Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2025-07-29

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 29
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
589 head
▼ 104 vs last sale 693▼ 885 vs year ago 1,474 · −60.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 115▼ 65 vs year ago 110 · −59.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 21▼ 40 vs year ago 50 · −80.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher, supply was light with good demand. Slaughter cows traded 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 $419.36/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −52.10 against this barn's trailing median of $471.46.
Average price
$419.36
46 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,267
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$278
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$81.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.93
vs MO average
+37.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531435.142,31235
Medium and Large 1-2564387.502,1865thin
Medium and Large 2575353.842,0356thin
One grade step is worth $81.30/cwt here — about $278 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 sale46 hd
419.36
—
MO average10 barns · 760 hd
404.42
+14.93
National average143 barns · 4,821 hd
381.68
+37.68
This barn, trailing median32 sales
471.46
−52.10
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—High1,815202.023,66710
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,488171.832,55714
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,116161.351,8006thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,025117.071,2008thin

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)1,135$2,7001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,190$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,650$4,5002thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,200$4,8002thin

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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1330537.50/cwt537.50–537.501,7743
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1394513.00/cwt513.00–513.002,0217
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1429472.00/cwt440.00–501.002,02513
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483448.90/cwt430.00–464.002,16811
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518446.17/cwt417.50–455.002,31123
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,30612
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,1865
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575353.84/cwt341.00–367.002,0356
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627398.32/cwt389.00–407.002,49751
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2654364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,3817
Steers650–700Large 1-2677363.30/cwt354.00–374.002,46011
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726351.43/cwt347.00–374.002,55154
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741333.66/cwt330.00–334.002,47235
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2778291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,2643
Steers750–800Large 1-2779344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,6806
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1789349.61/cwt345.00–350.002,75875
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1321527.29/cwt520.00–535.001,6936
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385442.50/cwt442.50–442.501,7043
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427471.18/cwt440.00–489.002,01214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1468415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,9423
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471407.22/cwt405.00–409.001,9187
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510428.00/cwt428.00–428.002,1834
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539357.29/cwt352.00–361.001,92621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570364.39/cwt349.00–371.002,07714
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,8983
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,0218
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1622337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,09614
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657338.63/cwt337.50–340.502,22521
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2696309.00/cwt309.00–309.002,1514
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723345.88/cwt319.00–347.002,50176
Heifers800–850Large 1-2800287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,2965
Heifers900–950Large 1-2910276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,5123
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1308561.89/cwt537.50–587.501,7316
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9113
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2423392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,6603
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1435461.12/cwt456.00–477.502,0068
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2522387.73/cwt384.00–395.002,02414
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2576329.19/cwt315.00–344.001,8966
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2760295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,2423
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,728218.00/cwt218.00–218.003,7672
Bulls——1,837198.03/cwt185.00–209.003,6388
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95377.63/cwt70.00–82.507403
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6431
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,070137.17/cwt127.00–149.001,4684
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,107158.42/cwt157.00–162.001,7545
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,160176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,0421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,386178.97/cwt177.00–182.002,4816
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565166.48/cwt155.00–176.002,6058
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6504,500.00/head4,200.00–4,800.004,5002
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2004,800.00/head4,800.00–4,800.004,8002
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1352,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001

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.