Callaway Livestock Center Market Report

Kingdom City, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 12, 2021

2,718 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.78/cwt +8.83 vs last sale · ≈ $877/hd at 578 lb · 179 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $183.64/cwt -3.11 vs last sale · ≈ $968/hd at 527 lb · 133 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $145.73/cwt ≈ $1,191/hd at 817 lb · 124 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,718	1,803	1,616
Feeder cattle	2,528	1,673	1,501
Slaughter cattle	190	130	115

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, 400-500 lb steer calves sold with a higher undertone on last week's light offering, 500-600 lb steers traded firm to 5.00 higher, 600-650 lbs sold steady, 650-700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with more new crop calves in the 6 weight offering as the 650-800 lb steers overall quality was not as attractive as last week's attractive offering of part loads and pot loads lots of yearling steers, 700-800 lbs had few good comparisons and two pot loads of 815-822 lbs sold with a higher undertone on few comparisons. Feeder heifers 400-500 lbs sold steady to firm, with 500-600 lbs trading 3.00-5.00 higher, spots 7.00 higher, 600-650 lbs sold steady to firm, and a pot load of 730 lb heifers sold with a higher undertone. A very good quality offering of 400-600 lb steer and heifer calves sold on and active market as did the pot load lots of yearlings. Slaughter cows sold fully steady to firm on a good offering.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–393	370	14	202.00–210.00	$203.76	$754	—
403–418 fancy	412	25	204.00–207.00	$204.63	$843	—
403–428	417	28	187.00–200.00	$193.51	$807	+5.51
469 fancy	469	22	202.00	$202.00	$947	—
451–496	475	66	185.00–197.00	$190.15	$903	-3.85
526 thin fleshed	526	20	194.50	$194.50	$1,023	—
507–543	527	94	175.00–189.00	$184.09	$970	+3.45
529 unweaned	529	19	170.00	$170.00	$899	—
554–598	578	104	170.00–180.00	$176.79	$1,022	+7.87
588 unweaned	588	8	152.50	$152.50	$897	—
610–638	623	47	161.00–167.00	$163.73	$1,020	-1.35
650–663	656	57	153.50–159.50	$156.61	$1,027	-8.34
706–747	722	55	148.50–152.00	$150.94	$1,090	-0.23
813–822	817	124	145.00–146.50	$145.73	$1,191	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–497	474	35	174.00–182.00	$178.20	$845	+7.34
493	493	4	165.00	$165.00	$813	-5.86
503–549	535	32	164.00–173.00	$167.72	$897	+1.72
560–588	570	19	157.00–166.00	$160.32	$914	-2.61
600–642	623	66	149.00–159.00	$154.53	$963	-0.25
665–670	667	5	146.00–148.00	$146.80	$979	+2.36
740	740	4	146.00	$146.00	$1,080	-1.81
759–769	766	88	144.00–145.50	$144.96	$1,110	+1.52
768	768	6	136.00	$136.00	$1,044	-7.44
855	855	13	139.00	$139.00	$1,188	—
913–939	920	21	129.75–132.00	$130.41	$1,200	+0.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	5	170.00	$170.00	$536	—
520	520	3	140.00	$140.00	$728	—
630	630	10	145.00	$145.00	$914	—
831 thin fleshed	831	9	136.00	$136.00	$1,130	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	10	155.50	$155.50	$902	—
765	765	9	142.00	$142.00	$1,086	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	4	143.50	$143.50	$631	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375	1375	2	109.00	$109.00	$1,499	—
1465	1465	2	119.50	$119.50	$1,751	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	172.00	$172.00	$556	-9.52
373–398	387	7	166.00–171.50	$168.27	$651	-9.44
415–442	428	24	155.00–165.00	$159.20	$681	+2.28
453–493	468	76	153.00–164.00	$155.61	$728	-4.51
500–538	522	51	153.00–162.50	$159.10	$831	+7.57
550–579	566	62	144.00–148.00	$146.20	$827	+3.25
581	581	15	136.50	$136.50	$793	-6.45
564–589 thin fleshed	585	102	157.00–157.50	$157.42	$921	—
606–635	622	62	143.50–148.00	$144.93	$901	+2.02
656	656	5	149.00	$149.00	$977	+4.94
731	731	73	143.00	$143.00	$1,045	+5.33
800	800	12	134.00	$134.00	$1,072	+1.00
926	926	4	120.75	$120.75	$1,118	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	8	162.00	$162.00	$551	—
368	368	3	161.50	$161.50	$594	-11.50
423–446	438	26	144.00–155.00	$151.54	$664	+5.15
450–493	474	51	144.00–152.00	$148.36	$703	—
496	496	7	142.00	$142.00	$704	—
512–547	522	26	139.50–148.00	$143.59	$750	+3.36
546	546	4	139.00	$139.00	$759	-1.23
550–590	571	30	133.00–141.50	$138.59	$791	+0.81
610	610	3	121.00	$121.00	$738	-16.45
646	646	13	140.50	$140.50	$908	+3.05
664–666	665	16	134.75–138.25	$136.72	$909	—
723	723	3	136.00	$136.00	$983	—
756	756	4	133.75	$133.75	$1,011	±0.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1340	1254	4	120.00–125.00	$122.30	$1,534	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	3	131.00	$131.00	$692	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380 thin fleshed	380	4	191.00	$191.00	$726	—
475	475	7	168.00	$168.00	$798	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1010	876	85-90%	6	20.00–30.50	$23.46	$206	—
895–1145	1026	85-90%	12	39.00–49.00	$43.48	$446	-14.47
910–1195	1047	85-90%	21	53.00–61.50	$57.56	$603	-0.39
945–1180	1079	85-90%	18	62.00–75.00	$67.42	$727	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1295	1240	80-85%	3	50.00–53.50	$51.13	$634	—
1155–1395	1265	80-85%	10	58.00–64.00	$62.12	$786	-7.22
1115–1390	1296	80-85%	26	65.00–74.00	$69.54	$901	+19.45

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1620	1446	75-80%	4	59.00–65.00	$62.49	$904	+3.53
1395–1585	1490	75-80%	15	66.00–73.00	$69.56	$1,036	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1850	1624	8	86.00–96.50	$93.16	$1,513	—
1505–2005	1833	8	97.50–106.00	$99.36	$1,821	-4.63

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.