Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, supply was light with good demand. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $419.36/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −62.99 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$419.36

46 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$278

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

$81.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.93

vs MO average

+37.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	435.14	2,312	35
Medium and Large 1-2	564	387.50	2,186	5thin
Medium and Large 2	575	353.84	2,035	6thin

One grade step is worth $81.30/cwt here — about $278 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

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 sale46 hd

419.36

—

MO average10 barns · 760 hd

404.42

+14.93

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+37.68

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

−62.99

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	1,815	202.02	3,667	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,488	171.83	2,557	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,116	161.35	1,800	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,025	117.07	1,200	8thin

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,135	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,190	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,650	$4,500	2thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	(<2 yrs)	1,200	$4,800	2thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,942	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	448.90/cwt	430.00–464.00	2,168	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,306	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	446.17/cwt	417.50–455.00	2,311	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	349.61/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,758	75
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	461.12/cwt	456.00–477.50	2,006	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,096	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	471.18/cwt	440.00–489.00	2,012	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	364.39/cwt	349.00–371.00	2,077	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	137.17/cwt	127.00–149.00	1,468	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	953	77.63/cwt	70.00–82.50	740	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,060	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,643	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,386	178.97/cwt	177.00–182.00	2,481	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	166.48/cwt	155.00–176.00	2,605	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,042	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,650	4,500.00/head	4,200.00–4,800.00	4,500	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	4,800.00/head	4,800.00–4,800.00	4,800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	472.00/cwt	440.00–501.00	2,025	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	351.43/cwt	347.00–374.00	2,551	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	407.22/cwt	405.00–409.00	1,918	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	696	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,151	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	1,774	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,242	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	329.19/cwt	315.00–344.00	1,896	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,264	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	353.84/cwt	341.00–367.00	2,035	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	387.73/cwt	384.00–395.00	2,024	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,021	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,186	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,381	7
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	677	363.30/cwt	354.00–374.00	2,460	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	2,021	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	338.63/cwt	337.50–340.50	2,225	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	357.29/cwt	352.00–361.00	1,926	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	333.66/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,472	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	345.88/cwt	319.00–347.00	2,501	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	398.32/cwt	389.00–407.00	2,497	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	527.29/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,693	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,911	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	561.89/cwt	537.50–587.50	1,731	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,898	3
Bulls	—	—	1,728	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	3,767	2
Bulls	—	—	1,837	198.03/cwt	185.00–209.00	3,638	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,107	158.42/cwt	157.00–162.00	1,754	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	800–850	800	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,296	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	900–950	910	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,512	3
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	779	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,680	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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