Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower in spots, to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $393.81/cwt on 440 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −88.54 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$393.81

440 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,140

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$329

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

$71.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.95

vs MO average

+15.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	406.37	2,208	271
Medium and Large 1-2	539	384.17	2,070	133
Medium and Large 2	561	334.89	1,879	36

One grade step is worth $71.48/cwt here — about $329 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale440 hd

393.81

—

MO average15 barns · 4,799 hd

382.86

+10.95

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

+15.76

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

−88.54

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

77 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	550–600	579	392.51/cwt	378.00–405.00	2,273	112
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	346.10/cwt	343.00–347.50	1,807	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,292	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	353.04/cwt	348.00–370.00	1,875	170
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	439.53/cwt	418.00–462.50	1,697	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	431.23/cwt	412.00–435.00	2,048	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	650	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,269	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	329.69/cwt	329.00–330.00	2,011	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	452.61/cwt	446.00–457.50	1,973	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	1,769	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	416.35/cwt	409.00–435.00	2,157	144
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	417	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,372	3
Steers	Medium 2	750–800	763	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,007	3
Steers	Large 2	850–900	883	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,375	3
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	674	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,854	8
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	822	285.62/cwt	284.50–287.00	2,348	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	377.79/cwt	366.50–396.00	2,354	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	363.67/cwt	360.00–364.50	2,135	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	316.74/cwt	316.50–317.00	2,439	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	382.81/cwt	375.00–389.00	1,807	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	519.14/cwt	515.00–527.50	1,635	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	358.03/cwt	350.00–369.00	2,413	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	308.86/cwt	296.00–314.00	2,057	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	411.80/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,561	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	368.38/cwt	351.00–377.00	2,092	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	320.91/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,057	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	583	331.22/cwt	324.00–335.00	1,931	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	370.27/cwt	352.50–388.00	1,751	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	331.02/cwt	324.00–339.00	1,917	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	369.88/cwt	367.00–373.00	1,761	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	317.80/cwt	314.00–320.00	2,247	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	459.02/cwt	453.00–465.00	1,721	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	454.94/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,397	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	448.55/cwt	442.50–455.00	1,624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	317.73/cwt	307.00–321.25	2,265	118
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	397.35/cwt	391.00–406.00	1,705	47
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	671	314.17/cwt	309.00–319.00	2,108	11
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	748	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,251	3
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	643	322.22/cwt	318.00–327.00	2,072	15
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	771	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,167	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	750–800	762	277.82/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,117	25
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	750	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,063	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	575	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,926	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,886	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,157	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	510.44/cwt	502.50–530.00	1,434	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	718	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,283	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	451	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	1,926	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	349	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,571	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	601	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,803	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,857	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	343.67/cwt	330.00–354.00	1,825	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	376.64/cwt	375.00–378.00	1,582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	333.19/cwt	319.00–350.00	1,736	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	353.56/cwt	351.00–355.00	1,683	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	422.80/cwt	402.50–441.00	1,797	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	327.86/cwt	318.00–346.00	1,918	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,103	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,000	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	461	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,678	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,129	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	2,066	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,132	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,613	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	813	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,195	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	379.79/cwt	367.50–399.00	1,781	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	650–700	690	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,077	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	267.32/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,804	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,907	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	349.77/cwt	329.00–362.50	2,232	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	337.74/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,824	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	392.22/cwt	366.00–407.00	2,059	93
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	332.09/cwt	327.50–339.00	1,903	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	432.11/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,668	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	386.36/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,642	27

How this sale compares

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