Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves sold 5.00 to 18.00 higher, yearlings sold steady to 10.00 higher. Heifers sold steady to 15.00 higher. Demand was good to very good with a moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.85/cwt on 276 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −105.49 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$376.85

276 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,068

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$57.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.23

vs MO average

−1.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	537	394.05	2,115	177
Medium and Large 1-2	572	348.08	1,990	82
Medium and Large 2	564	336.53	1,897	17thin

One grade step is worth $57.53/cwt here — about $218 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 sale276 hd

376.85

—

MO average16 barns · 3,532 hd

383.09

−6.23

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−1.94

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

−105.49

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

113 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	800–850	837	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	2,582	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,733	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	343.09/cwt	338.50–377.50	2,172	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,969	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	482.67/cwt	452.50–521.00	2,018	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,900	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	406.90/cwt	393.00–420.00	2,091	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	327	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,472	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	396.90/cwt	393.00–410.00	2,088	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	481.27/cwt	480.00–482.50	1,964	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	361.93/cwt	349.00–370.00	2,255	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	356.88/cwt	330.00–362.50	1,888	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	408	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,746	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	586	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,811	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	678	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,190	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	321.96/cwt	316.00–322.50	2,495	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	406	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,742	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	363.96/cwt	330.00–383.00	1,882	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	393.54/cwt	387.50–401.00	1,637	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	272.25/cwt	271.00–275.00	2,235	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	379.45/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,821	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	807	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	534	371.99/cwt	370.00–373.00	1,986	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	282.53/cwt	273.00–288.50	2,043	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	287.36/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,966	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	2,225	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	345.21/cwt	320.00–360.00	1,968	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	317.15/cwt	295.50–320.00	2,258	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	425.00/cwt	417.50–447.50	2,032	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	496.04/cwt	485.00–520.00	1,553	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	322.24/cwt	314.00–337.00	1,975	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	482.95/cwt	479.00–495.00	1,864	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	446.92/cwt	420.00–457.50	1,949	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	420.17/cwt	410.00–427.00	1,744	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	331.88/cwt	329.50–334.50	2,260	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	391.78/cwt	372.50–417.00	2,198	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	294	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,239	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	358.67/cwt	337.50–379.00	1,887	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	452.13/cwt	440.00–457.50	1,515	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	312.39/cwt	311.50–313.00	2,059	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	392.87/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,988	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	1,627	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	396.57/cwt	373.00–410.50	1,832	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	442.85/cwt	430.00–447.50	1,621	27
Steers	Large 2Fleshy	700–750	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	3
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	872	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,472	26
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	767	292.22/cwt	290.00–295.50	2,241	15
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	727	296.50/cwt	295.00–302.00	2,156	14
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	828	286.16/cwt	277.00–287.50	2,369	40
Steers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,128	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,594	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	3
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	437	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,582	9
Heifers	Medium 2Unweaned	450–500	487	323.33/cwt	317.00–334.00	1,575	8
Steers	Large 2	700–750	708	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,912	4
Steers	Large 2	800–850	827	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,985	5
Steers	Large 2	600–650	645	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,960	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	369.12/cwt	365.00–374.00	2,108	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	419.29/cwt	419.00–420.00	1,979	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	573	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,834	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,155	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	516	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,909	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	320.45/cwt	319.00–321.00	1,916	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1350–1400	1,355	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,994	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,699	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,115	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,353	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	611	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,834	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,408	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	674	262.05/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,766	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	962	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,367	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	677	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,625	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	750–800	779	260.44/cwt	248.00–267.00	2,029	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	427.77/cwt	415.00–432.50	1,882	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	352	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,346	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	876	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	2,264	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,108	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,941	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	326.05/cwt	309.00–337.00	1,901	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	701	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,040	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	299.44/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,018	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	297.81/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,888	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	325.10/cwt	316.00–329.00	1,733	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	400–450	432	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	282.20/cwt	273.00–285.50	2,156	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	324.35/cwt	321.50–329.00	1,910	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	367.89/cwt	364.00–373.00	1,759	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	301	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,385	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	373.57/cwt	352.50–399.00	1,266	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	338.56/cwt	329.00–373.00	1,970	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	382.37/cwt	380.00–384.00	2,046	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	404.14/cwt	394.00–414.00	1,924	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	462.40/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,748	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	342.67/cwt	325.00–359.00	2,162	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	301	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,243	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	314.90/cwt	304.00–318.50	2,129	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	901	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,433	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	524	308.00/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,614	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	555	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,992	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	600–650	605	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,482	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	437	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,731	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	419	340.92/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,428	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	417.23/cwt	410.00–421.00	1,585	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	294.99/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,059	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	822	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,137	5

How this sale compares

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