Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 8.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for a moderate supply. A mix of both yearlings and new crop calves were offered with more calves each week that are seeing little to no discount. Slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $360.40/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −121.94 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$360.40

167 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$454

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$95.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.65

vs MO average

+3.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	377.27	2,064	115
Medium and Large 1-2	525	361.62	1,899	27
Medium 2-3	572	281.50	1,610	25

One grade step is worth $95.77/cwt here — about $454 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale167 hd

360.40

—

MO average15 barns · 2,689 hd

356.75

+3.65

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

+3.24

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

−121.94

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,850	173.00	3,200	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,580	146.84	2,320	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,285	140.78	1,808	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,232	117.06	1,442	3thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,354	$2,410	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,178	$2,285	3thin

Every lot, as filed

84 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	350–400	397	433.80/cwt	404.00–440.00	1,722	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	332.67/cwt	328.00–336.00	2,232	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	287.14/cwt	277.50–291.25	2,334	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	384.32/cwt	382.50–390.00	1,580	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	345.47/cwt	330.00–353.50	2,128	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	268.57/cwt	264.50–269.75	2,347	13
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	668	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,874	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	389.93/cwt	372.50–399.00	2,055	53
Steers	Medium 2-3	550–600	572	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,610	25
Steers	Medium 2-3	700–750	728	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,820	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	748	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,863	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	499	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,677	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	311.59/cwt	291.25–319.50	2,256	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	402.56/cwt	375.00–423.00	1,888	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	293.21/cwt	280.00–299.00	2,284	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,235	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,463	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	300–350	310	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,364	5
Heifers	Medium 2-3	400–450	422	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,152	6
Heifers	Medium 2-3	500–550	549	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,416	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	268.92/cwt	267.00–270.00	2,103	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	369.69/cwt	355.00–387.50	2,104	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	2,266	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	420.07/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,781	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,478	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	335.90/cwt	334.50–340.00	2,086	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,198	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	361.62/cwt	329.00–380.00	1,899	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,387	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,046	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	546	354.23/cwt	352.50–355.00	1,934	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,285	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,068	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,931	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,354	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	324.13/cwt	315.00–329.00	1,673	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,932	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	401.53/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,694	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,811	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	541	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,845	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	138.40/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,748	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	146.13/cwt	145.50–147.00	1,948	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,232	117.06/cwt	112.00–127.00	1,442	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,658	154.13/cwt	151.00–158.00	2,555	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,562	145.16/cwt	141.00–148.00	2,267	13
Bulls	—	—	1,840	171.56/cwt	164.50–180.00	3,157	16
Bulls	—	—	2,020	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	3,717	2
Bulls	—	—	1,587	163.65/cwt	162.00–166.00	2,597	3
Bulls	—	—	2,450	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	4,949	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	159.88/cwt	149.00–174.00	1,903	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,056	199.83/cwt	185.00–218.00	2,110	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	2,285.00/head	2,285.00–2,285.00	2,285	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,354	2,410.00/head	2,410.00–2,410.00	2,410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	475	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,805	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	413.15/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,392	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	312.85/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,927	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	353.86/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,645	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	285.87/cwt	273.50–290.00	1,921	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	340.13/cwt	330.00–356.00	1,779	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	2,178	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,726	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,398	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	282.70/cwt	272.50–285.50	2,069	198
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	261.11/cwt	256.50–263.50	2,026	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	321.68/cwt	307.00–340.00	1,875	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	364.34/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,585	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,393	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	409.72/cwt	394.00–422.50	1,446	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	729	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,874	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,794	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,486	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	358.45/cwt	349.00–369.00	1,706	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,096	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	561	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,781	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	344.87/cwt	320.00–349.00	1,645	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	264.04/cwt	257.00–275.50	1,885	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	287.30/cwt	273.00–292.00	1,686	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	305.94/cwt	277.50–322.50	1,594	17

How this sale compares

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.

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