Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifers calves sold steady to 10.00 lower with spots 15.00 lower; yearlings sold mostly steady with several loads featured this week. There were several fancy groups of calves offered also. Demand was good for a moderate to heavy supply but the 600-650 lb steers carrying some flesh saw noticeably lighter demand. Cattle futures have lost quite a bit of ground the last week or so. Slaughter cows sold with a lower undertone.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.26/cwt on 320 head, down $38.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 31 comparable sales and sits −6.08 against this barn's trailing median of $482.34.

Average price

$476.26

▼ 38.45 vs prior sale

320 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$88.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.86

vs MO average

−2.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	538	495.00	2,665	13thin
Medium and Large 1	552	486.66	2,684	239
Medium and Large 1-2	565	446.57	2,522	50
Medium 1-2	549	409.00	2,245	6thin
Medium and Large 2	566	406.25	2,299	12thin

One grade step is worth $88.75/cwt here — about $366 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 sale320 hd

476.26

—

MO average18 barns · 4,071 hd

488.13

−11.86

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

−2.77

This barn, trailing median31 sales

482.34

−6.08

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	1,707	208.99	3,568	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,342	176.67	2,370	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,141	170.14	1,941	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,068	150.98	1,612	5thin

Every lot, as filed

98 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 1-2	800–850	811	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	447.45/cwt	429.00–458.00	2,971	109
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	549	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,245	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	628.67/cwt	612.50–665.00	2,339	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	434.66/cwt	432.50–436.00	2,551	23
Steers	Large 1-2	300–350	313	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	3,221	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	2,997	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	2,247	4
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	632	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,311	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,284	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	466.98/cwt	430.00–510.00	2,232	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	361.47/cwt	355.00–362.50	3,029	131
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,675	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	386.10/cwt	386.00–387.00	3,023	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	319	655.54/cwt	610.00–697.50	2,091	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	374.82/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,328	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	512.08/cwt	489.00–544.00	2,683	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,062	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	3,202	37
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	410	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	429	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	2,327	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	563	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,477	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	484	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,130	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	416.01/cwt	409.00–422.50	2,588	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	358.06/cwt	354.00–361.50	3,129	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	484.28/cwt	465.00–497.50	2,499	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	452.30/cwt	430.00–464.00	2,881	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	531.58/cwt	525.00–562.50	2,334	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,601	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	530.53/cwt	499.00–567.50	2,573	27
Steers	Large 1	500–550	515	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,742	8
Steers	Large 1	550–600	576	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,506	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	692	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,540	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	697.50/cwt	697.50–697.50	2,309	4
Steers	Large 1	650–700	674	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,918	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	762	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	3,155	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	474.71/cwt	445.00–487.50	2,687	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	486	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,673	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	505	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,677	4
Steers	Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	461	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,731	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,372	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	517	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,954	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	459.33/cwt	425.00–490.00	2,347	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,042	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,414	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,342	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,465	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	150.98/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,612	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,285	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,339	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,125	168.82/cwt	158.00–173.00	1,899	9
Bulls	—	—	1,615	189.37/cwt	186.00–196.00	3,058	4
Bulls	—	—	2,010	233.41/cwt	225.00–244.00	4,692	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,717	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,206	2
Bulls	—	—	1,617	209.87/cwt	202.00–220.00	3,394	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,123	223.50/cwt	215.00–228.00	2,510	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	285.79/cwt	270.00–290.00	2,798	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	584	361.40/cwt	359.00–365.00	2,111	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	581	393.30/cwt	374.00–410.00	2,285	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	536	431.29/cwt	430.00–432.00	2,312	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	277	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	410.35/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,392	81
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	477	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,278	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	462.83/cwt	420.00–490.00	2,203	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	434.01/cwt	415.00–460.00	2,309	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	606	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,145	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,146	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	528.82/cwt	502.50–562.50	2,031	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	337.96/cwt	330.00–341.00	2,714	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	361.31/cwt	344.00–365.00	2,504	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	623	422.73/cwt	411.00–432.50	2,634	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	378.39/cwt	377.50–387.00	3,126	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	3,029	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	581.99/cwt	567.50–600.00	2,456	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	378.01/cwt	367.00–386.00	2,676	358
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	301.50/cwt	301.50–301.50	3,021	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	486	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,430	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	706	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,397	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,440	13
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	631	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,259	7
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	784	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,756	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	349.17/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,741	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	421.56/cwt	407.50–433.00	2,390	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,653	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	532.02/cwt	500.00–562.50	2,250	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	448.67/cwt	437.50–465.00	2,356	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	578.16/cwt	550.00–622.50	2,180	25
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	446	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,851	4
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	582	394.84/cwt	388.00–400.00	2,298	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	473.95/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,261	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	350.33/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,904	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	612.92/cwt	555.00–642.50	2,023	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	371.97/cwt	365.00–379.00	2,355	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	309	619.42/cwt	617.50–620.00	1,914	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	353.75/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,519	18

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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