Kingsville Livestock Auction Market Report

Kingsville, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 27, 2021

1,639 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $142.65/cwt +0.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,024/hd at 718 lb · 93 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.15/cwt -15.06 vs last sale · ≈ $694/hd at 482 lb · 62 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $159.26/cwt -4.70 vs last sale · ≈ $901/hd at 566 lb · 61 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,639	2,286	2,745
Feeder cattle	1,324	1,848	2,413
Slaughter cattle	275	348	307
Replacement cattle	40	90	25

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 lower except for 400-500 lb heifer calves trading 10.00-12.00 lower than last weeks more active market for that weight range. A few consignments of yearling cattle were offered but mainly calves is what made their way to town, most of which were short weaned or off the cow and those un-weaned saw some slight discounts. May corn closed just shy of $7.00 on Tuesday and the grain market is no doubt the main factor pushing feeder cattle lower with the highest feed costs seen in years. Supply and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	4	195.00–197.00	$196.02	$633	-2.48
368	368	3	189.00	$189.00	$696	+1.06
408–449	432	17	178.00–180.00	$179.22	$774	+3.34
452–480	466	46	169.50–180.00	$174.70	$814	+0.10
510–521 unweaned	517	26	155.50–162.75	$160.79	$831	—
520–539	535	30	169.50–170.50	$170.13	$910	-5.47
552–571	566	61	151.00–163.00	$159.26	$901	+3.06
628–634 unweaned	633	30	135.00–143.00	$139.73	$884	—
651–673	660	35	148.50–149.50	$148.84	$982	-7.93
668 unweaned	668	14	137.00	$137.00	$915	—
707–719	718	93	137.75–145.25	$142.65	$1,024	+5.40
834–842	835	49	131.10–131.60	$131.17	$1,095	-1.58
876	876	4	127.00	$127.00	$1,113	-2.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–388	371	27	164.00–174.00	$169.08	$627	-6.92
450–493	477	20	164.00–172.00	$169.12	$807	+1.22
480	480	5	147.00	$147.00	$706	-20.90
490	490	6	155.00	$155.00	$760	-12.90
507–535	523	17	155.00–159.50	$156.14	$817	—
573–594	591	36	149.00–155.00	$150.93	$892	+5.93
615–640	636	31	142.00–153.25	$148.63	$945	-6.42
674	674	6	130.25	$130.25	$878	-5.63
775	775	4	123.75	$123.75	$959	-7.39

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	3	152.50	$152.50	$637	—
479	479	6	150.50	$150.50	$721	—
505	505	7	140.50	$140.50	$710	—
609	609	7	127.00	$127.00	$773	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	4	118.00	$118.00	$779	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	4	155.00	$155.00	$539	-19.00
375	375	3	159.00	$159.00	$596	-11.23
401–439	418	17	150.50–152.00	$151.25	$632	-12.73
480 unweaned	480	13	139.25	$139.25	$668	—
467–488	482	49	141.00–148.00	$145.45	$701	-3.55
506	506	23	145.00–153.50	$150.54	$762	-2.52
506–516 unweaned	509	26	136.00–142.00	$138.80	$706	—
560–574	563	32	137.00–144.25	$141.51	$797	-5.35
574	574	5	128.00	$128.00	$735	-18.86
613–632 unweaned	621	23	126.00–130.25	$127.45	$791	—
658–678 unweaned	672	10	125.00–126.00	$125.71	$845	—
713–727	724	32	129.25–129.60	$129.51	$938	-14.74
750	750	13	129.25	$129.25	$969	—
826	826	26	135.00	$135.00	$1,115	+9.00
845	845	9	114.00	$114.00	$963	-12.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–372	358	28	148.00–162.00	$154.80	$554	-8.35
401–448	420	18	140.00–149.00	$144.68	$608	-17.08
457–498	465	42	138.00–148.50	$144.64	$673	-13.24
503–514	509	10	134.50–140.50	$137.88	$702	-4.20
569–593	580	17	125.00–133.50	$129.22	$749	-14.97
600–622	613	5	122.00–131.50	$125.72	$771	-4.28
663	663	8	130.75	$130.75	$867	-7.25
716–720	717	16	123.50–128.75	$128.09	$918	-5.41
823	823	8	116.25	$116.25	$957	-3.25
872	872	10	110.00	$110.00	$959	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	3	135.50	$135.50	$657	—
644	644	4	118.00	$118.00	$760	-7.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–429	426	10	156.00–159.00	$158.10	$674	—
463–495	479	4	144.50–145.00	$144.74	$693	-9.26
508–547	523	11	140.50–150.50	$146.55	$766	+1.55
603 thin fleshed	603	4	142.50	$142.50	$859	—
705	705	3	135.00	$135.00	$952	+16.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1330	1203	80-85%	8	63.00–69.50	$66.56	$801	—
1175–1275	1229	80-85%	4	70.00–74.50	$71.84	$883	—
1220–1310	1265	80-85%	2	57.00–58.00	$57.52	$728	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410	1410	75-80%	1	62.50	$62.50	$881	+1.00
1265–1650	1458	75-80%	4	65.00–71.50	$68.60	$1,000	—
1480–1740	1622	75-80%	3	71.00–73.00	$72.13	$1,170	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	85-90%	1	44.50	$44.50	$412	-19.00
950–1060	995	85-90%	3	51.00–58.00	$54.65	$544	-5.67

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1475	1320	2	77.00–78.50	$77.84	$1,027	—
1565–1830	1688	3	85.00–95.00	$90.92	$1,535	-2.04
1870–1995	1930	3	98.50–104.00	$100.72	$1,944	-0.51

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955–1275	1112	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	68.00–75.00	$72.32	$804
985–1285	1117	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	79.50–101.00	$93.04	$1,039

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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.