Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-08

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 8
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
967 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 961▼ 580 vs year ago 1,547 · −37.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
▼ 43 vs last sale 139▲ 96 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 25▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher with 4 pot loads of yearling steers and and heifers in the offering along with several consignments of good quality weaned and vaccinated calves. Supply was moderate with good demand. Slaughter cows sold steady to firm.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $408.24/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −63.21 against this barn's trailing median of $471.46.
Average price
$408.24
103 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,276
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$250
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$34.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.85
vs MO average
+29.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558409.322,28694
Large 1552408.002,2526thin
Medium and Large 1-2543375.002,0363thin
One grade step is worth $34.32/cwt here — about $250 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale103 hd
408.24
—
MO average8 barns · 2,241 hd
398.39
+9.85
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
+29.11
This barn, trailing median32 sales
471.46
−63.21
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—Low1,916200.853,84811
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,491171.882,56318
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,220160.291,95520
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,031153.701,58512

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 PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,200$3,1504thin

Every lot

52 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421465.29/cwt460.00–480.001,95912
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2438437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,9143
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458463.46/cwt455.00–472.502,12321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned464445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0659
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2483407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,9683
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519424.45/cwt422.00–425.002,20317
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0363
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned547410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,24327
Steers550–600Large 1552408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,2526
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578403.81/cwt393.00–420.002,33450
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned605382.00/cwt382.00–382.002,31111
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623379.91/cwt372.50–397.502,36742
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2645345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2253
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665364.39/cwt349.00–371.002,42332
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,3668
Steers650–700Large 1687360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,47312
Steers750–800Large 1760334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,5384
Steers750–800Large 1-2764288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,20020
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1793335.25/cwt335.25–335.252,65967
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1800322.25/cwt322.25–322.252,57862
Steers950–1000Large 1-2975264.50/cwt264.50–264.502,5793
Steers1100–1150Large 1-21,101255.50/cwt255.50–255.502,8139
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1356442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,5755
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,7396
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425428.00/cwt428.00–428.001,81911
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466393.65/cwt392.00–394.001,83418
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525386.77/cwt371.00–399.002,03125
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,07820
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2534309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,6506
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6903
Heifers500–550Large 1548370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0285
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563361.62/cwt351.00–371.002,03625
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned603345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,08011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641329.93/cwt319.75–360.002,115115
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1716333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,38473
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771292.75/cwt292.75–292.752,25764
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2335493.82/cwt482.50–505.001,6546
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2442435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9233
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2473411.00/cwt411.00–411.001,9443
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2500380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9003
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2596368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,1934
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2606365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2128
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5146
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,785171.88/cwt170.00–174.003,0682
Bulls——1,945207.29/cwt190.00–218.004,0329
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,031153.70/cwt137.00–167.001,58512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,098174.87/cwt172.50–177.001,9202
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213163.86/cwt155.00–169.001,98815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333132.75/cwt128.00–137.001,7703
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,415178.21/cwt175.00–183.002,52211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,611161.94/cwt150.00–174.002,6097
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1504

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.