Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steer calves under 700 lbs sold 40.00-50.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold 8.00-20.00 higher. Heifer calves under 650 lbs sold 20.00-30.00 higher and yearling heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was very good for the first sale of the year and buyers were aggressive to fill orders, especially for the steers that saw big gains since the last sale. Supply was heavy and the quality was very attractive with mostly long time weaned, reputation cattle and fancy loads of yearlings. It's all go again for the cattle market, with the board higher the first days of the year and cattlemen as bullish as ever it seems for stockers and feeders on overall tight numbers of cattle and good demand for beef.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.93/cwt on 323 head, up $36.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 31 comparable sales and sits +0.59 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$482.93

▲ 36.89 vs prior sale

323 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,666

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$46.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.77

vs MO average

+16.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	495.87	2,740	234
Medium and Large 1-2	550	448.91	2,471	89

One grade step is worth $46.96/cwt here — about $269 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale323 hd

482.93

—

MO average14 barns · 5,226 hd

457.17

+25.77

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+16.60

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

+0.59

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

81 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 1-2	550–600	576	384.71/cwt	360.00–410.00	2,216	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	355.32/cwt	343.00–360.00	3,113	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	366.17/cwt	352.00–369.00	3,021	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	381.49/cwt	375.00–388.00	2,934	155
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	511	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,090	24
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	352	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,485	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	376.02/cwt	365.00–381.00	2,482	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	448.02/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,814	233
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	3,275	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	404.15/cwt	379.00–440.00	2,566	30
Steers	Large 1	650–700	665	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,840	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	652	439.50/cwt	439.50–439.50	2,866	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	752	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,008	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	554.43/cwt	551.00–560.00	2,467	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	412.41/cwt	389.00–429.00	2,763	237
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	382	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,776	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,066	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	443.82/cwt	420.00–452.00	2,388	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	525.19/cwt	480.00–555.00	2,264	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	629	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,689	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	520.47/cwt	515.00–527.50	2,030	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	502.33/cwt	460.00–532.50	2,406	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,967	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	405.50/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,936	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	539	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,385	4
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	627	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	556.47/cwt	542.50–571.00	2,649	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	383.62/cwt	376.00–385.00	2,697	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	453.67/cwt	450.00–469.00	2,550	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	601	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,179	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	486.96/cwt	447.50–514.00	2,751	153
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	669	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,495	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	521.80/cwt	476.00–539.00	2,745	72
Bulls	Large 1	450–500	486	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,279	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	407.40/cwt	397.50–417.50	2,057	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,841	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	335.92/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,281	10
Bulls	Large 1	650–700	667	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,234	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	966	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,753	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	493.52/cwt	465.00–520.00	2,038	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	356.85/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,359	18
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	667	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	2,405	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	653	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,344	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	632	358.15/cwt	357.00–359.00	2,264	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	764	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,540	8
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	426	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,757	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	319.93/cwt	305.00–324.00	2,569	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	898	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,452	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	597	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,104	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,862	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	443.59/cwt	417.50–452.50	2,041	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	410.48/cwt	385.00–417.00	2,089	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	274	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,617	4
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	621	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,385	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	555	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,095	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	368.44/cwt	360.00–374.00	2,310	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	315.50/cwt	315.50–315.50	2,903	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	506.15/cwt	505.00–507.50	1,599	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	454.46/cwt	435.00–482.50	2,181	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	338.34/cwt	328.00–351.00	2,463	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	343.27/cwt	327.50–347.00	2,595	175
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	406.64/cwt	390.00–433.00	2,371	157
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,508	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	660	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,812	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	396.57/cwt	368.00–408.00	2,459	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	309.59/cwt	305.00–311.50	2,638	17
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	352	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,903	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	568	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	458.02/cwt	417.00–480.00	2,418	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	347.55/cwt	339.00–362.50	2,548	16
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	533	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,121	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	320.84/cwt	310.00–322.00	2,778	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	482.94/cwt	440.00–530.00	2,106	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	397.34/cwt	395.00–399.00	2,630	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	639	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,645	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	567	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,483	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,938	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,183	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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