Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. A nice offering of yearlings made up the majority of a moderate supply, but there were some consignments of calves as well; demand was good for both. The warm weather has given a tint of green to pastures and cattle are out picking around, tired of the dry hay. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.95/cwt on 156 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −162.39 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$319.95

156 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,792

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$32.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.95

vs MO average

+6.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	323.90	1,824	136
Large 1-2	515	298.00	1,535	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	545	291.50	1,589	15thin

One grade step is worth $32.40/cwt here — about $236 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.71, low $446.05, median $482.34 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale156 hd

319.95

—

MO average9 barns · 2,467 hd

311.00

+8.95

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

+6.95

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

−162.39

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	1,683	127.47	2,145	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,476	120.05	1,772	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,185	113.88	1,349	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	937	99.06	928	21

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$2,800	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,067	$2,300	3thin

Every lot, as filed

87 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	367	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,244	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	333.33/cwt	317.50–350.00	1,597	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,630	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	282.33/cwt	268.00–291.00	1,488	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,497	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	335.27/cwt	321.00–350.00	1,747	43
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	293.77/cwt	283.00–302.50	1,672	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	261.94/cwt	257.00–267.00	1,747	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,688	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	368.16/cwt	355.00–374.00	1,745	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,009	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	368	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,133	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	1,589	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	292.82/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,839	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	799	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,830	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,724	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	362.86/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,426	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	586	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,875	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	253.03/cwt	248.00–262.25	1,994	212
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	271.41/cwt	270.00–274.50	1,924	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	247.45/cwt	245.10–254.00	2,041	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	301.82/cwt	290.00–316.00	1,105	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,121	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	314.15/cwt	305.00–324.00	1,838	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	297.75/cwt	286.00–308.00	1,566	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,802	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	253.53/cwt	246.00–260.50	1,691	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	354.93/cwt	350.00–372.00	1,494	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	462	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,557	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	459	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,744	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,884	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	259.93/cwt	253.00–267.50	1,625	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	248.97/cwt	241.50–250.35	1,810	200
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	111.91/cwt	105.50–116.00	1,354	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	853	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	742	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,047	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,466	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,833	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	118.63/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,755	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,265	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,290	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,067	2,300.00/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,300	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	4
Bulls	—	—	1,618	125.93/cwt	114.00–136.00	2,038	11
Bulls	—	—	1,425	106.55/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,518	4
Bulls	—	—	2,035	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	3,114	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,124	119.37/cwt	119.00–119.50	1,342	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	98.59/cwt	94.00–103.50	929	13
Bulls	—	—	1,881	138.21/cwt	134.50–145.00	2,600	7
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,535	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	533	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,319	11
Bulls	Large 1-2	700–750	703	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,547	6
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,071	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	2,110	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	400–450	414	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,211	5
Steers	Large 1	850–900	866	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,113	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	806	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,963	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	673	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,753	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	726	226.07/cwt	221.50–228.50	1,641	14
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	640	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,683	5
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	702	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	1,583	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	350–400	375	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	928	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,499	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,340	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	311.50/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,473	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	268.51/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,549	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,061	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	2,074	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,289	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,476	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	358.98/cwt	357.50–360.00	1,188	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,754	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	358.73/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,507	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	876	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,734	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	532	235.94/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,255	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	239.46/cwt	232.00–241.50	1,997	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	229.86/cwt	229.00–235.00	2,011	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	244.29/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,541	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	314.35/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,037	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	250.48/cwt	230.00–251.00	1,746	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,744	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	1,829	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	248.13/cwt	244.00–255.50	1,943	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,266	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	226.24/cwt	223.50–233.50	1,636	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,756	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	302.44/cwt	270.00–310.00	1,294	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	279.48/cwt	271.00–283.50	1,900	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	331.14/cwt	307.50–338.00	1,434	49

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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