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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-05-20
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Published: 2024-05-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, May 20

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← May 13May 20Jun 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,767 head

▲ 185 vs last sale 2,582▼ 289 vs year ago 3,056 · −9.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

190 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 225▼ 223 vs year ago 413 · −54.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves weighing 400-500 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher with the most advance on the 400-450 lbs, 500-550 lbs traded 10.00-15.00 higher, spots 18.00 higher on a very active market with 550-600 lbs selling firm to 5.00 higher with several groups of thin fancy blks selling with a sharply higher undertone, 600-650 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher and 650-700 lbs sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Yearling steers over 700 lbs including 5 pot loads of 850-925 lb steers all sold with a sharply higher undertone. Feeder heifers weighing 400-500 lbs sold firm to 5.00 higher, with 500-600 lbs selling steady to firm, spots 5.00 higher on the 550-600 lb heifers and over 600 lbs were not well tested and did not match up well with last week's part loads and large groups of top quality heifers with good weighing conditions. Demand was very good on a moderate supply with overall quality running very deep especially on steer calves and yearlings with a number of stick out sales from small groups to pot loads. Two pot loads (120 head) 882 lb steers 250.35, pot load 859 lb steers 251.85, pot load 909 lb steers 248.60, part load 629 lb steers 320.00, part load 541 lb steers 361.50 and pot load 96 head 584 lb fancy heifers at 301.25 all selling on a very active market for Monday's offering. Slaughter cows traded steady to firm with instances 3.00-5.00 higher on the high dressing cows.

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 $342.83/cwt on 489 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −137.19 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.

Average price

$342.83

489 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,864

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$312

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

$58.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.69

vs MO average

+28.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	345.66	1,876	453
Medium and Large 1-2	558	309.02	1,723	33
Large 1-2	545	287.00	1,564	3thin

One grade step is worth $58.66/cwt here — about $312 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 sale489 hd

342.83

—

MO average19 barns · 4,289 hd

321.14

+21.69

National average158 barns · 11,390 hd

314.10

+28.73

This barn, trailing median32 sales

480.02

−137.19

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	1,642	161.11	2,645	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,702	141.41	2,407	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,456	137.15	1,997	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,222	129.93	1,587	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,030	119.08	1,227	32

Every lot

68 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	398.89/cwt	380.00–406.00	1,332	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	342	437.39/cwt	435.00–448.00	1,496	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	391.80/cwt	382.50–407.50	1,469	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	374.51/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,543	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	361.20/cwt	349.00–372.00	1,705	94
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,597	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	496	345.20/cwt	345.00–346.00	1,712	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	509	367.59/cwt	363.00–372.00	1,871	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	322.41/cwt	310.00–328.00	1,699	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	349.45/cwt	329.00–361.50	1,845	245
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	545	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,564	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	559	354.27/cwt	353.50–356.00	1,980	58
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	301.37/cwt	299.00–304.00	1,733	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,716	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	326.48/cwt	309.00–340.00	1,887	108
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	313.41/cwt	300.00–320.25	1,965	232
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	290.68/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,823	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	650	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,801	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	291.57/cwt	284.50–296.50	1,945	101
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	290.56/cwt	290.00–291.25	2,034	59
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	261.17/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,901	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	243.53/cwt	234.00–247.75	1,858	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	234.16/cwt	228.50–237.50	1,911	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	250.84/cwt	250.35–251.85	2,192	180
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	909	248.60/cwt	248.60–248.60	2,260	60
Steers	900–950	Large 1-2	916	230.25/cwt	230.25–230.25	2,109	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	239.60/cwt	239.60–239.60	2,216	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,167	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	360.27/cwt	345.00–373.00	1,362	31
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	405	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,454	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	332.89/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,425	65
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	468	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,343	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	294.29/cwt	289.00–300.00	1,392	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	314.53/cwt	306.00–332.50	1,516	73
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	299.59/cwt	291.00–307.00	1,573	99
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	277.91/cwt	266.00–282.00	1,473	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	533	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,359	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	271.55/cwt	263.00–278.00	1,507	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	558	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,663	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	584	301.25/cwt	301.25–301.25	1,759	96
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	284.91/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,664	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,459	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	603	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,477	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	278.82/cwt	276.00–284.00	1,718	58
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	268.50/cwt	268.00–269.00	1,692	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,570	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,816	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	226.73/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,653	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	254.56/cwt	252.00–254.75	1,863	55
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,431	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,497	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,573	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,613	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	603	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,749	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,719	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,550	154.55/cwt	154.00–155.00	2,396	2
Bulls	—	—	1,672	163.30/cwt	160.00–166.00	2,730	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	800	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	648	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	116.18/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,194	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,041	128.13/cwt	123.00–136.00	1,334	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,058	95.09/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,006	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,198	126.60/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,517	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,214	116.41/cwt	111.00–119.00	1,413	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,249	137.70/cwt	133.00–147.00	1,720	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,429	126.46/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,807	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,464	140.21/cwt	136.00–146.00	2,053	28
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,689	144.09/cwt	137.00–150.00	2,434	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,810	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,172	1

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 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,767Last week 2,582Year ago 3,056

Slaughter CattleReceipts 190Last week 225Year ago 413

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	514	306.00	306.00
4	550–600	562	287.00	287.00
4	600–650	603	290.00	290.00
7	650–700	682	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	347	412.50	412.50
5	400–450	439	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	473	289.00–300.00	294.29
30	500–550	530	266.00–282.00	277.91
14	550–600	555	263.00–278.00	271.55
8	600–650	630	268.00–269.00	268.50
8	700–750	729	222.00–235.00	226.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	533	255.00	255.00
11	650–700	650	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	308	379.00	379.00
31	350–400	378	345.00–373.00	360.27
65	400–450	428	320.00–347.50	332.89
73	450–500	482	306.00–332.50	314.53
99	500–550	525	291.00–307.00	299.59
48	550–600	584	277.00–295.00	284.91
58	600–650	616	276.00–284.00	278.82
8	650–700	693	262.00	262.00
55	700–750	732	252.00–254.75	254.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	558	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	359.00	359.00
96	550–600	584	301.25	301.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	593	246.00	246.00
4	600–650	603	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	468	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	334	380.00–406.00	398.89
24	350–400	375	382.50–407.50	391.80
36	400–450	412	365.00–390.00	374.51
94	450–500	472	349.00–372.00	361.20
245	500–550	528	329.00–361.50	349.45
108	550–600	578	309.00–340.00	326.48
232	600–650	627	300.00–320.25	313.41
101	650–700	667	284.50–296.50	291.57
59	700–750	700	290.00–291.25	290.56
180	850–900	874	250.35–251.85	250.84
60	900–950	909	248.60	248.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	324.00	324.00
12	500–550	527	310.00–328.00	322.41
21	550–600	575	299.00–304.00	301.37
34	600–650	627	280.00–294.00	290.68
15	650–700	650	277.00	277.00
8	700–750	728	250.00–268.00	261.17
10	750–800	763	234.00–247.75	243.53
22	800–850	816	228.50–237.50	234.16
55	900–950	925	239.60	239.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	550–600	559	353.50–356.00	354.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	496	345.00–346.00	345.20
4	550–600	576	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	545	287.00	287.00
9	900–950	916	230.25	230.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	342	435.00–448.00	437.39
38	500–550	509	363.00–372.00	367.59

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,214	111.00–119.00	116.41
17	—	1,198	120.00–131.00	126.60
16	—	1,249	133.00–147.00	137.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,810	120.00	120.00
8	—	1,689	137.00–150.00	144.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	81.00	81.00
12	—	1,028	110.00–120.00	116.18
3	—	1,058	90.00–103.00	95.09
16	—	1,041	123.00–136.00	128.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,429	121.00–130.00	126.46
28	—	1,464	136.00–146.00	140.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,672	160.00–166.00	163.30
2	—	1,550	154.00–155.00	154.55

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.