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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-05-06
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Published: 2024-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, May 6

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,745 head

▲ 228 vs last sale 2,517▼ 125 vs year ago 2,870 · −4.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

255 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 210▼ 117 vs year ago 372 · −31.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, a lighter offering this week of 400-500 lb steer calves traded 5.00-10.00 lower, with 500-550 lbs selling steady to firm, 550-700 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher, two pot loads of 847 lb and 930 lb steers were not tested with last week. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold steady to firm, with 500-550 lbs trading firm to 5.00 higher and over 550 lbs including two pot loads of 662 lbs and 714 lbs traded with a firm to higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Overall a very good quality offering of steer and heifer calves weighing 400-650 lbs all selling on a very active market. The 4 weight steers didn't reach last week's highs as the market over the last several weeks has been very active and reaching some impressive prices. Despite the CME Feeder Cattle futures starting the week with triple digit losses the market paid little attention. Slaughter cows on a good offering sold 5.00-10.00 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 $318.83/cwt on 477 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −161.20 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.

Average price

$318.83

477 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,775

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$63.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.54

vs MO average

+9.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	327.60	1,835	352
Medium and Large 1-2	544	297.79	1,619	109
Medium and Large 2	524	284.00	1,488	4thin
Large 1	583	264.28	1,541	12thin

One grade step is worth $63.32/cwt here — about $294 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale477 hd

318.83

—

MO average19 barns · 3,455 hd

315.28

+3.54

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

+9.12

This barn, trailing median32 sales

480.02

−161.20

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	153.71	2,666	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,678	142.44	2,390	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,451	139.84	2,029	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,226	130.40	1,598	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	117.35	1,187	32
Steers	Choice	Average	1,251	184.08	2,303	18

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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	400.93/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,359	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	385.42/cwt	360.00–402.50	1,426	33
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,644	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	363.10/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,521	38
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	331.69/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,430	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	352.32/cwt	338.00–373.00	1,677	109
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	322.91/cwt	317.00–339.00	1,553	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	506	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,371	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	306.26/cwt	294.00–316.00	1,605	43
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	524	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,488	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,679	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	337.40/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,808	163
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	297.99/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,699	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	319.23/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,858	185
Steers	550–600	Large 1	583	264.28/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,541	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	312.19/cwt	295.00–321.75	1,936	267
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	282.29/cwt	275.00–293.00	1,804	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	272.82/cwt	272.50–273.00	1,743	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	297.39/cwt	295.25–297.75	1,936	63
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	273.05/cwt	271.00–274.50	1,851	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	262.13/cwt	258.00–264.00	1,879	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,860	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	764	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,834	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,989	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,946	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,024	65
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	2,139	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	379.91/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,303	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,183	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	358.85/cwt	345.00–380.00	1,342	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	409	302.33/cwt	296.00–309.00	1,237	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	329.43/cwt	314.00–340.00	1,400	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	461	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,245	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	468	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,039	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,271	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	312.39/cwt	307.00–325.00	1,487	90
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,386	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	511	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,602	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	300.99/cwt	289.00–310.00	1,568	84
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	277.29/cwt	273.00–282.00	1,467	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	554	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,501	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	282.21/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,580	72
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,375	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	263.35/cwt	259.00–268.00	1,520	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	264.13/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,603	72
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	239.36/cwt	238.50–240.00	1,530	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	262.25/cwt	262.25–262.25	1,736	80
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	246.68/cwt	240.00–249.50	1,682	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	236.70/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,683	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	714	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	1,812	74
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	776	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,575	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,844	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	459	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,327	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	525	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,441	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	264.77/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,546	26
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 2-3	345	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	897	4
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 2-3	590	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,410	4
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,251	184.08/cwt	182.50–184.50	2,303	18
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,731	155.81/cwt	149.00–159.00	2,697	11
Bulls	—	—	1,753	142.16/cwt	140.00–144.00	2,492	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	925	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	749	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	983	114.94/cwt	107.00–121.00	1,130	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,026	99.42/cwt	90.00–104.00	1,020	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,050	129.38/cwt	124.00–135.00	1,358	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,194	126.96/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,516	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,236	136.03/cwt	132.00–142.00	1,681	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	119.47/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,489	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,440	132.68/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,911	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,453	141.18/cwt	136.00–147.00	2,051	32
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,678	142.44/cwt	138.00–147.00	2,390	12

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 May 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,745Last week 2,517Year ago 2,870

Slaughter CattleReceipts 255Last week 210Year ago 372

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	335.00	335.00
35	400–450	409	296.00–309.00	302.33
3	450–500	478	290.00	290.00
46	500–550	529	273.00–282.00	277.29
20	550–600	577	259.00–268.00	263.35
19	600–650	639	238.50–240.00	239.36
19	650–700	682	240.00–249.50	246.68
12	700–750	711	234.00–240.00	236.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	343	372.50–385.00	379.91
19	350–400	374	345.00–380.00	358.85
48	400–450	425	314.00–340.00	329.43
90	450–500	476	307.00–325.00	312.39
84	500–550	521	289.00–310.00	300.99
72	550–600	560	275.00–292.00	282.21
72	600–650	607	258.00–270.00	264.13
80	650–700	662	262.25	262.25
74	700–750	714	253.75	253.75
10	750–800	788	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	511	313.50	313.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	554	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	469	271.00	271.00
4	550–600	573	240.00	240.00
8	750–800	776	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	400–450	431	320.00–345.00	331.69
36	450–500	481	317.00–339.00	322.91
43	500–550	524	294.00–316.00	306.26
52	550–600	570	295.00–305.00	297.99
33	600–650	639	275.00–293.00	282.29
12	650–700	678	271.00–274.50	273.05
13	700–750	717	258.00–264.00	262.13
3	750–800	753	247.00	247.00
11	800–850	811	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	395.00–410.00	400.93
33	350–400	370	360.00–402.50	385.42
38	400–450	419	355.00–367.50	363.10
109	450–500	476	338.00–373.00	352.32
163	500–550	536	320.00–348.00	337.40
185	550–600	582	310.00–340.00	319.23
267	600–650	620	295.00–321.75	312.19
63	650–700	651	295.25–297.75	297.39
4	750–800	771	258.00	258.00
65	800–850	847	239.00	239.00
58	900–950	929	230.25	230.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	506	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	533	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	406.00	406.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	583	262.00–265.00	264.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	764	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	524	284.00	284.00
22	600–650	639	272.50–273.00	272.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	525	274.50	274.50
26	550–600	584	257.00–270.00	264.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	260.00	260.00
4	550–600	590	239.00	239.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,246	117.00–123.00	119.47
26	—	1,236	132.00–142.00	136.03
14	—	1,194	124.00–129.00	126.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,026	90.00–104.00	99.42
12	—	1,050	124.00–135.00	129.38
1	—	925	81.00	81.00
15	—	983	107.00–121.00	114.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,453	136.00–147.00	141.18
6	—	1,440	129.00–135.00	132.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,678	138.00–147.00	142.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,731	149.00–159.00	155.81
2	—	1,753	140.00–144.00	142.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,251	182.50–184.50	184.08

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.