Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 600 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher and heavier weights sold mostly steady but with spots 5.00 lower than some of last week's highs. Heifers traded steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for a high quality run of both calves and yearlings. Supply was moderate to heavy. Compared to last week, breaking and boning cows sold 4.00-5.00 higher with lean cows steady. Slaughter bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.55/cwt on 1,262 head.

Average price

$147.55

1,262 head · 670 lb average

Value per head Derived

$989

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$20.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.31

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	671	149.64	1,004	912
Medium and Large 1-2	669	143.01	957	322
Medium 1-2	530	136.17	721	9thin
Medium 1	707	129.51	915	19thin

One grade step is worth $20.13/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,262 hd

147.55

—

MO average19 barns · 15,015 hd

149.86

−2.31

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	Low	1,605	84.03	1,349	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,339	66.60	891	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,232	63.74	785	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,052	53.61	564	25

Every lot, as filed

88 lots · USDA AMS · Kingsville Livestock Auction - Kingsville, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,305	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	718	1
Bulls	—	—	1,409	79.18/cwt	74.00–83.50	1,116	7
Bulls	—	—	1,940	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	1,892	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	537	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,033	61.81/cwt	57.00–75.00	638	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	73.42/cwt	65.50–82.00	815	3
Bulls	—	—	1,754	86.95/cwt	84.00–89.50	1,525	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	548	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	702	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	874	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	1,001	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	145.70/cwt	139.50–151.25	905	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	161.14/cwt	153.50–165.00	865	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	179.14/cwt	177.00–180.00	700	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	172.85/cwt	168.50–176.00	826	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	188.40/cwt	188.00–189.00	631	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	164.10/cwt	159.00–169.00	704	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	155.99/cwt	150.00–164.25	917	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	963	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	1,046	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	649	131.75/cwt	131.75–131.75	855	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	847	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	953	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	136.40/cwt	135.85–140.00	1,064	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	173.11/cwt	166.00–181.00	911	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	151.60/cwt	145.00–155.75	949	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	141.28/cwt	137.75–145.10	959	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	487	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	903	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	128.22/cwt	125.00–131.35	1,036	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	132.38/cwt	128.50–134.75	896	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	847	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,067	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	128.50/cwt	123.50–129.25	908	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	153.50/cwt	147.00–160.00	735	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	135.67/cwt	132.50–141.50	775	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	145.86/cwt	138.00–150.00	764	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	129.55/cwt	126.00–134.00	852	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	127.67/cwt	125.50–133.50	790	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	162.07/cwt	154.00–167.00	608	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,169	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	756	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	949	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,242	68.41/cwt	66.50–73.50	850	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	62.32/cwt	56.00–66.50	764	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,381	70.46/cwt	68.50–72.00	973	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,316	64.55/cwt	58.50–67.00	849	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	660	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	492	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	54.01/cwt	49.50–56.50	566	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	783	108.21/cwt	107.00–108.75	847	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	111.25/cwt	111.25–111.25	879	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	146.92/cwt	141.00–148.50	751	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	153.18/cwt	151.50–153.50	708	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	124.74/cwt	119.50–128.50	785	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	153.19/cwt	152.00–154.00	571	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	164.81/cwt	162.00–167.00	557	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	123.39/cwt	118.00–126.50	880	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	121.58/cwt	120.00–122.75	833	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	129.67/cwt	121.50–137.00	744	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	157.07/cwt	151.00–158.50	679	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	842	113.61/cwt	109.75–115.00	957	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	363	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	595	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	497	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	678	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	529	122.81/cwt	120.00–124.50	650	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	569	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	680	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	691	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	888	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	718	130.25/cwt	130.25–130.25	935	11
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	723	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	774	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	375	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	598	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	720	124.25/cwt	124.25–124.25	895	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	693	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	946	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	821	121.25/cwt	119.75–124.25	995	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	911	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,043	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	178.92/cwt	173.00–186.00	859	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	138.80/cwt	134.75–142.50	1,012	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	182.67/cwt	173.50–185.50	793	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,152	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,056	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	162.01/cwt	156.00–168.25	923	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	1,003	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	109.25/cwt	109.25–109.25	1,202	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	671	120.47/cwt	119.75–120.85	808	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	640	120.56/cwt	120.00–121.50	772	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	315	192.43/cwt	190.50–195.00	606	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	717	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	134.30/cwt	130.50–136.50	756	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	824	5

How this sale compares

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.

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