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Callaway Livestock Center

Name: Callaway Livestock Center livestock auction prices — 2024-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Oct 7

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,313 head

▲ 25 vs last sale 1,288▼ 168 vs year ago 1,481 · −11.3%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

140 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 150▼ 70 vs year ago 210 · −33.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers calves weighing 400-450 lbs and 550-600 lbs sold 5.00-12.00 higher with 450-500 lbs trading with a sharply higher undertone on light comparison, 500-550 lb sold fully steady to firm with 600-650 lbs selling 6.00-8.00 higher, pot load of yearlings steers weighing 688 lbs sold with a higher undertone and 700-750 lbs traded 4.00-5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450-500 lbs sold steady to firm, with 5 weight heifers selling with a higher undertone on a light comparison the 6 weight heifers were mostly yearlings selling with a higher undertone than last week's light test. Demand was good on a moderate offering with the best demand on a good quality offering of steers weighing 400-750 lbs. Bulk of the steer calves were weaned with shots a few unweaned consignments sold with discounts few stick out sales included a pot load of steers weighing 688 lbs at 287.00, couple part loads and group of yearling heifers weighing 667-685 lbs sold from 267.75-274.25. Slaughter cows pretty much got back all they lost last week selling 3.00-8.00 higher, spots 10.00-12.00 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 $296.77/cwt on 202 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −187.71 against this barn's trailing median of $484.48.

Average price

$296.77

202 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$25.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.82

vs MO average

+2.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	299.64	1,673	179
Medium and Large 1-2	569	274.43	1,563	23

One grade step is worth $25.22/cwt here — about $110 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 sale202 hd

296.77

—

MO average15 barns · 1,410 hd

280.95

+15.82

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

+2.46

This barn, trailing median31 sales

484.48

−187.71

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

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $525.16, low $385.53, median $484.48 across 31 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	1,840	154.79	2,848	13
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,721	135.86	2,338	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,443	133.05	1,920	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,240	121.89	1,512	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,034	99.44	1,029	19

Every lot

60 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,155	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,392	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	352.42/cwt	335.00–357.00	1,498	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	356.13/cwt	351.00–360.00	1,642	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,581	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	313.67/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,662	54
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,569	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	302.41/cwt	288.00–315.50	1,718	95
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	271.34/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,560	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	265.64/cwt	262.00–272.50	1,535	30
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	606	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,618	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	284.98/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,775	83
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,631	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	656	257.76/cwt	257.00–259.00	1,691	8
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	675	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,769	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	286.32/cwt	279.50–287.00	1,961	84
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	274.14/cwt	271.75–277.00	1,985	74
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	746	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,925	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	252.87/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,988	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,126	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	312	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,030	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	281.69/cwt	275.00–289.00	1,054	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	406	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,047	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	276.23/cwt	269.00–281.00	1,174	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,274	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	285.52/cwt	284.00–288.00	1,348	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,338	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	487	255.67/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,245	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,365	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	522	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,529	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	272.35/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,435	45
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	264.54/cwt	261.00–267.00	1,405	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	276.03/cwt	271.00–280.50	1,571	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	255.48/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,459	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	596	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,520	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	245.41/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,512	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	1,756	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	652	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,597	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	244.42/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,611	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	674	274.25/cwt	274.25–274.25	1,848	42
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	268.12/cwt	267.75–269.50	1,823	51
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,684	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,969	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,347	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,567	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,514	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	248.02/cwt	246.00–251.00	1,453	10
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,942	1
Bulls	—	—	1,790	153.35/cwt	145.00–160.00	2,745	7
Bulls	—	—	1,985	161.17/cwt	160.00–163.50	3,199	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	970	83.03/cwt	81.00–85.00	805	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	113.17/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,177	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	97.44/cwt	92.00–104.00	1,047	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,226	120.83/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,481	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,247	131.68/cwt	128.00–138.00	1,642	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,251	108.29/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,355	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,436	126.46/cwt	122.00–129.00	1,816	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	135.34/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,956	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,445	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,662	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,721	135.86/cwt	134.00–138.00	2,338	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 Oct 7, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,313Last week 1,288Year ago 1,481

Slaughter CattleReceipts 140Last week 150Year ago 210

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	374	275.00–289.00	281.69
12	400–450	425	269.00–281.00	276.23
3	450–500	465	274.00	274.00
31	500–550	531	261.00–267.00	264.54
16	550–600	571	255.00–257.00	255.48
5	600–650	616	245.00–246.00	245.41
7	650–700	659	244.00–245.00	244.42
5	750–800	750	224.50	224.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	483	277.00	277.00
3	500–550	513	266.00	266.00
4	550–600	596	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	522	293.00	293.00
42	650–700	674	274.25	274.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	312	330.00	330.00
37	450–500	472	284.00–288.00	285.52
45	500–550	527	270.00–284.00	272.35
17	550–600	569	271.00–280.50	276.03
32	600–650	635	276.50	276.50
51	650–700	680	267.75–269.50	268.12
4	850–900	879	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	487	250.00–260.00	255.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	652	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	406	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	375.00	375.00
5	350–400	395	352.50	352.50
28	400–450	425	335.00–357.00	352.42
21	450–500	461	351.00–360.00	356.13
54	500–550	530	300.00–321.00	313.67
95	550–600	568	288.00–315.50	302.41
83	600–650	623	279.00–290.00	284.98
84	650–700	685	279.50–287.00	286.32
74	700–750	724	271.75–277.00	274.14
9	750–800	786	250.00–255.00	252.87
4	850–900	875	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	326.00	326.00
3	500–550	532	295.00	295.00
20	550–600	575	265.00–276.00	271.34
9	600–650	637	256.00	256.00
8	650–700	656	257.00–259.00	257.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	606	267.00	267.00
5	650–700	675	262.00	262.00
14	700–750	746	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	578	262.00–272.50	265.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	395	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	482	325.00	325.00
5	500–550	524	289.00	289.00
10	550–600	586	246.00–251.00	248.02

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,436	122.00–129.00	126.46
28	—	1,445	130.00–145.00	135.34
1	—	1,445	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,251	102.00–112.00	108.29
17	—	1,247	128.00–138.00	131.68
16	—	1,226	116.00–126.00	120.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,721	134.00–138.00	135.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,075	92.00–104.00	97.44
7	—	1,040	110.00–118.00	113.17
5	—	970	81.00–85.00	83.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,985	160.00–163.50	161.17
7	—	1,790	145.00–160.00	153.35
1	—	1,460	133.00	133.00

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.