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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

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

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

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Feeder Cattle receipts

2,832 head

▲ 1,754 vs last sale 1,078▲ 403 vs year ago 2,429 · +16.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

255 head

▲ 85 vs last sale 170▲ 30 vs year ago 225 · +13.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's lighter offering, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold 5.00-15.00 higher, spots 20.00 higher on the 400-450 lbs steers, 500-600 lbs sold steady to firm, with 600-750 lbs selling 5.00-10.00 higher and seven pot loads of yearling steers weighing over 800 lbs sold with a firm to higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-550 lbs sold steady to firm, with 550-600 lbs trading 5.00-10.00 higher and over 600 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Demand was good to very good on a moderate to heavy supply. Quality was very good on calves and yearlings as buyers were very aggressive to purchase cattle Several stick-out sales included a pot load 68 hd of 700 lb steers with good weighing conditions dropping the gavel at 302.00, 50 hd heifers weighing 550 lbs at 306.00, with 38 hd of bigger sisters weighing 576 lbs at 290.00 with a group of 721 lb heifers sold at 257.50. Slaughter cows sold firm to 5.00 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 $323.76/cwt on 253 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −156.26 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.

Average price

$323.76

253 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$26.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.87

vs MO average

+5.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	328.40	1,804	209
Medium and Large 1-2	544	301.73	1,641	44

One grade step is worth $26.66/cwt here — about $163 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 sale253 hd

323.76

—

MO average15 barns · 2,535 hd

317.89

+5.87

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+5.47

This barn, trailing median32 sales

480.02

−156.26

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	—	Average	1,734	141.57	2,455	10
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,675	137.09	2,296	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,481	128.84	1,908	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,221	125.13	1,528	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,025	102.23	1,048	37

Every lot

77 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	406.80/cwt	397.50–429.00	1,359	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	393.72/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,457	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	392.33/cwt	374.00–406.00	1,660	48
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	342.62/cwt	332.00–350.00	1,456	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	361.73/cwt	345.00–379.00	1,711	67
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	331.10/cwt	324.00–332.50	1,579	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	337.36/cwt	328.00–360.00	1,775	83
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	302.35/cwt	293.00–307.75	1,609	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	557	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	1,885	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	322.10/cwt	305.00–327.75	1,820	123
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	300.41/cwt	295.50–308.00	1,709	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,028	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	311.37/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,924	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	271.25/cwt	267.50–296.00	1,714	30
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2Fleshy	659	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,582	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	266.91/cwt	265.00–281.00	1,762	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	291.76/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,996	66
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	694	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,721	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,114	68
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	281.56/cwt	279.00–283.50	2,064	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	251.80/cwt	251.50–253.00	1,861	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	824	238.27/cwt	234.25–239.00	1,963	72
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	246.43/cwt	242.50–250.50	2,048	120
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	846	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,874	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	242.24/cwt	240.00–244.25	2,132	180
Steers	850–900	Large 1	892	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,069	22
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	2,208	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	342.54/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,161	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	344	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,075	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	343.68/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,251	25
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	306.77/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,153	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	290.40/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,208	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	311.84/cwt	305.00–327.00	1,363	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	279.41/cwt	272.00–285.00	1,330	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	308.01/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,482	104
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	484	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,234	7
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	491	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,149	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,293	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	275.79/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,407	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	295.55/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,578	93
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	549	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,620	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,683	50
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	573	290.45/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,664	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	580	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,421	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	256.87/cwt	246.00–264.00	1,498	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	279.95/cwt	268.00–285.50	1,643	112
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	595	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,517	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	604	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,700	87
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	250.83/cwt	249.75–253.00	1,543	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,752	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	252.97/cwt	245.50–261.00	1,690	68
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,527	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	679	232.84/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,581	47
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	721	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,857	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,808	67
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	738	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,661	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	824	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,875	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	225.25/cwt	225.25–225.25	1,858	60
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	966	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,874	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,392	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,453	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,348	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,374	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,607	9
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,529	135.17/cwt	131.00–140.00	2,067	4
Bulls	—	—	1,871	145.83/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,728	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	99.57/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,006	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	83.05/cwt	79.00–90.00	845	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	117.70/cwt	110.00–123.00	1,216	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	67.66/cwt	60.00–73.00	704	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,192	99.71/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,189	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	113.60/cwt	110.00–118.50	1,375	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	129.39/cwt	120.00–140.00	1,586	45
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,428	109.01/cwt	108.00–110.00	1,557	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	118.74/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,710	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,493	132.45/cwt	127.00–137.00	1,977	25
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,675	137.09/cwt	133.00–141.00	2,296	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 Mar 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,832Last week 1,078Year ago 2,429

Slaughter CattleReceipts 255Last week 170Year ago 225

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	312.50	312.50
26	350–400	376	290.00–315.00	306.77
14	400–450	416	280.00–300.00	290.40
12	450–500	476	272.00–285.00	279.41
11	500–550	510	270.00–280.00	275.79
28	550–600	583	246.00–264.00	256.87
9	600–650	615	249.75–253.00	250.83
47	650–700	679	230.00–235.00	232.84
6	700–750	738	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	580	245.00	245.00
9	800–850	824	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	484	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	339	340.00–347.50	342.54
25	350–400	364	330.00–360.00	343.68
47	400–450	437	305.00–327.00	311.84
104	450–500	481	299.00–320.00	308.01
93	500–550	534	285.00–305.00	295.55
112	550–600	587	268.00–285.50	279.95
8	600–650	649	270.00	270.00
68	650–700	668	245.50–261.00	252.97
67	700–750	723	250.00	250.00
60	800–850	825	225.25	225.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	550–600	573	290.00–293.00	290.45
87	600–650	604	281.50	281.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	595	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	550–600	550	306.00	306.00
20	700–750	721	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	491	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	950–1000	966	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	505	256.00	256.00
3	650–700	677	225.50	225.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	549	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	420	321.00	321.00
4	450–500	478	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	418.00	418.00
3	400–450	418	347.50	347.50
9	500–550	525	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	334	397.50–429.00	406.80
32	350–400	370	375.00–402.50	393.72
48	400–450	423	374.00–406.00	392.33
67	450–500	473	345.00–379.00	361.73
83	500–550	526	328.00–360.00	337.36
123	550–600	565	305.00–327.75	322.10
31	600–650	618	305.00–316.00	311.37
66	650–700	684	285.00–297.00	291.76
39	700–750	733	279.00–283.50	281.56
120	800–850	831	242.50–250.50	246.43
180	850–900	880	240.00–244.25	242.24
56	950–1000	961	229.75	229.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	425	332.00–350.00	342.62
30	450–500	477	324.00–332.50	331.10
30	500–550	532	293.00–307.75	302.35
14	550–600	569	295.50–308.00	300.41
30	600–650	632	267.50–296.00	271.25
25	650–700	660	265.00–281.00	266.91
15	700–750	739	251.50–253.00	251.80
72	800–850	824	234.25–239.00	238.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	694	248.00	248.00
5	800–850	846	221.50	221.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	557	338.50	338.50
17	600–650	600	338.00	338.00
68	700–750	700	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	659	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	850–900	892	232.00	232.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,018	79.00–90.00	83.05
8	—	1,010	95.00–105.00	99.57
3	—	1,040	60.00–73.00	67.66
18	—	1,033	110.00–123.00	117.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	108.00–110.00	109.01
25	—	1,493	127.00–137.00	132.45
5	—	1,440	114.00–123.00	118.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,192	95.00–107.00	99.71
45	—	1,226	120.00–140.00	129.39
10	—	1,210	110.00–118.50	113.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,675	133.00–141.00	137.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,529	131.00–140.00	135.17
6	—	1,871	144.00–148.00	145.83

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.