Kingsville Livestock Auction Market Report

Kingsville, Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 20, 2022

2,068 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $174.70/cwt +13.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,066/hd at 610 lb · 105 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $179.87/cwt -4.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,221/hd at 679 lb · 85 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $174.93/cwt -11.22 vs last sale · ≈ $829/hd at 474 lb · 77 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,068	3,016	1,554
Feeder cattle	1,739	2,652	1,334
Slaughter cattle	329	304	220
Replacement cattle	—	60	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, a much lighter offering feeders sold steady to 4.00 lower, except for a few quality consignments of six weight heifers with good weight ups which sold firm to sharply higher. The supply of feeders was light to moderate and made up of mostly five and six weight cattle, with very few cattle over 700 lbs. compared to the previous auction. Demand was moderate. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	16	210.00	$210.00	$928	-18.47
502–507	505	33	200.00–211.00	$204.44	$1,032	-3.29
560–586	579	66	186.25–194.00	$191.86	$1,111	+0.66
653–691	679	85	179.25–184.00	$179.87	$1,221	-4.12
747	747	9	175.00	$175.00	$1,307	-4.11

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–395	369	10	201.00–206.00	$202.61	$748	-11.39
410	410	6	201.00	$201.00	$824	-20.58
500–544	528	35	173.00–193.00	$179.05	$945	-12.47
552–597	584	45	173.00–186.75	$181.15	$1,058	+5.62
632–640	634	10	174.00–175.00	$174.70	$1,108	-1.96
667–676	675	18	169.50–170.50	$170.00	$1,148	+2.06
733	733	6	167.00	$167.00	$1,224	-5.50
750–783	757	10	162.50–167.50	$166.28	$1,259	-13.10
813–842	834	14	159.50–168.00	$165.63	$1,381	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	192.00	$192.00	$657	—
350–395	371	14	170.00–187.50	$173.57	$644	—
403–431	419	13	163.00–178.00	$171.44	$718	-16.56
453–475	459	4	161.00–170.00	$167.67	$770	-17.33
593–597	596	7	162.50–173.00	$170.01	$1,013	+18.19
611	611	3	160.00	$160.00	$978	—
718–730	722	3	150.50–153.00	$151.34	$1,093	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	5	171.50	$171.50	$743	-10.39
454–488	474	77	173.00–177.50	$174.93	$829	-11.22
519–537	526	50	170.00–171.00	$170.22	$895	-11.69
563–597	584	69	168.00–172.00	$170.90	$998	-4.14
600–635	610	105	168.00–186.75	$174.70	$1,066	+9.00
691	691	75	180.00	$180.00	$1,244	+1.18
720	720	9	167.50	$167.50	$1,206	+10.00
759–775	766	16	165.00–173.00	$169.46	$1,298	-0.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–446	423	45	160.00–170.50	$168.43	$712	+3.26
458–490	481	24	161.00–167.00	$165.01	$794	-7.36
516 thin fleshed	516	8	178.50	$178.50	$921	—
555–593	575	36	155.00–162.00	$159.04	$914	+1.01
590	590	4	150.50	$150.50	$888	-7.53
622–642	628	17	144.00–156.50	$149.83	$941	-2.40
671–673	671	9	145.50–151.00	$149.77	$1,005	-4.04
760	760	10	146.75	$146.75	$1,115	+1.25
801–840	821	8	140.50–145.00	$142.80	$1,172	-1.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	4	158.00	$158.00	$623	—
411	411	5	155.00	$155.00	$637	+12.11
460–470	463	14	149.00–149.50	$149.46	$692	—
520–535	530	5	144.00–149.00	$147.09	$780	+7.09
576–577	577	9	144.00–151.00	$147.11	$849	+3.91
600	600	3	140.00	$140.00	$840	—
715	715	8	136.50	$136.50	$976	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	9	136.50	$136.50	$541	—
516	516	10	135.00	$135.00	$697	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	9	131.00	$131.00	$706	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454–470	457	6	163.00–164.00	$163.83	$749	—
509	509	6	144.00	$144.00	$733	—
568–586	581	14	142.00–148.00	$144.01	$837	—
605–642	635	13	139.50–144.00	$141.29	$897	—
755	755	3	130.50	$130.50	$985	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503–508	505	5	162.00–165.00	$163.21	$824	+6.21
727	727	3	144.50	$144.50	$1,051	-7.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1476	1203	80-85%	104	65.00–72.50	$68.07	$819	-3.92
1229–1391	1273	80-85%	23	72.50–78.50	$74.38	$947	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1151–1645	1292	75-80%	63	69.00–75.50	$72.40	$935	—
1315–1750	1491	75-80%	5	77.00–79.00	$77.67	$1,158	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
787–860	797	85-90%	7	53.00–61.50	$60.19	$480	—
920	920	85-90%	8	69.00	$69.00	$635	—
904–1163	995	85-90%	36	57.00–66.50	$63.95	$636	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1755	1465	11	85.00–94.50	$90.96	$1,333	—
1390–1560	1480	3	78.00–84.50	$80.71	$1,195	—
1580–2295	1851	7	98.50–106.50	$103.04	$1,907	—

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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.