Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week light weight steers calves under 450 pounds sold with a higher undertones calves over 450 pounds sold 15.00-20.00 higher and a lighter test of feeder steers sold with higher undertones. Heifer calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher, with the feeder heifers trading mostly 10.00 higher.Slaughter cows and bulls trading mostly $5.00-$8.00 higher with several good dressing cows

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $451.23/cwt on 122 head, down $0.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 32 comparable sales and sits +20.36 against this barn's trailing median of $430.87.

Average price

$451.23

▼ 0.88 vs prior sale

122 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,490

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$145

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

$12.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.91

vs MO average

+35.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	452.34	2,503	111
Medium and Large 1-2	536	440.00	2,358	11thin

One grade step is worth $12.34/cwt here — about $145 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

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 sale122 hd

451.23

—

MO average17 barns · 1,895 hd

425.31

+25.91

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

+35.40

This barn, trailing median32 sales

430.87

+20.36

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	1,768	234.96	4,155	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,441	189.68	2,733	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,925	188.00	3,619	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,297	185.08	2,401	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,052	162.28	1,708	23

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	374.49/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,539	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,190	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	526	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,696	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	446.39/cwt	430.00–460.00	3,000	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	3,100	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,661	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,451	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	458.35/cwt	448.00–467.00	2,851	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	486.68/cwt	484.00–492.50	2,901	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	515.45/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,247	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,838	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,540	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	410	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,337	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	465.61/cwt	450.00–474.00	2,430	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,790	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	500.39/cwt	475.00–525.00	2,352	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	597.71/cwt	560.00–617.50	2,552	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	602.00/cwt	597.50–620.00	2,107	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	419.18/cwt	405.00–428.00	3,089	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	422.69/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,604	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,289	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,891	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	394.62/cwt	392.00–395.00	2,676	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	385.67/cwt	378.00–399.50	2,727	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,071	6
Bulls	—	—	1,707	227.27/cwt	220.00–234.00	3,879	3
Bulls	—	—	1,985	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	5,062	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,925	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	3,619	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	177.04/cwt	176.00–178.00	2,059	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	150.12/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,461	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,084	167.50/cwt	160.00–173.00	1,816	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	461.20/cwt	447.50–500.00	2,228	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	530.85/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,601	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	536.01/cwt	527.50–540.00	2,771	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,962	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,358	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	433.84/cwt	433.00–435.00	2,924	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,916	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,341	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	450–500	463	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,477	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,101	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	516.87/cwt	480.00–535.00	2,734	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	393	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,048	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,066	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	442.05/cwt	437.50–445.00	2,732	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	979	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	3,226	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	394.63/cwt	387.00–400.00	2,826	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	502.84/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,429	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	357.00/cwt	344.00–363.00	3,120	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	630	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,662	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	705	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	3,014	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,152	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,614	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	558	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,511	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	445.92/cwt	427.50–464.00	2,537	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	598.79/cwt	595.00–600.00	2,245	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	188.91/cwt	186.00–195.00	2,371	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	187.37/cwt	183.00–190.00	2,676	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,449	191.17/cwt	188.00–197.00	2,770	14
Bulls	—	—	1,735	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	4,129	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	182.06/cwt	168.00–186.00	2,423	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	639	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,460	8

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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