Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2025-05-20

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, May 20
● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Receipts
3,262 head
▲ 580 vs last sale 2,682▲ 626 vs year ago 2,636 · +23.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower in spots, to 10.00 higher. Supply was heavy with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $393.81/cwt on 440 head. That ranks 2 of 32 comparable sales and sits −77.65 against this barn's trailing median of $471.46.
Average price
$393.81
440 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,140
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$329
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$71.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.95
vs MO average
+15.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543406.372,208271
Medium and Large 1-2539384.172,070133
Medium and Large 2561334.891,87936
One grade step is worth $71.48/cwt here — about $329 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale440 hd
393.81
—
MO average15 barns · 4,799 hd
382.86
+10.95
National average157 barns · 12,981 hd
378.05
+15.76
This barn, trailing median32 sales
471.46
−77.65
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.

Every lot

77 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1281510.44/cwt502.50–530.001,43410
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1315519.14/cwt515.00–527.501,6359
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2348453.00/cwt453.00–453.001,5763
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1375459.02/cwt453.00–465.001,72126
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned382463.00/cwt463.00–463.001,7697
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386432.11/cwt415.00–445.001,66810
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425422.80/cwt402.50–441.001,79730
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436452.61/cwt446.00–457.501,97317
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2448360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6133
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned451427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,9264
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469379.79/cwt367.50–399.001,78128
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475431.23/cwt412.00–435.002,04883
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518416.35/cwt409.00–435.002,157144
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned521414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,15715
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2525392.22/cwt366.00–407.002,05993
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2531343.67/cwt330.00–354.001,82516
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568368.38/cwt351.00–377.002,09226
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned577360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,07714
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579392.51/cwt378.00–405.002,273112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2585327.86/cwt318.00–346.001,91820
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2601300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8035
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623377.79/cwt366.50–396.002,354291
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638349.77/cwt329.00–362.502,23239
Steers600–650Large 1-2643322.22/cwt318.00–327.002,07215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy650349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,2698
Steers650–700Large 1-2671314.17/cwt309.00–319.002,10811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674358.03/cwt350.00–369.002,41321
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1707317.80/cwt314.00–320.002,24734
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned718318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,28314
Steers700–750Large 1-2748301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,2513
Steers750–800Medium 2763263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,0073
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1770316.74/cwt316.50–317.002,439135
Steers750–800Large 1-2771281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,1676
Steers800–850Large 1-2822285.62/cwt284.50–287.002,34827
Steers850–900Large 2883269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,3753
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2297435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,29212
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1307454.94/cwt450.00–460.001,3976
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned349450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5717
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1362448.55/cwt442.50–455.001,6246
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2379411.80/cwt400.00–430.001,56128
Heifers400–450Medium 2417329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,3723
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420376.64/cwt375.00–378.001,5827
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425386.36/cwt380.00–390.001,64227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1429397.35/cwt391.00–406.001,70547
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned461364.00/cwt364.00–364.001,6786
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472382.81/cwt375.00–389.001,807100
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476369.88/cwt367.00–373.001,76144
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476353.56/cwt351.00–355.001,68314
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2521333.19/cwt319.00–350.001,73611
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531353.04/cwt348.00–370.001,875170
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2540337.74/cwt330.00–340.001,82457
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy575335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9267
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579331.02/cwt324.00–339.001,91798
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy583331.22/cwt324.00–335.001,93123
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1587363.67/cwt360.00–364.502,13541
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2595317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,88613
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610329.69/cwt329.00–330.002,01151
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2613303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,8574
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned615310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,90713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2641320.91/cwt315.00–325.002,057160
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666308.86/cwt296.00–314.002,05716
Heifers650–700Large 2674275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8548
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2685292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,0005
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Fleshy690284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,9603
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1713317.73/cwt307.00–321.252,265118
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1325
Heifers750–800Large 1-2Unweaned750275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0637
Heifers750–800Large 1-2762277.82/cwt275.00–280.002,11725
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2773272.00/cwt272.00–272.002,1034
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2813270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1954
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,129183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,06611
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2386439.53/cwt418.00–462.501,6976
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473370.27/cwt352.50–388.001,7516
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522346.10/cwt343.00–347.501,80710
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2573332.09/cwt327.50–339.001,90319
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2675267.32/cwt261.00–274.001,8048
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,9754

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.