Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 600 lbs gained back all the losses from last week and then some selling sharply higher, while the yearling steers have been lightly tested over the last few weeks, but several loads and packages were offered and sold with a higher undertone. Heifer calves sold 5.00-20.00 higher and yearling heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Demand was good to very good for a moderate to heavy supply. The tariff fears have eased and the markets have rebounded, apparently injecting plenty of confidence back into the cattle market with cash calf and feeder prices back to all time highs. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 2.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $325.98/cwt on 114 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −104.89 against this barn's trailing median of $430.87.

Average price

$325.98

114 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

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

$30.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.08

vs MO average

+4.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	337.88	1,797	70
Medium and Large 1-2	558	307.03	1,712	44

One grade step is worth $30.85/cwt here — about $85 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

32 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.11, low $364.23, median $430.87 across 32 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 sale114 hd

325.98

—

MO average16 barns · 2,446 hd

321.90

+4.08

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

+4.80

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.87

−104.89

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	—	High	1,749	188.44	3,296	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,350	154.48	2,085	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,134	142.10	1,611	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	930	127.75	1,188	2thin

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
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	455	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,629	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	737	298.10/cwt	296.00–299.00	2,197	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	304.62/cwt	301.00–306.25	1,904	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	372.17/cwt	366.00–390.00	1,641	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	249.12/cwt	247.00–249.50	2,267	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,834	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	440	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,826	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	418.24/cwt	405.00–429.00	1,547	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	439	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,624	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	650–700	652	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,904	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	800	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,300	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	309.97/cwt	297.50–316.00	2,111	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	284	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,519	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	329.83/cwt	322.00–337.50	2,045	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,398	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	550	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	371.75/cwt	352.00–403.00	1,762	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,261	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	469.62/cwt	455.00–483.00	1,747	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	337.56/cwt	326.00–352.50	1,809	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	1,590	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,423	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	416.62/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,600	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	424.05/cwt	394.00–446.00	2,010	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	294.55/cwt	283.50–297.50	2,321	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	949	270.75/cwt	270.75–270.75	2,569	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,255	3
Steers	Large 1	850–900	877	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,434	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	366.23/cwt	348.00–381.00	2,051	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	444.03/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,936	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	387.14/cwt	363.00–393.50	2,087	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	337.33/cwt	328.00–343.00	2,098	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	291.98/cwt	286.25–294.00	2,380	261
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,466	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	323.74/cwt	323.00–324.00	1,832	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	411.74/cwt	406.00–417.50	1,795	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,949	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	317.23/cwt	308.00–329.00	1,684	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,768	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,116	151.35/cwt	149.00–155.00	1,689	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,163	143.87/cwt	140.00–148.50	1,673	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,095	127.78/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,399	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	930	127.75/cwt	127.50–128.00	1,188	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,336	155.56/cwt	155.00–156.00	2,078	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,372	152.67/cwt	152.00–153.00	2,095	3
Bulls	—	—	1,836	199.07/cwt	194.00–205.00	3,655	5
Bulls	—	—	1,953	211.68/cwt	210.50–213.00	4,134	2
Bulls	—	—	1,654	179.41/cwt	171.00–188.00	2,967	7
Bulls	—	—	1,575	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,394	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,471	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	2,457	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,791	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,004	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	745	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,034	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	570	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,739	14
Bulls	Medium 1	450–500	454	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,607	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	483.77/cwt	475.00–487.50	1,534	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	414.88/cwt	413.00–420.00	1,610	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,785	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	269	456.56/cwt	442.50–470.00	1,228	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	241.13/cwt	240.00–244.50	2,057	12
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	812	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	1,961	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	648	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,776	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	568	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,585	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	460	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,578	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	349.14/cwt	342.00–365.00	1,522	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	348.27/cwt	327.00–358.00	1,804	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,514	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	281.26/cwt	268.00–288.00	1,907	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,716	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	270.37/cwt	265.00–277.00	1,974	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	298.80/cwt	293.00–305.00	2,053	500
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	301.49/cwt	299.00–304.00	1,908	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,009	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,139	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	373.93/cwt	354.00–379.00	1,728	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	286.49/cwt	283.50–296.00	2,077	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	319.62/cwt	317.50–323.00	1,544	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	271.91/cwt	270.00–273.50	2,075	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	269.76/cwt	257.00–276.00	2,234	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,354	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	308.96/cwt	304.00–313.00	1,777	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	255.04/cwt	249.50–257.50	2,242	38

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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