Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 650 lbs sold 4.00-10.00 higher with spots up to 15.00 higher on the 450-515 lb weight range, heavier steers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves sold mostly steady except some weaned calves weighing 450-500 lbs trading with a higher undertone to few recent comparable sales. Yearling heifers sold steady. Demand was good to very good with as good of quality on the calves that has been offered all fall. Supply was moderate to heavy despite the overnight snowfall. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $174.22/cwt on 983 head.

Average price

$174.22

983 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$315

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$33.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.27

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	602	178.31	1,074	777
Medium and Large 1-2	533	161.80	863	169
Medium 1	620	146.50	908	6thin
Medium 1-2	683	144.91	989	17thin
Medium and Large 2	525	144.75	759	14thin

One grade step is worth $33.56/cwt here — about $315 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 sale983 hd

174.22

—

MO average16 barns · 10,735 hd

163.96

+10.27

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	1,750	97.96	1,714	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,366	77.57	1,059	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,195	71.15	850	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,002	59.98	601	31

Every lot, as filed

97 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	—	616	191.18/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,178	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	175.75/cwt	175.50–176.00	1,070	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	588	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	911	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	194.95/cwt	191.00–203.00	1,111	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	252	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	919	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	544	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	998	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	671	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,114	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,003	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	554	163.25/cwt	163.00–164.00	904	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	581	183.76/cwt	182.50–186.00	1,068	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	227.18/cwt	218.50–231.00	1,072	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	471	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	495	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	787	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	183.07/cwt	174.00–185.75	1,346	203
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	351	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	597	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	608	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,240	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	502	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,140	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	579	165.25/cwt	165.25–165.25	957	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	333	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	601	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	968	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	500	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	480	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	811	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	491	172.89/cwt	170.50–180.00	849	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	806	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,427	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	674	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	194.22/cwt	187.00–200.00	923	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	185.25/cwt	185.25–185.25	1,210	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	699	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,202	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	958	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,209	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,340	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	641	198.08/cwt	198.00–199.00	1,270	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	185.98/cwt	184.00–188.00	1,227	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	197.77/cwt	192.00–213.50	1,050	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	223.66/cwt	209.00–237.00	928	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	475	225.55/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,071	19
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	515	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	803	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,063	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	600	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,080	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	618	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,088	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	553	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,062	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	632	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	885	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	914	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	962	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	929	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	531	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	775	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	693	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	970	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	376	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	437	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,011	62.50/cwt	59.00–64.50	632	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,420	78.47/cwt	78.00–79.00	1,114	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,322	76.85/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,016	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	977	61.71/cwt	61.00–63.00	603	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	75.17/cwt	74.00–76.50	932	24
Bulls	—	—	1,505	88.81/cwt	85.00–92.50	1,337	5
Bulls	—	—	1,682	107.99/cwt	107.00–109.00	1,816	3
Bulls	—	—	1,928	99.92/cwt	95.00–104.00	1,926	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,178	68.43/cwt	66.00–73.00	806	25
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,029	82.68/cwt	75.00–95.00	851	17
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	94.06/cwt	93.00–102.00	967	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	753	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	949	5
Bulls	Medium 2	—	533	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	728	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	640	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,005	6
Bulls	Medium 2	—	394	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	508	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	728	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	997	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,079	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	146.23/cwt	144.50–147.50	1,142	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	605	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	853	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	478	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	635	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	157.63/cwt	155.00–160.25	1,056	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	177.41/cwt	171.00–180.50	745	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	178.25/cwt	178.25–178.25	1,125	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	406	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	589	187.25/cwt	187.25–187.25	1,103	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	416	191.50/cwt	191.50–191.50	797	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	585	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,015	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	162.27/cwt	157.25–170.00	845	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	170.39/cwt	162.00–174.00	895	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	686	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,303	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	620	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	168.90/cwt	161.50–172.75	961	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	180.28/cwt	176.75–185.00	1,226	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	153.04/cwt	150.50–160.00	940	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	719	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	166.76/cwt	163.00–170.00	712	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	771	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,122	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	460	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	186.08/cwt	178.00–187.00	871	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	159.94/cwt	159.50–160.25	1,297	15
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	657	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	913	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	165.74/cwt	160.00–179.00	782	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	835	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	154.80/cwt	153.00–156.50	878	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	451	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	631	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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