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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Aug 19

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

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Feeder Cattle receipts

1,787 head

▲ 638 vs last sale 1,149▲ 1,224 vs year ago 563 · +217.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

75 head

▼ 8 vs last sale 83▼ 83 vs year ago 158 · −52.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 550 lbs on a light offering traded steady to firm, 550-600 lbs sold firm to 10.00 higher, with 650-700 lbs trading steady to firm, with 5 pot loads of yearling steers over 700 lbs all selling with a firm to higher undertone with no recent comparisons of pot loads. Feeder heifers under 500 lbs were lightly tested, with 500-550 lbs trading near steady, 550-600 lbs sold firm to 7.00 higher, 600-650 lbs traded 8.00-10.00 higher and a light test of 650-700 lbs sold with a higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply. Demand was best on the pot loads with a pot load of top quality steers weighing 735 lbs at 285.75, two pot loads steers weighing 903-910 lbs 238.50-241.00, two pot loads weighing 951-985 lbs 232.00-235.00 and 74 hd of 584 lb heifers at 285 .50. Demand was also very good on the 600-650 lb heifers. Slaughter cows sold firm to 5.00 higher with the most advance 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 $314.01/cwt on 146 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −166.01 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.

Average price

$314.01

146 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,752

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$30.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.02

vs MO average

+43.51 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	320.99	1,804	105
Medium and Large 1-2	549	296.61	1,629	38
Medium and Large 2	525	290.00	1,523	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.99/cwt here — about $281 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale146 hd

314.01

—

MO average13 barns · 1,475 hd

296.98

+17.02

National average163 barns · 7,520 hd

270.50

+43.51

This barn, trailing median32 sales

480.02

−166.01

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	1,648	180.54	2,974	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,623	152.54	2,476	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,443	149.64	2,159	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,216	144.01	1,751	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,012	129.78	1,314	13
Steers	Choice	Average	1,339	190.53	2,551	4thin

Every lot

57 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	250–300	Medium and Large 1	283	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,189	28
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,276	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	383.20/cwt	382.00–390.00	1,429	49
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,268	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,512	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	337.77/cwt	329.00–345.00	1,598	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	312.13/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,486	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,523	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	306.61/cwt	301.00–309.00	1,613	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	542	324.37/cwt	324.00–325.00	1,758	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	315.86/cwt	302.00–325.00	1,788	64
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	567	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,888	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	285.49/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,642	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	626	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,872	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	278.52/cwt	269.00–285.50	1,757	91
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,652	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	282.35/cwt	277.50–286.75	1,895	72
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,862	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	255.65/cwt	250.00–263.50	1,853	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	285.75/cwt	285.75–285.75	2,100	75
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	253.65/cwt	253.25–255.50	1,956	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	787	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,011	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,023	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	239.74/cwt	238.50–241.00	2,172	115
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	943	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,980	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	233.43/cwt	232.00–235.00	2,264	114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,330	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	417	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,209	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,264	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	287.00/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,392	47
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	280.89/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,455	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	291.49/cwt	285.00–296.00	1,530	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	257.38/cwt	252.00–263.00	1,464	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	285.93/cwt	274.00–292.50	1,650	122
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	619	287.84/cwt	287.75–288.00	1,782	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	274.14/cwt	266.50–277.00	1,702	100
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,487	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	258.49/cwt	256.50–265.00	1,626	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650	280.03/cwt	278.75–283.50	1,820	52
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	267.04/cwt	264.00–270.00	1,757	18
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,218	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,440	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	592	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,640	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,706	5
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,339	190.53/cwt	190.00–191.00	2,551	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,605	164.81/cwt	159.00–171.00	2,645	2
Bulls	—	—	1,656	183.68/cwt	179.00–186.00	3,042	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	960	104.89/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,007	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,008	130.48/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,315	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,033	138.94/cwt	132.00–144.00	1,435	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,212	137.47/cwt	131.50–142.00	1,666	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	147.28/cwt	143.00–159.00	1,794	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,415	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,854	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	151.19/cwt	145.00–159.00	2,185	12
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,623	152.54/cwt	151.00–154.00	2,476	2

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 Aug 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,787Last week 1,149Year ago 563

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 83Year ago 158

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	250–300	283	420.00	420.00
3	300–350	325	392.50	392.50
49	350–400	373	382.00–390.00	383.20
9	400–450	417	362.50	362.50
16	450–500	473	329.00–345.00	337.77
19	500–550	542	324.00–325.00	324.37
64	550–600	566	302.00–325.00	315.86
10	600–650	615	305.00	305.00
72	650–700	671	277.50–286.75	282.35
75	700–750	735	285.75	285.75
3	750–800	787	255.50	255.50
115	900–950	906	238.50–241.00	239.74
114	950–1000	970	232.00–235.00	233.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	331.00	331.00
17	450–500	476	307.50–315.00	312.13
20	500–550	526	301.00–309.00	306.61
18	550–600	575	282.00–292.00	285.49
91	600–650	631	269.00–285.50	278.52
12	650–700	676	275.50	275.50
32	700–750	725	250.00–263.50	255.65
22	750–800	771	253.25–255.50	253.65
4	800–850	829	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	290.00	290.00
8	650–700	653	253.00	253.00
3	900–950	943	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	567	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	626	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	296.00	296.00
47	450–500	485	280.00–290.00	287.00
12	500–550	518	274.00–285.00	280.89
19	550–600	569	252.00–263.00	257.38
24	600–650	629	256.50–265.00	258.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	619	287.75–288.00	287.84
52	650–700	650	278.75–283.50	280.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	413	322.00	322.00
6	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
27	500–550	525	285.00–296.00	291.49
122	550–600	577	274.00–292.50	285.93
100	600–650	621	266.50–277.00	274.14
18	650–700	658	264.00–270.00	267.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	417	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	622	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	353	345.00	345.00
9	500–550	507	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	592	277.00	277.00
5	650–700	656	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,339	190.00–191.00	190.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,445	145.00–159.00	151.19
1	—	1,415	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	960	100.00–110.00	104.89
8	—	1,033	132.00–144.00	138.94
2	—	1,008	130.00–131.00	130.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,218	143.00–159.00	147.28
8	—	1,212	131.50–142.00	137.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,623	151.00–154.00	152.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,656	179.00–186.00	183.68
2	—	1,605	159.00–171.00	164.81

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.