Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold uneven with the majority of calves under 600 lbs selling steady to 5.00 lower with most of the loss on the fleshier calves while those over 600 lbs sold steady to spots 5.00 higher. Heifer calves under 650 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher except those weighing 400-500 lbs 5.00-15.00 higher. Yearling heifers haven't been well tested lately, but compared to the last offering of straight loads from three weeks ago, 5.00-8.00 lower. The volatility in cattle futures has continued since the sale last week and was mostly lower again, putting pressure on the cash market for calves and yearlings. Demand was moderate to good for a heavy supply at the Annual Customer Appreciation Sale. The majority of the calves were weaned and vaccinated and several loads of yearlings were on hand. A portion of the calves were carrying excessive flesh and weren't as attractive to buyers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $227.15/cwt on 1,564 head.

Average price

$227.15

1,564 head · 609 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,383

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$23.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.95

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	619	230.04	1,423	1,286
Medium and Large 1-2	547	216.43	1,183	195
Large 1-2	509	214.06	1,090	8thin
Medium and Large 2	448	212.00	950	6thin
Large 1	625	206.45	1,290	69

One grade step is worth $23.59/cwt here — about $133 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 sale1,564 hd

227.15

—

MO average18 barns · 11,899 hd

216.20

+10.95

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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,146	83.15	953	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,530	81.02	1,240	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,055	76.05	802	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,245	$1,200	14
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,138	$1,110	4thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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	Large 1	—	722	223.54/cwt	222.00–227.25	1,614	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	275.38/cwt	261.00–292.50	1,460	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	228.85/cwt	228.85–228.85	2,030	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	271.50/cwt	250.00–292.50	1,151	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	233.28/cwt	224.50–241.00	1,568	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	253.78/cwt	235.00–258.85	1,573	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	713	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,497	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	252.73/cwt	245.50–262.75	1,453	111
Steers	Large 1	—	566	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,404	9
Steers	Large 1	—	609	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,456	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	343	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	954	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	226.56/cwt	216.25–240.00	1,640	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	817	202.77/cwt	194.00–207.00	1,657	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	647	229.67/cwt	224.00–235.00	1,486	18
Steers	Large 1	—	687	227.20/cwt	216.50–230.00	1,561	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	836	223.28/cwt	223.00–224.25	1,867	88
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	512	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,213	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	451	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,067	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	559	282.75/cwt	282.75–282.75	1,581	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	583	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,277	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	606	211.50/cwt	211.50–211.50	1,282	9
Steers	Large 1	—	540	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	558	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,311	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	541	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,369	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	448	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	950	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	233.39/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,102	26
Steers	Large 1-2	—	310	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	306.40/cwt	289.00–311.00	1,324	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,622	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	217.21/cwt	210.00–217.85	1,712	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	301.75/cwt	289.00–315.25	1,442	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	316.30/cwt	315.00–322.00	1,224	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,728	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	248.26/cwt	230.00–269.00	1,288	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	568	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,590	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	226.33/cwt	215.00–241.00	1,394	30
Steers	Large 1-2	—	808	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	231.06/cwt	221.00–235.50	1,352	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	695	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,230	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	255.65/cwt	242.00–266.00	1,232	16
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	588	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,317	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	611	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,399	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,287	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,006	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	465	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,265	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,488	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,051	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,092	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	244	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	830	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,242	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	373	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,134	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	76.05/cwt	74.00–78.00	802	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,140	83.96/cwt	81.00–88.00	957	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,530	81.02/cwt	80.00–82.00	1,240	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,192	77.19/cwt	71.00–81.00	920	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	114.01/cwt	97.00–130.00	1,209	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	129.80/cwt	124.00–139.00	1,482	19
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,138	1,110.00/head	1,110.00–1,110.00	1,110	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,257	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,119	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	222.63/cwt	219.50–227.00	1,358	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	349	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,187	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,243	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	575	201.67/cwt	197.00–204.50	1,160	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	708	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,264	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	751	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,356	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	615	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,202	5
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	—	608	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,091	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	666	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,315	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	200.66/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,262	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	251.15/cwt	248.50–254.00	1,178	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	225.71/cwt	212.00–228.35	1,548	213
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	333	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	540	214.69/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,159	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	568	191.93/cwt	177.50–221.00	1,090	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	187.88/cwt	186.00–188.50	1,349	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	266.41/cwt	258.00–278.00	1,140	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	633	237.46/cwt	232.50–240.00	1,503	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	679	218.56/cwt	211.50–220.25	1,484	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	681	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,188	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	400	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,130	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	245.93/cwt	228.00–256.00	1,030	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	200.02/cwt	196.50–201.50	1,170	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	242.91/cwt	232.00–250.00	833	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	794	206.75/cwt	206.75–206.75	1,642	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	216.39/cwt	202.00–228.00	1,145	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	564	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,077	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	537	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	1,152	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	970	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	537	198.83/cwt	189.00–214.00	1,068	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	252	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	806	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	193.75/cwt	193.75–193.75	1,724	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	663	210.25/cwt	210.25–210.25	1,394	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	797	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,542	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	197.77/cwt	188.00–202.75	1,240	44
Heifers	Large 1	—	740	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,606	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,611	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	514	243.76/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,253	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,658	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	235.31/cwt	224.00–244.50	1,372	301
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	347	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	944	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	222.92/cwt	209.50–224.75	1,627	240

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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