.89/cwt	324.00–334.00	1,387	25
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	320.79/cwt	317.00–323.00	1,472	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	291.06/cwt	281.00–299.00	1,342	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,455	14
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,386	185.35/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,569	18
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,015	176.94/cwt	176.00–178.00	1,796	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,652	136.90/cwt	134.00–142.00	2,262	6
Bulls	—	—	1,679	130.60/cwt	125.00–134.00	2,193	14
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	905	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	679	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,001	84.35/cwt	81.50–87.00	844	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	110.66/cwt	103.00–117.50	1,140	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	96.82/cwt	93.00–99.50	1,044	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	107.34/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,291	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,221	120.25/cwt	114.00–133.00	1,468	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,398	110.62/cwt	108.00–114.00	1,546	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,476	126.64/cwt	118.00–134.00	1,869	18
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,623	131.12/cwt	127.00–142.00	2,128	6

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 Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,819Last week 2,534Year ago 1,213

Slaughter CattleReceipts 189Last week 250Year ago 130

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	553	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	324	370.00–375.00	373.28
25	350–400	378	352.00–371.00	357.70
31	400–450	423	328.00–339.00	332.28
79	450–500	465	329.00–354.00	345.44
151	500–550	531	320.00–347.00	334.46
122	550–600	572	300.00–324.00	313.13
100	600–650	623	291.00–306.00	300.09
104	650–700	668	269.00–287.50	280.64
83	700–750	725	260.00–270.50	269.46
95	750–800	774	251.00–261.50	258.53
74	800–850	837	244.00–246.25	244.48
31	850–900	871	236.50–238.50	237.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	324.00–345.00	334.88
3	350–400	398	330.00	330.00
25	450–500	465	304.50–320.00	308.94
46	500–550	543	285.50–305.00	286.70
10	550–600	589	272.00–294.00	285.41
6	600–650	632	280.00	280.00
15	650–700	688	250.00–267.50	263.78
7	750–800	753	249.25	249.25
8	900–950	927	225.50	225.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	450	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	650–700	681	266.50	266.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	535	314.00	314.00
14	700–750	719	259.25	259.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	501	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	619	240.50	240.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	503	315.00	315.00
40	600–650	606	278.25	278.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	491	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	384	310.00–316.00	313.98
18	400–450	435	275.00–291.00	280.72
23	450–500	467	274.00–287.50	282.66
74	500–550	530	263.00–280.00	267.98
31	550–600	584	245.00–250.00	248.21
9	600–650	641	243.50	243.50
3	700–750	722	229.50	229.50
7	900–950	926	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	346	325.00–340.00	331.40
22	350–400	373	320.00–333.00	327.11
57	400–450	433	300.00–328.00	315.57
52	450–500	472	297.00–318.00	306.63
94	500–550	522	283.00–304.00	293.64
79	550–600	571	259.00–274.50	268.73
118	600–650	620	255.50–268.50	263.25
91	650–700	679	241.50–255.00	248.69
27	700–750	721	244.50	244.50
67	750–800	756	242.50–245.25	244.75
9	850–900	884	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	545	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	650–700	685	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	678	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	310.00–327.50	321.83
25	400–450	423	324.00–334.00	327.89
11	450–500	459	317.00–323.00	320.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	260	348.00	348.00
7	450–500	461	281.00–299.00	291.06
14	550–600	551	264.00	264.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,398	108.00–114.00	110.62
18	—	1,476	118.00–134.00	126.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,221	114.00–133.00	120.25
12	—	1,203	100.00–113.00	107.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,001	81.50–87.00	84.35
5	—	1,078	93.00–99.50	96.82
14	—	1,030	103.00–117.50	110.66
1	—	905	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,623	127.00–142.00	131.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,015	176.00–178.00	176.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,652	134.00–142.00	136.90
14	—	1,679	125.00–134.00	130.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,386	183.00–187.00	185.35

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.