Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2024-07-30

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 30
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,474 head
▼ 222 vs last sale 1,696▲ 673 vs year ago 801 · +84.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 120▼ 75 vs year ago 185 · −40.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 40▲ 25 vs year ago 25 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves were lightly tested but sold with a weak undertone and yearlings sold 2.00-6.00 lower. Demand was moderate for calves and good for yearlings. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $319.05/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −152.41 against this barn's trailing median of $471.46.
Average price
$319.05
91 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,754
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$260
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$53.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.42
vs MO average
+31.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502332.001,6676thin
Medium and Large 1557321.111,78879
Large 1504279.001,4066thin
One grade step is worth $53.00/cwt here — about $260 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 sale91 hd
319.05
—
MO average15 barns · 1,218 hd
314.63
+4.42
National average138 barns · 5,135 hd
287.79
+31.26
This barn, trailing median32 sales
471.46
−152.41
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 471.4603/0304/2806/2309/1511/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $514.71, low $388.71, median $471.46 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—Average1,674174.602,9229thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,456151.882,21118
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,212141.441,71526
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,125126.031,41823

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf Pairs1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,070$3,6006
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,275$3,2503thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,275$3,1508
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,325$2,3504thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437307.59/cwt288.00–327.001,34423
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2474301.96/cwt286.00–317.001,43113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2502332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,6676
Steers500–550Large 1504279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,4066
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520325.86/cwt321.00–335.001,69428
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577318.50/cwt310.00–331.001,83851
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613304.04/cwt292.00–309.001,86429
Steers600–650Medium 1-2617272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,67811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2637270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7206
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1648295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9123
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,8504
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708264.48/cwt264.00–264.751,87325
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1709281.24/cwt274.00–285.001,99458
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798249.17/cwt246.25–249.501,98878
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808260.50/cwt258.25–261.752,105188
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2841252.07/cwt245.50–253.002,12065
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888251.50/cwt251.50–251.502,23352
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2164
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned374282.51/cwt280.00–288.001,0576
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,26910
Heifers400–450Large 1-2437268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1713
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed466295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3758
Heifers450–500Medium 1-2493260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2826
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4125
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531292.84/cwt275.00–300.001,55538
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1561278.05/cwt271.00–286.001,56013
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5505
Heifers600–650Large 1605269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,6273
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622267.73/cwt265.00–269.001,66535
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,6903
Heifers600–650Medium 1-2638249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,58911
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1662270.18/cwt264.50–272.001,78977
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722266.59/cwt264.00–267.501,925351
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2790238.25/cwt238.25–238.251,8826
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1791244.85/cwt244.85–244.851,93739
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1851232.25/cwt232.25–232.251,97620
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,040195.50/cwt195.50–195.502,0333
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,603168.15/cwt155.00–177.002,6956
Bulls——1,815187.49/cwt185.00–189.003,4033
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,124126.49/cwt120.00–135.001,42222
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,155116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,205135.19/cwt133.00–138.001,62910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,207143.00/cwt137.00–148.001,72613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,260155.48/cwt152.00–159.001,9593
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,411146.92/cwt141.00–152.002,0739
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,500156.84/cwt154.00–166.002,3539
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0703,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6006
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2753,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2753,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1508
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3252,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3504
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,300155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,0151

This sale against other markets

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.