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Callaway Livestock Center

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingdom City, Missouri · Mon, Nov 10
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1819
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,318 head
▲ 423 vs last sale 1,895▲ 773 vs year ago 1,545 · +50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 241▲ 70 vs year ago 180 · +38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, light test of 450-500 lb steer calves sold mostly steady, 500-650 lb steers traded firm to 10.00 higher with three pot loads of 732-795 lb steers selling with a higher undertone on very limited test from last week, near pot load weighing 843 lbs and pot load weighing 877 lbs sold near steady with last week. Heifer calves weighing 400-500 lbs on a light test sold steady with 500-600 lbs trading 10.00-15.00 higher and over 600 lbs were lightly tested. Demand was good on a moderate supply with overall quality running deep on steer calves weighing 500-650 lbs and heifer calves weighing 500-600 lbs as quality was top and weighing conditions good as with most of the pot loads of yearling steers. CME Feeder Cattle Futures closed limit up at 9.25 with Live Cattle for Dec up 7.20 and Feb thru Oct limit up at 7.25. Stick out sales included 74 hd of steers weighing 604 lbs at 420.00, pot load steers weighing 738 lbs at 383.00, pot load steers weighing 732 lbs at 389.75 and pot load thin 841 lbs at 370.75. Slaughter cows sold 6.00-12.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $421.94/cwt on 198 head. That ranks 8 of 32 comparable sales and sits −58.08 against this barn's trailing median of $480.02.
Average price
$421.94
198 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,314
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$312
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+32.59
vs MO average
−2.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547428.702,345157
Medium and Large 1-2553399.062,20538
Medium and Large 2568358.002,0333thin
One grade step is worth $70.70/cwt here — about $312 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale198 hd
421.94
—
MO average18 barns · 2,809 hd
389.34
+32.59
National average177 barns · 31,012 hd
424.87
−2.93
This barn, trailing median32 sales
480.02
−58.08
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—High1,711187.353,20612
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,484149.142,21325
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,255148.581,86567
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,062133.331,41636
HeifersChoiceAverage1,180223.732,64012
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,191217.502,5904thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,341223.202,9937thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,359219.172,9793thin

Every lot

83 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322529.24/cwt510.00–535.001,70419
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2341497.50/cwt497.50–497.501,6964
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377453.33/cwt431.00–472.501,7099
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435479.61/cwt464.00–510.002,08622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned446427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,9044
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478388.00/cwt388.00–388.001,8554
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483451.08/cwt430.00–465.002,17954
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2493414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,0414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519445.51/cwt419.00–464.002,31267
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533408.12/cwt398.50–414.002,17519
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568416.18/cwt400.00–431.002,36490
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2568358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,0333
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572389.99/cwt386.00–395.002,23119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned603344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,0744
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed604420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,53774
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617409.00/cwt395.00–415.002,524142
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619360.18/cwt331.00–370.002,23020
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy623375.18/cwt372.00–380.002,33725
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed656410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,69055
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667377.13/cwt368.00–388.002,51526
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2667353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,3558
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667349.46/cwt323.00–364.002,33121
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy704354.00/cwt353.00–356.002,49221
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,4814
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,0744
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735386.58/cwt383.00–389.752,841152
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy737320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3585
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2750337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,5313
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1795363.75/cwt363.75–363.752,89268
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed841370.75/cwt370.75–370.753,11863
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1843346.50/cwt346.50–346.502,92155
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy865319.25/cwt319.25–319.252,76260
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877344.25/cwt344.25–344.253,01960
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2317401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,2713
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1323421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,3604
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2383390.98/cwt373.00–405.001,49720
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414424.00/cwt424.00–424.001,7554
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426373.30/cwt353.00–380.001,59018
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428328.44/cwt304.00–342.001,40612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462393.72/cwt390.00–401.001,81920
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned464372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,7286
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473376.00/cwt376.00–376.001,77828
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2474327.27/cwt320.00–333.001,5517
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5689
Heifers450–500Large 1-2497341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,6955
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2511362.02/cwt346.00–369.001,85021
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528407.57/cwt380.00–417.502,152110
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy543369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,0043
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,6493
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy557411.41/cwt411.00–411.502,29228
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2561313.00/cwt313.00–313.001,7565
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566356.44/cwt335.00–379.002,01721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1582397.20/cwt379.00–402.002,312147
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615332.48/cwt325.00–343.002,04519
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy643300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9293
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655334.79/cwt333.00–335.002,19329
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,0873
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2747306.50/cwt306.50–306.502,2907
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy756283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,1394
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1759315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,39153
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1800313.75/cwt313.75–313.752,51017
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1871294.25/cwt294.25–294.252,5635
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1347492.00/cwt492.00–492.001,7077
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy484494.00/cwt494.00–494.002,3916
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2542383.00/cwt383.00–383.002,0763
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2638314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,0033
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,341223.20/cwt222.00–228.002,9937
Steers—Select and Choice1,359219.17/cwt219.00–219.502,9793
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,180223.73/cwt221.00–226.502,64012
Heifers—Select and Choice1,191217.50/cwt217.50–217.502,5904
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,590206.00/cwt206.00–206.003,2751
Bulls——1,655175.06/cwt169.00–180.002,8975
Bulls——1,778194.48/cwt192.00–198.003,4586
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060146.27/cwt141.00–152.001,5509
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060130.27/cwt125.00–140.001,38120
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068154.51/cwt154.00–155.001,6502
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,073113.82/cwt105.00–117.001,2215
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239153.44/cwt150.00–160.001,90132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,269142.02/cwt135.00–148.001,80231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,275160.47/cwt160.00–162.002,0464
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,460154.12/cwt150.00–160.002,25013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,5821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510141.26/cwt136.00–144.002,13311

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.