Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 3.00-10.00 higher and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher except for a load of fancy 7 weight heifers selling 10.00 higher and the 400-450 lb weight range selling sharply higher. Demand was good for a moderate supply. The recent rainfall likely kept some cattle at home, but a nice offering of calves and yearlings brought about some new price levels not seen before. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.06/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −81.81 against this barn's trailing median of $430.87.

Average price

$349.06

161 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.45

vs MO average

+19.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	355.12	1,854	122
Medium and Large 1-2	547	330.12	1,807	39

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $47 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale161 hd

349.06

—

MO average16 barns · 1,683 hd

326.61

+22.45

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

+19.11

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.87

−81.81

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	—	Low	1,918	197.95	3,797	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,375	153.30	2,108	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,231	150.57	1,854	15

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)	1,408	$2,685	3thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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 and Large 1	600–650	629	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	299.78/cwt	283.50–310.00	2,128	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	282.25/cwt	282.25–282.25	2,241	71
Heifers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,172	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	2,444	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	431.22/cwt	423.00–444.00	1,591	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	442.58/cwt	417.00–461.00	1,916	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,876	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	512	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	874	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	843	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	348.56/cwt	334.00–357.00	1,816	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	501.80/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,616	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	350.10/cwt	349.00–354.00	2,206	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	423.49/cwt	408.00–440.50	1,982	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	319.17/cwt	304.00–320.50	2,438	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	479.48/cwt	449.00–495.00	1,865	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	691	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,128	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,022	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,159	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	424.99/cwt	407.00–444.00	1,636	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	372.47/cwt	353.00–385.00	1,713	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	397.42/cwt	388.00–410.00	1,780	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	936	275.25/cwt	275.25–275.25	2,576	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,061	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	344.03/cwt	328.00–349.00	2,302	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	371.87/cwt	350.00–388.00	2,101	128
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	297.96/cwt	293.00–299.50	2,416	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	323.56/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,003	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	397.26/cwt	387.00–416.00	2,090	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	753	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,165	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,558	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,607	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,594	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,921	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,894	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	628	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,123	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,377	151.29/cwt	146.00–152.50	2,083	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,372	157.33/cwt	156.00–158.00	2,159	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,324	156.04/cwt	154.00–158.00	2,066	5
Bulls	—	—	1,708	179.00/cwt	178.00–180.00	3,057	2
Bulls	—	—	1,834	191.64/cwt	182.00–198.00	3,515	9
Bulls	—	—	2,102	206.60/cwt	199.00–212.00	4,343	5
Bulls	—	—	2,050	223.63/cwt	221.00–226.00	4,584	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	147.84/cwt	143.00–152.00	1,752	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	156.16/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,910	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,408	2,685.00/head	2,685.00–2,685.00	2,685	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	179.74/cwt	161.00–195.00	2,040	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	203.22/cwt	190.00–217.50	2,079	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	443.73/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,451	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	715	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,959	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	378.50/cwt	378.50–378.50	1,915	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	266	518.63/cwt	512.50–530.00	1,380	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	357.50/cwt	334.00–370.00	1,891	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	689	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,881	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	273.26/cwt	262.00–279.00	1,967	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	307.96/cwt	304.00–316.00	1,826	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,867	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,853	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	907	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,331	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	374.02/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,739	15
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	600	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	379.84/cwt	369.00–388.00	1,816	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	378.10/cwt	373.00–385.00	1,660	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	333.07/cwt	330.00–356.00	1,785	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,160	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	281.90/cwt	271.00–289.00	1,883	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,032	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	422.08/cwt	410.00–429.00	1,785	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	289	497.71/cwt	482.50–510.00	1,438	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,062	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,544	6

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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