Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2023-02-21

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Feb 21
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,284 head
▼ 1,325 vs last sale 3,609▲ 319 vs year ago 1,965 · +16.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
▲ 83 vs last sale 177▲ 140 vs year ago 120 · +116.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
80 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 40▲ 55 vs year ago 25 · +220.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for a moderate supply of yearlings and long weaned calves. Several loads of yearlings were on hand along with some attractive consignments of grass cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $204.43/cwt on 982 head.
Average price
$204.43
982 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,338
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$597
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3
$44.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.70
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1672206.411,386688
Medium and Large 1-2626204.351,279253
Medium 1-2592189.351,12210thin
Medium and Large 2668178.001,1897thin
Medium 2-3487162.2578924
One grade step is worth $44.16/cwt here — about $597 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 sale982 hd
204.43
—
MO average18 barns · 14,925 hd
207.12
−2.70
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,538111.291,71219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52995.301,45736
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28789.141,14768
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07280.2486024

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,025$1,55849
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,017$1,0755

Every lot

96 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed300260.50/cwt260.50–260.507827
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2333232.50/cwt232.50–232.507748
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383235.00/cwt235.00–235.009004
Steers—Medium and Large 1391249.67/cwt249.00–250.009766
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added401241.00/cwt241.00–241.009667
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed404264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,06722
Steers—Medium and Large 1431246.08/cwt234.00–250.501,06126
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2437220.53/cwt214.00–234.009646
Steers—Medium 2-3446155.00/cwt155.00–155.0069112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465205.00/cwt205.00–205.009532
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,04616
Steers—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed470206.00/cwt206.00–206.009684
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned480197.00/cwt197.00–197.009465
Steers—Medium and Large 1487238.29/cwt230.00–244.501,16032
Steers—Medium and Large 1522230.87/cwt224.00–235.501,20538
Steers—Medium 2-3527169.50/cwt169.50–169.5089312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544203.27/cwt200.00–214.001,10617
Steers—Medium and Large 1575227.51/cwt219.00–235.001,308115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585208.37/cwt208.00–208.501,21920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added596200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1925
Steers—Medium and Large 1613213.58/cwt201.00–218.001,30949
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed616220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3559
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1927
Steers—Medium 1-2638187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662193.19/cwt187.00–197.251,27941
Steers—Medium and Large 2668178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,1897
Steers—Medium and Large 1675205.30/cwt192.25–210.001,386101
Steers—Medium 1-2710169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,2033
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2712188.72/cwt187.00–191.251,34410
Steers—Medium and Large 1727192.19/cwt191.00–194.501,39796
Steers—Medium and Large 1769189.86/cwt187.50–190.251,460120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3034
Steers—Medium and Large 1812182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,47836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2830182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,51163
Steers—Medium and Large 1872175.93/cwt173.00–176.751,53450
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2889157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,4007
Steers—Medium and Large 1923173.75/cwt173.75–173.751,60412
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2243222.00/cwt222.00–222.005393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1297214.00/cwt214.00–214.006367
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed304244.50/cwt244.50–244.5074314
Heifers—Medium 1-2334185.00/cwt185.00–185.006187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2377207.68/cwt188.00–219.007838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1389218.00/cwt218.00–218.008488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed392245.25/cwt245.25–245.2596127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429214.65/cwt209.00–220.0092114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431195.00/cwt195.00–195.0084017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439191.47/cwt184.50–204.0084115
Heifers—Medium 2-3443133.50/cwt133.50–133.5059112
Heifers—Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed465185.50/cwt185.50–185.508633
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470196.88/cwt183.00–210.0092516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481210.35/cwt196.00–213.501,01272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned493173.00/cwt173.00–173.008533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526211.43/cwt208.00–214.501,11248
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543172.50/cwt172.50–172.5093719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561198.85/cwt181.50–209.501,11676
Heifers—Medium 1-2572160.00/cwt160.00–160.009153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy584179.16/cwt177.00–185.001,04615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590180.74/cwt169.50–188.251,06622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added601184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633189.84/cwt183.25–192.001,202139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2641171.10/cwt170.25–179.001,09729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2659172.05/cwt163.50–176.501,13427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686186.37/cwt179.50–190.001,278120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed696178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715184.08/cwt181.00–185.751,316132
Heifers—Large 1738169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,24712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836159.17/cwt158.50–159.501,33115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1855163.75/cwt163.75–163.751,40021
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2902148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,3393
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2344217.18/cwt214.00–225.007477
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2366219.22/cwt210.00–221.0080213
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2421216.40/cwt205.00–229.009116
Bulls—Medium 1-2448186.00/cwt186.00–186.008336
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2477205.40/cwt205.00–206.009805
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed506206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0425
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2507197.17/cwt195.50–201.001,00010
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2556193.23/cwt189.50–204.001,07415
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2698168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1735
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2843160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,34915
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,20596.02/cwt91.00–101.001,1572
Bulls——1,352106.83/cwt103.00–109.001,44411
Bulls——1,991124.57/cwt120.00–128.002,4806
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%90886.50/cwt86.50–86.507853
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00569.50/cwt69.50–69.506981
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10079.84/cwt72.00–84.0087820
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16581.31/cwt81.00–81.509475
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24396.59/cwt95.50–98.501,20116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31587.44/cwt83.00–90.501,15047
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49693.68/cwt91.00–95.001,40118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56196.91/cwt96.00–98.001,51318
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,065109.90/cwt99.00–119.001,1705
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08898.61/cwt85.00–103.501,07317
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28161,017.66/head985.00–1,050.001,0186
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0171,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0755
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0541,633.41/head1,450.00–1,675.001,63343

This sale against other markets

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.