Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle under 650 pounds trading 10.00-20.00 higher and feeders over 650 trading mostly steady. A lighter run of livestock with it being state fair week the market remains strong. Slaughter cows and bulls trading mostly steady

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.91/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 31 comparable sales and sits −39.43 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$442.91

57 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$45.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.51

vs MO average

+55.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	454.02	2,424	43
Medium and Large 1-2	533	408.79	2,179	14thin

One grade step is worth $45.24/cwt here — about $245 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 sale57 hd

442.91

—

MO average15 barns · 1,742 hd

419.40

+23.51

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+55.42

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

−39.43

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	1,696	196.44	3,331	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,439	175.31	2,523	37
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,905	174.00	3,315	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	162.89	1,964	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,077	146.58	1,578	7thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1-2	700–750	735	341.38/cwt	337.00–360.00	2,509	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	381.99/cwt	376.00–394.00	2,021	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,645	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,282	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,072	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	373.10/cwt	371.00–377.00	2,007	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	367.17/cwt	329.00–380.00	2,181	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	621	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	421.07/cwt	397.00–427.00	2,653	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	462.67/cwt	445.00–467.00	2,424	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	350.44/cwt	339.00–351.00	2,443	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,534	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	360.80/cwt	339.00–362.50	2,742	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,025	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,120	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	450	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,609	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	408.25/cwt	407.50–409.00	2,294	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,936	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	386.14/cwt	375.00–388.00	2,587	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,485	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	446.51/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,942	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,057	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,992	3
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,905	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	3,315	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,586	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	144.84/cwt	137.00–151.00	1,576	6
Bulls	—	—	1,590	179.42/cwt	178.00–181.00	2,853	2
Bulls	—	—	1,730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,806	1
Bulls	—	—	1,718	197.75/cwt	185.00–214.00	3,397	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	2,312	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,513	179.17/cwt	178.00–180.00	2,711	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,425	174.92/cwt	170.00–178.00	2,493	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,111	160.23/cwt	151.00–165.00	1,780	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	134.90/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,868	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	169.86/cwt	165.00–180.00	2,162	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	468	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,012	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,234	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	587	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,908	3
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	488	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,030	2
Steers	Large 1	600–650	637	387.72/cwt	387.00–390.00	2,470	21
Steers	Large 1	700–750	734	386.81/cwt	385.00–388.00	2,839	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,202	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	353.70/cwt	329.50–390.00	1,769	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,747	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,978	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	369.33/cwt	362.00–374.00	2,460	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	348.12/cwt	347.00–350.00	2,500	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	368.25/cwt	365.00–382.00	2,909	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,158	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	336	493.00/cwt	493.00–493.00	1,656	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	352.95/cwt	347.00–359.00	2,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,822	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,084	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	457.15/cwt	450.00–461.00	2,514	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	395.13/cwt	385.00–402.00	2,679	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,967	15

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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