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Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Feb 10
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,870 head
▼ 796 vs last sale 2,666▼ 1,490 vs year ago 3,360 · −44.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 150▼ 88 vs year ago 190 · −46.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's very active market, a lighter offering of steer calves weighing 450-500 lbs sold mostly steady with 500-550 lbs on a lighter offering selling steady to 10.00 lower on last week's highs, steer calves weighing 550-600 lbs sold steady with 600-800 lbs trading mostly 10.00-15.00 lower. Feeder heifers on a lighter offering weighing 400-600 lbs sold mostly 10.00-20.00 lower, with 600-650 lbs 6.00-8.00 lower and a pot load of 667 lb heifers traded 8.00 higher than a pot load of similar weight last week. Demand still remains good on a moderate offering. The market here at Callaway over the last several weeks has been incredibly high on calves and even though the CME Feeder Cattle futures closed on Monday with triple digit gains, last weeks major sell-off on the CME Feeder Cattle futures is still hard to ignore along with lower fed cattle trade last week and snow in the forecast for midweek had Monday's market coming back down to earth somewhat. Several stick out sales included 63 head steers weighing 553 lbs 356.00, pot load steers weighing 664 lbs 307.00, pot load steers weighing 780 lbs at 277.35 and pot load heifers weighing 667 lbs at 281.25. Slaughter cows on a light test sold steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $348.27/cwt on 248 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −131.75 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$348.27
248 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,941
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$20.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.61
vs MO average
+9.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557348.841,944241
Medium and Large 1-2558328.711,8347thin
One grade step is worth $20.12/cwt here — about $110 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale248 hd
348.27
—
MO average17 barns · 3,231 hd
340.66
+7.61
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
+9.60
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
−131.75
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
539483427372median 480.0203/0204/2706/2909/1411/02
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,893169.073,2009thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,495131.871,97220
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,245130.611,62727
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,855127.502,3652thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,030106.241,09519

Every lot

67 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned374387.50/cwt387.50–387.501,4497
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405362.36/cwt357.00–367.501,46813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7203
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466353.30/cwt352.00–356.001,6469
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467385.80/cwt365.00–398.001,80234
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4853
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520366.02/cwt351.00–379.001,90337
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,7543
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1564345.72/cwt327.50–356.001,950204
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,8934
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614301.45/cwt292.00–307.001,85120
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619322.16/cwt310.50–329.001,994128
Steers600–650Large 1-2639284.75/cwt284.75–284.751,82023
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670303.79/cwt292.00–307.002,03596
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9236
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707283.80/cwt283.25–286.002,00640
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,0725
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772275.43/cwt272.50–279.502,126257
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2782265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0725
Steers750–800Large 1-2793245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,9476
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2831251.80/cwt245.00–255.002,09221
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875244.75/cwt244.75–244.752,14215
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy889235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,0895
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2966240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3189
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332361.10/cwt355.00–365.001,1998
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned373340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2684
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2384322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2384
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1386369.90/cwt358.00–385.001,4287
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422339.33/cwt327.00–367.001,43230
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425324.78/cwt322.50–327.001,3809
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483312.32/cwt312.00–312.501,50911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1491321.40/cwt315.00–342.001,57826
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,5104
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518312.11/cwt309.00–315.001,61729
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541286.48/cwt280.00–292.001,55012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574302.11/cwt298.00–308.501,734108
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2Fleshy583233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3588
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2586276.70/cwt263.00–285.001,62123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610272.49/cwt264.00–275.001,66221
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1621283.62/cwt277.00–288.001,76199
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy625250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5634
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2644240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5466
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy663240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5916
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666281.17/cwt279.00–281.251,87379
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7105
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719251.00/cwt247.00–253.001,8059
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy748219.50/cwt219.50–219.501,6425
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1750254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,9059
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2766213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,6324
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1887220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9519
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,3253
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4183
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2856214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,8327
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2977189.50/cwt189.50–189.501,8516
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,783165.17/cwt160.00–170.002,9456
Bulls——2,112176.88/cwt175.00–181.003,7363
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00090.07/cwt86.50–94.009016
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,018124.72/cwt123.00–128.001,2704
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048114.12/cwt112.00–118.001,1965
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,066102.16/cwt98.00–105.001,0894
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,218137.16/cwt134.00–144.001,67111
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,263128.01/cwt123.00–133.001,61713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,270117.86/cwt113.00–121.001,4973
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,481136.68/cwt135.00–140.002,0248
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,499130.39/cwt125.00–134.001,95510
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,533120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,8402
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,855127.50/cwt127.00–128.002,3652

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.