Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-22

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 22
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
693 head
▼ 982 vs last sale 1,675▼ 1,003 vs year ago 1,696 · −59.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 85▼ 5 vs year ago 120 · −4.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 15▼ 19 vs year ago 40 · −47.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, with mainly yearling cattle in the offering today, steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher, with very light supply on the lighter weight calves, no comparables were made. Slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Supply was light 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 $414.20/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −57.26 against this barn's trailing median of $471.46.
Average price
$414.20
23 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,189
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$74
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$46.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.34
vs MO average
+38.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515428.482,20716thin
Medium and Large 1-2559381.562,1337thin
One grade step is worth $46.92/cwt here — about $74 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 sale23 hd
414.20
—
MO average12 barns · 1,020 hd
387.86
+26.34
National average142 barns · 5,388 hd
375.74
+38.46
This barn, trailing median32 sales
471.46
−57.26
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—Low1,689202.563,42119
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,417176.912,50822
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,233167.852,07033
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,024132.581,35722

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
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,180$3,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,186$2,9755
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,054$2,7494thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,155$2,2001thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)835$2,3001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,500$3,9752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,350$3,7501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,125$3,4254thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$3,1001thin

Every lot

56 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370472.50/cwt472.50–472.501,7483
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2490365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7893
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507435.63/cwt434.00–437.002,20913
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,1863
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559381.56/cwt370.00–390.002,1337
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618399.61/cwt382.50–407.502,47018
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2623335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0873
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627349.40/cwt344.00–352.002,1919
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1673365.63/cwt362.00–370.002,4619
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2676339.13/cwt334.00–344.002,2936
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724357.45/cwt347.00–369.002,58823
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1779347.25/cwt336.00–352.002,705153
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824334.75/cwt334.75–334.752,75865
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2837327.75/cwt327.75–327.752,74370
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1878325.50/cwt325.50–325.502,85812
Steers850–900Large 1-2883310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7373
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2318415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,3203
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1338475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,6063
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415429.00/cwt429.00–429.001,7805
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2489375.32/cwt357.50–392.501,8356
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1508401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,0375
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533351.96/cwt350.00–354.001,8766
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,0166
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1589368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,1685
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626342.02/cwt332.50–362.502,14123
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1706334.70/cwt319.00–339.002,36333
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,3083
Heifers850–900Large 2882273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,4083
Heifers1150–1200Large 21,170244.00/cwt244.00–244.002,8553
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned428418.65/cwt392.50–457.501,7927
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2459411.61/cwt405.00–425.001,8896
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned460370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7023
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2663304.47/cwt296.00–313.002,0196
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2714303.25/cwt280.00–313.002,16510
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2972279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,7125
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,519169.13/cwt165.00–171.002,5693
Bulls——1,608217.00/cwt217.00–217.003,4895
Bulls——1,772205.11/cwt191.00–212.003,63511
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%966108.55/cwt102.50–114.001,0494
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,015150.52/cwt150.00–151.001,5282
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,039136.34/cwt124.00–149.001,41716
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,173178.80/cwt169.00–183.002,09715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,8051
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286159.53/cwt148.00–169.002,05217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,378169.84/cwt165.00–174.002,3408
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,440180.95/cwt175.00–190.002,60614
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28352,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0542,748.75/head2,725.00–2,800.002,7494
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,1552,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1803,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1862,975.00/head2,975.00–2,975.002,9755
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0003,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0503,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2003,800.00/head3,800.00–3,800.003,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3503,750.00/head3,750.00–3,750.003,7501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5003,975.00/head3,975.00–3,975.003,9752

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.