Kingsville Livestock Auction Market Report

Kingsville, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 27, 2020

1,080 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.25/cwt +3.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,000/hd at 713 lb · 104 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $140.24/cwt +4.99 vs last sale · ≈ $969/hd at 691 lb · 94 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $144.23/cwt -4.18 vs last sale · ≈ $897/hd at 622 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,080	1,665	1,660
Feeder cattle	920	1,446	1,461
Slaughter cattle	140	176	154
Replacement cattle	20	43	45

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly steady and heifers sold unevenly steady with the calves sellings with a lower undertone and yearlings trading with a steady to firm undertone. Demand was moderate to good for yearlings, moderate for the higher quality calves and light in spots for the plainer or fleshy calves. Supply was light. The first winter storm of the season is making an impact on the market as freezing precipitation kept some cattle from making it to town and had buyers very cautious about taking on higher risk calves. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	5	163.50	$163.50	$667	-3.28
466–480	471	8	155.00–164.00	$160.56	$756	—
523–547	535	25	150.00–158.00	$153.70	$822	-1.68
564–598	586	20	145.00–152.50	$147.16	$862	-5.42
592	592	3	136.00	$136.00	$805	-16.58
604 thin fleshed	604	8	149.00	$149.00	$900	—
610–649	626	38	142.00–146.50	$143.22	$897	-7.12
692–693	693	30	139.50–149.00	$143.16	$992	+1.18
702	702	15	146.00	$146.00	$1,025	+2.12
703 unweaned	703	12	114.00	$114.00	$801	-21.50
795–796	796	9	133.50–142.25	$139.34	$1,109	+1.88

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	170.00	$170.00	$672	+11.00
402–429	410	27	146.00–157.00	$149.41	$613	—
455–490	482	9	153.00–160.00	$154.47	$745	+7.47
527	527	44	149.75	$149.75	$789	+1.75
568–584	576	13	127.00–133.00	$130.25	$750	-8.75
612–643	626	37	134.00–140.00	$138.51	$867	-1.07
630	630	3	124.00	$124.00	$781	-15.58
692	692	9	132.00	$132.00	$913	—
753–777	763	7	120.50–125.00	$122.46	$934	-10.79
818	818	3	118.50	$118.50	$969	—
856	856	8	120.00	$120.00	$1,027	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425 unweaned	425	5	137.00	$137.00	$582	—
511–530	518	21	136.00–144.00	$142.46	$738	+6.41
568–588	581	30	130.50–134.00	$131.87	$766	+7.48
619	619	5	133.00	$133.00	$823	+9.86
627–632	630	15	116.00–122.00	$119.21	$751	-3.93
651	651	13	130.00	$130.00	$846	-5.25
679 unweaned	679	7	109.00	$109.00	$740	—
699	699	74	145.00	$145.00	$1,014	+9.75
709–723	713	104	130.75–142.00	$140.25	$1,000	+3.53
758	758	16	135.50	$135.50	$1,027	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	9	130.00	$130.00	$480	-25.00
408	408	8	141.00	$141.00	$575	-9.00
412 unweaned	412	5	131.00	$131.00	$540	—
463–485	479	21	121.50–133.50	$124.11	$594	-6.40
494 thin fleshed	494	4	143.50	$143.50	$709	—
509–530	513	12	118.00–125.00	$122.10	$626	-4.28
568–585	573	8	111.00–127.00	$118.80	$681	-7.95
600–645	629	16	113.00–125.00	$117.45	$739	-4.79
679–692	685	16	122.50–126.75	$125.01	$856	—
705–715	710	4	110.50–117.50	$113.98	$809	-21.52
755–757	756	5	114.50–125.50	$121.11	$916	+11.61

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411	411	5	120.00	$120.00	$493	—
636	636	4	103.50	$103.50	$658	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571 unweaned	571	8	124.00	$124.00	$708	—
612–638 unweaned	631	11	113.50–119.50	$115.09	$726	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1215	1145	80-85%	2	47.00–51.00	$49.12	$562	—
970–1350	1178	80-85%	32	52.00–58.50	$55.61	$655	+8.81
1210–1365	1294	80-85%	6	59.00–64.50	$62.34	$807	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340	1340	75-80%	1	54.00	$54.00	$724	—
1210–1565	1365	75-80%	16	55.00–62.00	$58.35	$796	+7.10
1330–2100	1558	75-80%	16	62.50–68.50	$64.51	$1,005	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
701–1340	829	85-90%	5	28.00–34.00	$29.94	$248	—
860–935	890	85-90%	3	38.00–43.00	$39.75	$354	—
860–1240	1045	85-90%	22	45.00–52.50	$49.48	$517	—
1135–1535	1335	85-90%	2	54.00–55.50	$54.86	$732	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1435	1405	3	58.00–77.50	$70.37	$989	—
1510–1960	1784	9	77.00–85.00	$81.73	$1,458	+1.45
2175	2175	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,936	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1068	978	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	66.00–83.50	$80.37	$786
860–1222	1132	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	58.00–64.00	$62.86	$712

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.