Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2026-10-27

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Oct 27
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
← Oct 20Oct 27latest
Feeder Cattle receipts
896 head
▼ 255 vs last sale 1,151▼ 819 vs year ago 1,715 · −47.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
190 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 182▼ 35 vs year ago 225 · −15.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 20▲ 0 vs year ago 40 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 15.00-20.00 higher and heifers calves sold 5.00-15.00 higher with yearling heifers lightly tested but selling mostly steady. Demand was good for a moderate supply made up mostly of calves and some calf weight yearlings. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 lower, bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $427.46/cwt on 150 head, up $20.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −46.74 against this barn's trailing median of $474.20.
Average price
$427.46
▲ 20.70 vs prior sale
150 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,371
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$600
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$97.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.62
vs MO average
−7.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555435.472,418117
Medium and Large 1-2550414.542,27924
Medium and Large 2569367.502,0916thin
Medium 1-2538338.001,8183thin
One grade step is worth $97.47/cwt here — about $600 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale150 hd
427.46
—
MO average18 barns · 2,454 hd
409.84
+17.62
National average163 barns · 26,594 hd
435.15
−7.69
This barn, trailing median32 sales
474.20
−46.74
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
529477426375median 474.2002/2404/2106/1608/2510/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.71, low $388.71, median $474.20 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,861178.513,32318
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,420131.501,86728
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,179116.541,37430
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,085105.581,14622

Every lot, as filed

60 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,1474
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,1122
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423474.70/cwt462.50–500.002,00812
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474487.50/cwt487.50–487.502,3118
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474478.67/cwt470.00–487.502,26923
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517425.33/cwt415.00–430.002,19910
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521451.30/cwt425.00–465.002,35135
Steers500–550Medium 1-2538338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,8183
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2569367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0916
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570428.72/cwt411.00–445.002,44482
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573406.83/cwt390.00–420.002,33114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621381.78/cwt375.00–397.502,37123
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627402.22/cwt395.00–410.002,52268
Steers650–700Medium 1-2663357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,3703
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676393.27/cwt380.00–400.002,65921
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2709360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,5526
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1710402.92/cwt375.00–407.502,86128
Steers700–750Medium 1-2719325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3374
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy720349.08/cwt345.00–357.502,5139
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned756324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,4495
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,9024
Steers750–800Medium 1-2797310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4713
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,8703
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7635
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,7904
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421427.50/cwt427.50–427.501,80013
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438415.64/cwt405.00–435.001,82124
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467405.08/cwt385.00–417.501,89223
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476391.81/cwt375.00–400.001,86524
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2501335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6785
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534401.13/cwt387.50–410.002,14249
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538362.98/cwt345.00–370.001,95315
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed563387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,1826
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570357.49/cwt350.00–370.002,03815
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576368.37/cwt359.00–377.502,12230
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1601386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,3209
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617353.71/cwt347.50–357.502,1828
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned637320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,03811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3396
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy697319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,2233
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1747337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,5219
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2749308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,3074
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2401455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8256
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2516380.26/cwt360.00–390.001,9626
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2586345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,0224
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2684335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2915
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2757310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3473
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2933266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,4823
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,608162.49/cwt158.00–169.002,6136
Bulls——1,978184.33/cwt175.00–189.003,6469
Bulls——2,018193.06/cwt189.00–198.003,8963
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,085105.58/cwt99.00–109.001,14622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,178118.66/cwt115.00–131.001,39823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,182109.58/cwt109.00–110.001,2957
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,420131.50/cwt125.00–136.001,86728
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,089193.71/cwt175.00–204.002,11015
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145154.03/cwt140.00–160.001,7645
Replacement Cattle · Open Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2962271.82/cwt250.00–300.002,6157
Open Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,182180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,1285

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.