Callaway Livestock Center Market Report

Kingdom City, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

2,061 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $141.00/cwt ≈ $1,324/hd at 939 lb · 116 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $192.36/cwt -6.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,022/hd at 531 lb · 81 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $166.43/cwt +2.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,190/hd at 715 lb · 77 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,061	2,058	1,803
Feeder cattle	1,698	1,824	1,673
Slaughter cattle	363	234	130

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, lot of new crop calves on Monday's auction in the offering that were unweaned/short weaned (30 days or less) many carrying flesh weighing mostly 400-600 lbs for the most part steer and heifer calves weighing 450-600 lbs sold steady to 5.00 lower with the exception of 550-600 lb steers trading mostly steady to firm. Steers weighing 600-800 lbs were lightly tested with last week and a pot load of 895 lb steers sold near 5.00 lower than last weeks pot load of similar weights, with heifers over 600 lbs not well tested. Slaughter cows on a large offering sold firm to 2.00 higher. May corn closed 15 1/2 cents higher and December corn closed 11 cents higher putting the pressure on Feeder Cattle contracts closing with triple-digit losses with the front two months down 3.20-3.65 with the back months down 1.50-2.25.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	216.00	$216.00	$687	—
407–433	419	9	200.00–204.00	$201.84	$846	-6.54
489	489	9	187.00	$187.00	$914	-24.00
478–498	492	16	194.00–199.00	$197.01	$969	-13.99
522–538	527	21	180.50–185.00	$182.21	$960	-20.29
508–549	533	60	191.00–206.00	$195.91	$1,044	-6.59
563–591	582	53	185.00–195.25	$190.57	$1,109	+11.86
584	584	10	169.00	$169.00	$987	-9.71
611–614	613	16	176.00–178.00	$176.62	$1,083	-10.09
651–680	677	63	165.00–170.00	$167.99	$1,137	-7.51
700–731	715	77	163.00–167.10	$166.43	$1,190	+2.43
774–798	779	40	147.50–150.25	$149.62	$1,166	+4.62
870–897	891	76	141.25–144.35	$143.63	$1,280	-5.37
939	939	116	141.00	$141.00	$1,324	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–395	369	17	195.00–202.00	$198.72	$733	-8.68
402–425 unweaned	411	5	181.00–186.00	$183.07	$752	—
405–449	428	21	190.00–197.00	$194.20	$831	+1.86
464–495	480	22	183.00–190.00	$187.09	$898	-6.09
487 thin fleshed	487	5	196.00	$196.00	$955	—
515–545	533	5	175.00–179.00	$176.55	$941	-6.14
557 unweaned	557	6	162.00	$162.00	$902	-12.00
551–567	561	10	170.00–177.00	$174.25	$978	-4.78
659	659	7	151.50	$151.50	$998	-8.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	5	141.00	$141.00	$916	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–324	321	9	180.00–181.00	$180.55	$580	-10.45
363–392	377	25	178.00–188.00	$180.81	$682	+7.43
402–408	405	6	172.00–177.50	$174.73	$708	-0.81
414–440 unweaned	431	11	158.00–167.00	$161.15	$695	—
461 unweaned	461	5	159.00	$159.00	$733	-5.00
460–488	466	21	170.00–177.00	$174.71	$814	-3.96
514–544	534	37	160.00–167.50	$163.48	$873	+6.48
553–595	581	39	154.00–159.00	$156.30	$908	-6.42
656	656	8	152.00	$152.00	$997	—
731	731	4	130.00	$130.00	$950	—
917	917	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,146	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–376	376	8	162.50–173.00	$167.76	$631	-0.21
401–437	412	35	167.00–173.00	$169.85	$700	+5.24
461–487	468	23	163.50–165.00	$163.92	$767	+2.02
488 unweaned	488	4	157.00	$157.00	$766	—
526	526	11	156.00–159.00	$157.36	$828	-0.02
521–535	527	7	142.00–143.00	$142.56	$751	-14.82
576–582	578	9	152.50	$152.50	$881	-1.56
618–626	621	25	143.00–150.00	$146.28	$908	+0.24
650–693	664	9	140.50–144.00	$141.72	$941	+3.72
692	692	5	133.50	$133.50	$924	-11.52
740	740	6	135.00	$135.00	$999	—
792	792	7	130.00	$130.00	$1,030	-4.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678	678	16	140.25	$140.25	$951	—
764	764	7	135.50	$135.50	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	3	148.00	$148.00	$536	—
470	470	4	151.00	$151.00	$710	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	4	127.00	$127.00	$759	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–318	317	9	202.00–216.00	$209.65	$665	—
368–395	387	10	200.00	$200.00	$774	-5.29
411–438	426	17	191.00–197.00	$193.18	$823	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	189.00	$189.00	$756	—
451 unweaned	451	6	160.00	$160.00	$722	—
477–489	485	13	173.00–174.00	$173.23	$840	-16.29

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1150	968	85-90%	17	32.00–46.00	$39.19	$379	+1.43
800–1160	1007	85-90%	21	50.00–61.00	$56.30	$567	-11.23
820–1150	1044	85-90%	41	64.00–74.00	$69.51	$726	-8.18
945–1180	1053	85-90%	30	75.00–87.00	$79.46	$837	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1105–1380	1243	80-85%	52	74.00–84.00	$79.26	$985	+1.61
1055–1375	1253	80-85%	30	83.00–91.50	$85.41	$1,070	+18.54
1180–1345	1260	80-85%	7	60.00–72.00	$65.64	$827	-1.23

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1645	1475	75-80%	17	76.00–83.50	$80.21	$1,183	-5.03
1370–1645	1481	75-80%	17	83.50–90.00	$86.22	$1,277	+0.98
1450–1540	1488	75-80%	3	72.50–75.00	$73.66	$1,096	-11.58

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550–1865	1708	65-75%	2	87.00–91.50	$89.46	$1,528	+3.61

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1540	1488	2	91.00–96.00	$93.59	$1,393	—
1200–2005	1656	15	99.00–113.00	$107.94	$1,787	—
1550–2215	1881	15	115.00–123.00	$117.80	$2,216	-1.04

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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.