Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-08

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 8
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
967 head
6 vs last sale 961 580 vs year ago 1,547 · 37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
43 vs last sale 139 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
21 vs last sale 25 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with 4 pot loads of yearling steers and and heifers in the offering along with several consignments of good quality weaned and vaccinated calves. Supply was moderate with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $408.24/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits 74.10 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.
Average price
$408.24
103 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,276
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$250
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.85
vs MO average
+29.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558409.322,28694
Large 1552408.002,2526thin
Medium and Large 1-2543375.002,0363thin
One grade step is worth $34.32/cwt here — about $250 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales
529496464432median 482.3412/1602/2404/2106/1608/04
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 sale103 hd
408.24
MO average8 barns · 2,241 hd
398.39
+9.85
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
+29.11
This barn, trailing median31 sales
482.34
−74.10
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,916200.853,84811
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,491171.882,56318
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,220160.291,95520
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,031153.701,58512

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$3,1504thin

Every lot, as filed

52 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,785171.88/cwt170.00–174.003,0682
Bulls1,945207.29/cwt190.00–218.004,0329
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2003,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1504
SteersLarge 1750–800760334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,5384
HeifersLarge 1500–550548370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0285
SteersLarge 1550–600552408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,2526
SteersLarge 1650–700687360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,47312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,333132.75/cwt128.00–137.001,7703
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450442435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650645345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2253
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450438437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,9143
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600596368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,1934
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550547410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,24327
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650603345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,08011
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519424.45/cwt422.00–425.002,20317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450423411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,7396
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550545310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6903
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650605382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,31111
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450421465.29/cwt460.00–480.001,95912
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850800322.25/cwt322.25–322.252,57862
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500466393.65/cwt392.00–394.001,83418
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650606365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2128
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350335493.82/cwt482.50–505.001,6546
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525386.77/cwt371.00–399.002,03125
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600578403.81/cwt393.00–420.002,33450
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned400–450425428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,81911
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750716333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,38473
CowsBoner 80-85%1,213163.86/cwt155.00–169.001,98815
CowsLean 85-90%1,031153.70/cwt137.00–167.001,58512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,415178.21/cwt175.00–183.002,52211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,611161.94/cwt150.00–174.002,6097
CowsBoner 80-85%1,098174.87/cwt172.50–177.001,9202
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned500–550526395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,07820
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500464445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0659
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800793335.25/cwt335.25–335.252,65967
SteersLarge 1-2750–800764288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,20020
SteersLarge 1-21100–11501,101255.50/cwt255.50–255.502,8139
SteersLarge 1-2950–1000975264.50/cwt264.50–264.502,5793
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700678349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,3668
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800771292.75/cwt292.75–292.752,25764
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550500380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9003
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550543375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0363
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500458463.46/cwt455.00–472.502,12321
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665364.39/cwt349.00–371.002,42332
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623379.91/cwt372.50–397.502,36742
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650641329.93/cwt319.75–360.002,115115
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500483407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,9683
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500473411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,9443
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550534309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,6506
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650618245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5146
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600563361.62/cwt351.00–371.002,03625
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400356442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,5755

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.