Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2025-09-16

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 16
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
966 head
879 vs last sale 1,845 1,043 vs year ago 2,009 · 51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
58 vs last sale 165 86 vs year ago 193 · 44.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
23 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 30 · 23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Several loads of yearlings highlighted the sale and demand was good. Supply was light to moderate with the hot weather. Corn harvest is well underway this week. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-10.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $399.75/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits 31.12 against this barn's trailing median of $430.87.
Average price
$399.75
53 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,115
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.68
vs MO average
+40.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2519420.002,1809thin
Medium and Large 1538407.872,19326
Medium and Large 1-2521377.891,97018thin
One grade step is worth $42.11/cwt here — about $210 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

32 sales
466427389350median 430.8712/1603/0304/2806/2308/11
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.11, low $364.23, median $430.87 across 32 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 sale53 hd
399.75
MO average15 barns · 1,967 hd
374.07
+25.68
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
+40.09
This barn, trailing median32 sales
430.87
−31.12
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
BullsHigh1,838191.793,52510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,475158.442,3379thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,249153.681,91922
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,048132.041,3842thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750731362.20/cwt361.50–363.252,648179
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned450–500461396.07/cwt385.00–411.001,8267
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850827332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,74622
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500487425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0707
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650631377.99/cwt375.00–380.002,38564
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600564392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,2114
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600592336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,9896
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750719340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4454
BullsMedium and Large 1-2850–900865291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,5173
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450448360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6133
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600584436.15/cwt428.00–440.002,54741
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550541443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,39713
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600555424.29/cwt410.00–435.002,3557
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550533410.76/cwt404.00–419.002,18922
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,8576
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500492450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2146
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650618421.13/cwt404.00–432.502,60331
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,89029
CowsBoner 80-85%1,227152.22/cwt147.00–158.001,86816
CowsBoner 80-85%1,273141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,7952
Bulls1,885211.00/cwt211.00–211.003,9771
Bulls1,846194.59/cwt185.50–203.003,5927
CowsLean 85-90%1,048132.04/cwt127.00–138.001,3842
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,815150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650632378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,38914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600558364.64/cwt362.00–370.002,0356
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800773324.00/cwt312.50–339.002,5058
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750717358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,5673
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700660360.91/cwt355.00–367.002,3826
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,6604
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450421424.26/cwt407.50–433.001,7866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900869327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,8468
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600570406.76/cwt400.00–410.002,31920
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700667350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3353
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned450–500450362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550503384.52/cwt369.00–400.001,93412
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420484.57/cwt480.00–497.502,03511
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800794365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,8988
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,075248.60/cwt230.00–260.002,6723
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,009202.28/cwt175.00–207.002,0418
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850823365.14/cwt364.00–366.503,005127
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750730389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,8404
Bulls1,785172.38/cwt163.00–183.003,0772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,325165.84/cwt162.00–167.002,1974
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,427157.33/cwt154.00–164.002,2456
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,448165.97/cwt165.00–167.002,4032
HeifersLarge 1-2Thin Fleshed500–550519420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1809
SteersMedium 1-2750–800779349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,7194

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.