Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 650 lbs traded 3.00-6.00 higher and heavier weights sold steady. Heifer calves under 500 lbs 3.00-5.00 higher with the heavier weights selling steady. Demand was good for a heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.50/cwt on 1,274 head.

Average price

$172.50

1,274 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,105

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$83

per head · Large 1 over Medium 1

$27.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.19

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	538	174.86	940	37
Medium and Large 1	655	174.46	1,143	1,037
Medium and Large 1-2	582	162.29	945	190
Medium and Large 2	513	159.00	816	6thin
Medium 1	696	147.00	1,023	4thin

One grade step is worth $27.86/cwt here — about −$83 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 sale1,274 hd

172.50

—

MO average14 barns · 15,068 hd

168.30

+4.19

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	—	Average	1,375	83.00	1,141	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,390	65.62	912	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,260	56.83	716	6thin

Every lot, as filed

109 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	202.45/cwt	185.00–211.00	972	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	179.42/cwt	170.50–186.50	1,021	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	658	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,073	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	151.42/cwt	146.25–151.85	1,381	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	161.91/cwt	155.50–165.75	937	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	170.67/cwt	167.00–180.00	754	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	167.09/cwt	162.00–176.00	777	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	173.16/cwt	169.50–178.00	1,068	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,244	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,124	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	150.68/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,005	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	563	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	940	8
Steers	Large 1	—	554	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	956	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	174.72/cwt	171.00–183.00	673	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	816	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	171.86/cwt	169.50–174.50	913	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,264	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	554	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,055	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	511	200.43/cwt	199.00–203.00	1,024	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,179	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	742	154.82/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,149	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	764	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,173	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	698	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	496	166.83/cwt	166.00–169.00	827	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	513	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	708	3
Steers	Large 1	—	606	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,042	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	615	134.97/cwt	125.50–138.50	830	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	156.28/cwt	150.00–161.00	992	7
Steers	Large 1	—	483	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	855	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	191.96/cwt	177.50–198.00	1,006	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	208.45/cwt	200.00–212.00	863	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	562	182.62/cwt	176.75–186.50	1,026	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,431	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	162.31/cwt	161.25–164.00	1,141	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	489	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	844	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,266	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	167.61/cwt	163.50–172.50	1,286	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	441	190.20/cwt	184.00–195.00	839	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	164.52/cwt	161.50–170.50	1,101	119
Steers	Large 1	—	405	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	497	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	959	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	180.51/cwt	178.50–183.50	1,101	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	595	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	907	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,030	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	534	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	972	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	696	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,023	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	630	157.75/cwt	157.75–157.75	994	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	750	156.75/cwt	156.75–156.75	1,176	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	757	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,079	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	524	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	688	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,011	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	795	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	147.61/cwt	143.50–150.50	915	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	167.64/cwt	163.00–171.00	748	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,315	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	697	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,249	57.60/cwt	53.00–62.00	719	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	1,006	1
Bulls	—	—	1,375	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,141	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,360	64.83/cwt	63.50–66.50	882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	171.52/cwt	169.00–174.00	592	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	110.86/cwt	109.50–111.50	1,078	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,055	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	162.82/cwt	160.00–165.00	625	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	754	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	655	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	920	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	465	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	837	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	405	190.36/cwt	189.00–191.00	771	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	681	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	140.80/cwt	136.00–143.50	1,026	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	346	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	464	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	777	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	169.39/cwt	165.00–178.50	806	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	873	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,194	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	145.47/cwt	142.50–147.50	831	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	616	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	872	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	582	144.18/cwt	144.00–144.50	839	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	166.82/cwt	156.00–172.00	704	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	791	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,204	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	581	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	652	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	890	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	533	150.61/cwt	144.75–158.50	803	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	403	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	633	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	157.93/cwt	155.50–159.85	1,145	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	145.35/cwt	145.35–145.35	1,224	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	842	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,248	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	151.29/cwt	145.50–154.75	926	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	150.73/cwt	144.50–156.00	882	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	547	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	859	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	647	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	173.15/cwt	162.00–179.00	668	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	639	145.33/cwt	139.50–153.00	929	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,049	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	158.77/cwt	152.00–164.00	838	142
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	588	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	142.05/cwt	140.50–144.50	899	24
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	276	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	414	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	178.35/cwt	171.00–182.50	769	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	143.58/cwt	136.50–148.50	1,044	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,057	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	151.65/cwt	138.50–157.25	805	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	416	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	148.22/cwt	136.00–155.00	984	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	155.03/cwt	151.00–157.50	741	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	514	9
Heifers	Medium 1	—	692	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	875	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	932	7

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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