Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold uneven as the calves under 500 lbs and the yearlings over 650 lbs sold mostly steady but the middle weight calves from 500-650 lbs lost the gains from last week and sold 5.00-15.00 lower on lighter demand and with more un-weaned and/or fleshy calves in the mix. Heifer sold steady to 5.00 higher except for calves weighing 450-550 lbs 5.00-10.00 lower with the same story as their brothers, more soft calves in the mix this week. Demand was moderate for a heavy supply with several long strings of yearlings on hand along with some fancy new crop calves. The new crop calves saw more discount this week if they were carrying flesh.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $258.15/cwt on 243 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −172.72 against this barn's trailing median of $430.87.

Average price

$258.15

243 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,395

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$1.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.44

vs MO average

−5.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	258.98	1,392	46
Medium and Large 1	541	257.95	1,395	197

One grade step is worth $1.03/cwt here — about −$3 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

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.11, low $364.23, median $430.87 across 32 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 sale243 hd

258.15

—

MO average17 barns · 2,621 hd

267.58

−9.44

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−5.81

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.87

−172.72

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	—	High	1,721	157.83	2,716	50
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,315	131.00	1,723	1thin

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,186	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	216.85/cwt	216.85–216.85	2,142	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	262.03/cwt	255.00–265.50	1,483	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	241.25/cwt	241.25–241.25	1,855	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	305.85/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,009	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	249.29/cwt	246.00–252.00	1,296	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	299.38/cwt	287.00–310.00	1,700	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,225	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,554	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	328.60/cwt	324.00–332.50	1,544	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	304.04/cwt	299.00–312.00	1,268	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	364.73/cwt	342.50–382.00	1,521	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,696	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,890	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	470	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,368	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,857	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	735	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,676	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	284.54/cwt	279.50–292.00	1,326	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,991	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	286.17/cwt	280.00–289.00	941	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,659	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	277.68/cwt	264.00–291.00	1,338	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	256.45/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,611	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	789	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,665	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	287.37/cwt	287.00–288.00	1,902	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	289.32/cwt	282.00–294.00	1,834	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	219.47/cwt	213.75–225.00	1,903	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	245.87/cwt	234.50–246.75	1,768	409
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,478	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	246.43/cwt	245.50–249.00	1,557	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	269.51/cwt	264.00–273.00	1,418	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	309.08/cwt	297.50–328.00	1,629	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	542	276.80/cwt	276.00–278.00	1,500	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	477	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,293	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	241.75/cwt	241.75–241.75	1,857	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	736	219.25/cwt	219.25–219.25	1,614	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	482	315.67/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,522	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	282.26/cwt	271.00–292.00	1,623	27
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,087	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	2,169	6
Bulls	—	—	1,831	165.40/cwt	158.50–173.50	3,028	19
Bulls	—	—	1,845	179.15/cwt	175.00–184.50	3,305	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,315	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,723	1
Bulls	—	—	1,656	152.08/cwt	141.00–158.50	2,518	25
Bulls	—	—	1,442	136.41/cwt	130.00–140.50	1,967	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	250–300	295	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	782	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	477	227.67/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,086	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	324	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,066	4
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	600–650	640	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	1,501	5
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,495	5
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	461	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,291	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	555	252.70/cwt	250.50–253.50	1,402	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	861	208.75/cwt	208.75–208.75	1,797	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	723	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,761	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	435	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	523	289.39/cwt	279.00–297.00	1,514	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	876	218.85/cwt	218.85–218.85	1,917	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,762	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	977	205.10/cwt	205.10–205.10	2,004	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,618	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,081	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	452	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,044	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,751	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	235.67/cwt	232.50–238.00	1,826	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	302.83/cwt	295.00–308.00	1,538	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	494	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	939	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	207.76/cwt	205.50–211.50	1,602	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	309.78/cwt	288.00–325.00	1,478	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	247.99/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,699	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,689	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	340.60/cwt	337.50–343.00	1,090	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,696	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,101	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	1,976	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	358.16/cwt	348.00–369.00	1,386	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	244.91/cwt	230.00–246.10	1,746	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	285.89/cwt	272.00–296.00	1,232	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	257.75/cwt	251.50–267.50	1,482	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	506	260.01/cwt	255.00–277.50	1,316	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,316	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	623	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	233.93/cwt	227.00–234.75	1,932	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	973	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	231.19/cwt	230.50–235.00	1,581	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	214.75/cwt	214.75–214.75	1,778	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,936	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	348.98/cwt	342.00–355.00	1,365	9

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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