Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's lighter test, steer and heifer calves under 550 lbs sold 5.00-20.00 higher, mid weights from 550-650 lbs sold 5.00-10.00 higher and those over 700 lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. A much larger run was offered this week for the Annual Customer Appreciation Sale and long strings of reputation cattle flowed through the ring all day. Demand was good to very good. There is obviously a very optimistic outlook to the cattle market thanks to positive fundamentals and plentiful forage and feedstuffs, creating a very competitive atmosphere for calves and yearlings. Supply was heavy.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $330.46/cwt on 280 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −151.88 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$330.46

280 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$25.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.55

vs MO average

+5.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	332.53	1,816	257
Medium and Large 1-2	553	307.38	1,699	23

One grade step is worth $25.15/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale280 hd

330.46

—

MO average9 barns · 2,569 hd

317.91

+12.55

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+5.09

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

−151.88

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

86 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 1-2	900–950	906	240.75/cwt	240.75–240.75	2,181	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,500	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	369.50/cwt	369.50–369.50	1,785	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	321.14/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,821	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	355.95/cwt	348.00–363.00	1,701	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	385.33/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,699	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	391.96/cwt	379.00–409.00	1,658	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	289.48/cwt	278.50–299.50	1,928	187
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	715	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,777	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	413.13/cwt	412.00–414.00	1,566	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	275.69/cwt	269.00–280.50	1,745	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,776	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	345.40/cwt	329.00–358.00	1,831	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	290.25/cwt	284.00–300.00	1,820	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	604	310.86/cwt	309.00–314.00	1,878	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	531	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,662	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	621	252.12/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,566	10
Steers	Medium 1-2	800–850	845	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,927	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	766	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	1,944	26
Steers	Medium 1	750–800	779	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,866	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	238.09/cwt	235.00–241.50	1,731	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	236.38/cwt	232.50–239.50	2,061	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	272.48/cwt	267.00–281.00	2,016	70
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	725	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,443	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	376	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,617	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	636	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	1,962	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	313.98/cwt	287.00–333.00	1,686	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	992	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,058	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	720	278.58/cwt	273.25–280.00	2,006	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,437	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	251.88/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,859	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	1,765	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	254.22/cwt	243.50–255.00	2,057	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	274.83/cwt	259.50–284.50	1,847	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,603	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,545	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,699	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,479	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,638	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,766	3
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	468	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,264	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,877	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	698	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,647	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	246.95/cwt	242.50–248.00	1,948	103
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	613	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	300.09/cwt	287.00–308.50	1,554	71
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	562	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	1,481	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	738	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	254.90/cwt	245.00–259.25	1,863	487
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	643	239.41/cwt	238.50–245.00	1,539	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	608	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,447	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	205.50/cwt	205.50–205.50	2,049	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	262.38/cwt	256.00–268.50	1,593	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	245.34/cwt	239.00–256.00	1,644	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	347	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,322	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	257.51/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,761	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	315.30/cwt	307.00–330.00	1,488	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,030	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	278.49/cwt	261.00–287.50	1,607	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,385	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	687	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,800	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	264.85/cwt	255.00–266.50	2,188	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	260.03/cwt	257.00–262.00	2,046	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,359	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	441	370.50/cwt	370.50–370.50	1,634	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	323.76/cwt	309.00–331.00	1,408	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	258.20/cwt	252.50–272.00	1,368	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	274.46/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,866	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	872	250.75/cwt	250.75–250.75	2,187	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,659	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	256.26/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,497	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	249.68/cwt	247.50–254.00	1,548	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,359	5
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	593	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,411	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,540	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	238.95/cwt	233.00–245.00	1,849	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	227.40/cwt	215.00–233.00	1,962	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,750	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	338.43/cwt	326.00–349.00	1,442	65
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	458	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,191	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,638	6

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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