Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with the gain on the yearling heifers. Demand was good for both calves and yearlings and supply was moderate. Cattle futures were sharply higher Monday. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $387.61/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 3 of 32 comparable sales and sits −43.26 against this barn's trailing median of $430.87.

Average price

$387.61

74 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,093

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$19

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

$17.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.73

vs MO average

+21.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	395.89	2,102	38
Medium and Large 1-2	550	378.86	2,082	36

One grade step is worth $17.02/cwt here — about $19 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

32 sales

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 sale74 hd

387.61

—

MO average14 barns · 1,449 hd

374.87

+12.73

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

+21.76

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.87

−43.26

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	1,860	189.93	3,532	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,408	169.97	2,394	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	151.92	1,787	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	987	123.45	1,219	4thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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	739	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,712	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,287	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,997	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	435.11/cwt	434.00–436.00	1,906	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,116	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	421.20/cwt	418.00–432.50	2,468	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	486.39/cwt	470.00–523.00	2,096	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,591	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	367.17/cwt	358.00–379.00	2,141	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,855	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	384.16/cwt	378.00–387.00	2,516	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	414.03/cwt	410.00–417.00	2,041	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,261	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	790	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	637	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,319	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,741	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,827	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	996	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,963	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	552.52/cwt	547.50–557.50	2,083	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,831	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	438.77/cwt	430.00–453.00	2,295	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,484	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	444.89/cwt	442.00–449.00	2,158	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	378.41/cwt	375.00–384.00	2,161	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	408.06/cwt	405.00–413.00	2,130	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,879	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,125	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	993	125.93/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,250	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,361	173.26/cwt	170.00–175.00	2,358	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	150.85/cwt	145.00–162.00	1,751	10
Bulls	—	—	2,340	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	4,282	1
Bulls	—	—	1,990	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	4,080	1
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	671	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,463	33
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	503	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,108	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	167.22/cwt	165.00–169.50	2,421	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,189	137.92/cwt	129.00–143.00	1,640	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	168.58/cwt	165.00–171.00	2,025	4
Bulls	—	—	1,758	188.57/cwt	184.00–195.00	3,315	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	201.02/cwt	191.00–217.00	2,117	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	204.56/cwt	197.00–219.00	2,359	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,784	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,281	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,850	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	658	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,092	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	388.22/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,030	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	374.37/cwt	374.00–374.50	2,505	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	370.07/cwt	365.00–370.75	2,631	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	338.75/cwt	338.75–338.75	3,167	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	387.29/cwt	380.00–412.50	1,832	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	351.05/cwt	349.00–357.00	2,875	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	381.36/cwt	359.00–400.00	2,361	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	464	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,935	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	350.82/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,498	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	443.83/cwt	422.00–461.00	1,864	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	343.61/cwt	336.00–351.00	2,127	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,159	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	556	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,496	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	398.05/cwt	379.00–410.00	2,305	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,944	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	410.32/cwt	404.00–430.00	2,199	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,680	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	464.83/cwt	453.00–479.00	1,989	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,047	4

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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