Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 650 lbs. sold 5.00-15.00 higher, steers under 550 lbs. sold with sharply higher undertones. The mid-weight steers weighting 550-650 lbs. and all weights of heifers sold firm to 5.00 higher, although comparisons were quite limited when looking at last week's much larger offering. Overall quality might not have been as deep as last week, but in many cases weight ups this week were favorable with enough quality mixed in and the market seemed to gain strength throughout the day. Last week's higher fed cattle trade and triple digit gains in the futures markets on Tuesday helped provide some confidence to buyers that wore their arms out waving cards today. March feeders closed the day up 4.82 at 370.97, which is still behind the cash index that is within cents of wiping out last Falls records and establishing new all-time highs. Calves have been on a terror ahead of grass and averages have been posting new highs nearly every week since the New Year began. The supply included near 10 loads of yearlings. Demand for all classes of cattle was good to very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $510.50/cwt on 106 head, up $15.65 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 31 comparable sales and sits +28.16 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$510.50

▲ 15.65 vs prior sale

106 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$817

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$163.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.19

vs MO average

+23.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	527.71	2,881	72
Medium and Large 1-2	534	502.58	2,685	27
Medium 2	567	364.00	2,064	7thin

One grade step is worth $163.71/cwt here — about $817 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 sale106 hd

510.50

—

MO average18 barns · 3,127 hd

483.31

+27.19

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+23.15

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

+28.16

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	—	Average	1,766	203.33	3,590	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,406	168.33	2,367	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,207	163.26	1,971	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,149	148.28	1,704	13

Every lot, as filed

88 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	750–800	786	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,948	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	420.21/cwt	419.00–422.00	2,870	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	373.86/cwt	363.00–395.00	2,385	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	424.52/cwt	410.00–442.50	2,246	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	479	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,500	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	463	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,269	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	552.04/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,346	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,915	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	947	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,229	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	391.84/cwt	381.00–399.00	2,919	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	609	466.02/cwt	457.50–467.00	2,838	59
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	450	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,115	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	460.60/cwt	452.50–465.00	2,229	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	505.54/cwt	495.00–525.00	2,654	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	502.71/cwt	495.00–512.50	2,363	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	357.62/cwt	355.00–360.00	3,000	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	409.09/cwt	392.50–417.50	2,352	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	321.72/cwt	320.00–323.00	2,635	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	737	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	875	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,800	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	300	632.50/cwt	632.50–632.50	1,898	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	458	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,290	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,469	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	455.51/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,100	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	346.38/cwt	346.00–349.00	3,072	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	314.33/cwt	314.00–315.00	2,741	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,464	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,720	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	329.99/cwt	328.00–337.00	2,541	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	435	507.99/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,210	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	343.25/cwt	339.00–349.00	2,526	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	450–500	479	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,335	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	1,999	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	382	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,273	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	303	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,788	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,107	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,167	139.98/cwt	137.50–142.50	1,634	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	159.99/cwt	158.00–162.50	2,021	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	149.55/cwt	144.00–157.00	1,590	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,380	158.14/cwt	154.00–163.00	2,182	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,213	164.80/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,999	22
Bulls	—	—	1,751	197.63/cwt	190.00–205.00	3,461	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	355	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,527	3
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	567	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,064	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,408	168.95/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,379	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	157.63/cwt	152.00–172.00	1,868	6
Bulls	—	—	1,537	179.24/cwt	170.00–189.00	2,755	4
Bulls	—	—	1,846	214.68/cwt	208.00–218.00	3,963	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	371.45/cwt	370.00–377.50	2,169	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	444.99/cwt	435.00–447.50	2,038	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	379.71/cwt	379.00–384.00	2,548	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,589	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	398.50/cwt	382.50–415.00	2,339	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	430	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	539.16/cwt	527.50–555.00	2,885	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	679	418.66/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,843	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	581	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,324	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	401.82/cwt	399.50–411.50	2,945	248
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	356.21/cwt	353.00–360.00	3,120	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	394.08/cwt	386.00–414.00	3,070	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	380.64/cwt	367.00–385.00	3,133	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	440.97/cwt	440.00–442.50	2,289	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	607	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,898	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	509.00/cwt	509.00–509.00	2,672	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	693	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	3,240	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	426.47/cwt	420.00–428.00	2,482	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	462.76/cwt	455.00–469.00	2,939	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	439.37/cwt	432.00–450.00	2,939	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,292	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	349.05/cwt	346.00–350.50	2,660	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	850–900	855	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,078	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	385.14/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,600	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	422.90/cwt	406.00–435.00	2,630	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	572.90/cwt	545.00–590.00	2,773	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	493.37/cwt	490.00–499.00	2,857	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	785	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	485.59/cwt	485.00–487.50	2,850	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	531.15/cwt	515.00–540.00	2,411	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	356.98/cwt	352.00–375.00	2,560	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	334.50/cwt	334.50–334.50	2,703	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	424	575.67/cwt	560.00–585.00	2,441	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	359.65/cwt	350.00–366.00	2,586	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	438.65/cwt	438.00–440.00	2,794	71

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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