Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the most recent sale from a month ago, steers and heifers mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.83/cwt on 307 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −143.51 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$338.83

307 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,869

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$19.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.73

vs MO average

−3.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	344.46	1,914	217
Medium and Large 1-2	541	325.28	1,761	90

One grade step is worth $19.18/cwt here — about $154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale307 hd

338.83

—

MO average9 barns · 1,388 hd

333.11

+5.73

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−3.25

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

−143.51

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,453	127.12	1,848	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,225	121.13	1,483	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,121	105.63	1,184	9thin

Every lot, as filed

57 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	750–800	786	269.48/cwt	265.00–273.50	2,118	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	264.25/cwt	264.25–264.25	2,304	57
Steers	Large 1	750–800	763	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	2,186	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	395.26/cwt	367.50–406.00	1,553	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	343.73/cwt	315.00–357.00	1,935	159
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	423	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,163	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	331.16/cwt	302.00–350.00	1,732	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	275.80/cwt	271.00–277.25	2,228	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	370.18/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,755	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	283.17/cwt	279.50–289.00	2,203	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	306.16/cwt	296.50–319.50	2,064	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	360.81/cwt	335.00–379.00	1,476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,293	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,884	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,575	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,771	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,650	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,308	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	321.27/cwt	317.00–327.50	1,523	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,420	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	273.30/cwt	264.50–282.00	1,856	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,070	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	254.69/cwt	249.50–255.10	1,951	256
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	261.81/cwt	252.50–267.00	1,943	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	711	273.50/cwt	273.50–273.50	1,945	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,538	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	304.75/cwt	273.00–320.00	1,743	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	349.06/cwt	337.50–359.00	1,658	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,098	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	351.41/cwt	334.00–369.00	1,532	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,642	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	306.29/cwt	297.00–311.00	1,951	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	779	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,057	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	246.71/cwt	238.00–247.25	2,001	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	324.62/cwt	307.50–340.50	1,717	128
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	720	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,919	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	348.43/cwt	327.50–365.00	1,672	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,965	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	295.29/cwt	287.00–302.50	2,150	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	287.11/cwt	279.00–299.00	1,800	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	277.41/cwt	256.00–292.00	1,573	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,427	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	314.08/cwt	307.50–337.50	1,809	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	320.68/cwt	304.50–334.50	2,023	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	346.45/cwt	320.00–354.00	1,857	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	744	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,046	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	283.54/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,798	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,250	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,210	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	302.55/cwt	299.00–305.50	2,051	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	128.77/cwt	124.00–132.00	1,566	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,229	117.39/cwt	109.00–124.00	1,443	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,121	105.63/cwt	90.00–112.00	1,184	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,302	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,454	130.75/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,901	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,453	124.52/cwt	121.00–128.00	1,809	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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