Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2025-08-12

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Aug 12
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
910 head
▼ 695 vs last sale 1,605▲ 910 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 174▲ 138 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder cattle under 650 pounds trading 10.00-20.00 higher and feeders over 650 trading mostly steady. A lighter run of livestock with it being state fair week the market remains strong. Slaughter cows and bulls trading 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 $442.91/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −28.55 against this barn's trailing median of $471.46.
Average price
$442.91
57 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,364
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$245
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$45.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.51
vs MO average
+55.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534454.022,42443
Medium and Large 1-2533408.792,17914thin
One grade step is worth $45.24/cwt here — about $245 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale57 hd
442.91
—
MO average15 barns · 1,742 hd
419.40
+23.51
National average151 barns · 7,160 hd
387.49
+55.42
This barn, trailing median32 sales
471.46
−28.55
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—Low1,696196.443,33111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,439175.312,52337
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,905174.003,3151thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,206162.891,96428
CowsLean 85-90%High1,077146.581,5787thin

Every lot

63 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2380435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6532
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1419515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,1585
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned435479.00/cwt479.00–479.002,0845
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435446.51/cwt440.00–460.001,9426
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned468430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,0124
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475433.00/cwt433.00–433.002,0577
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1496460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,28211
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2510438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,2345
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned512430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,2028
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524462.67/cwt445.00–467.002,42415
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned533380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0255
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550457.15/cwt450.00–461.002,51420
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562408.25/cwt407.50–409.002,2944
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630421.07/cwt397.00–427.002,65368
Steers600–650Large 1637387.72/cwt387.00–390.002,47021
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670386.14/cwt375.00–388.002,587100
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678395.13/cwt385.00–402.002,67914
Steers700–750Large 1734386.81/cwt385.00–388.002,83925
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735341.38/cwt337.00–360.002,50910
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760360.80/cwt339.00–362.502,74274
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790368.25/cwt365.00–382.002,90986
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2802370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,96715
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2935320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,9923
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960320.00/cwt320.00–320.003,0722
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,040300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,1202
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned336493.00/cwt493.00–493.001,6564
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7392
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2417419.00/cwt419.00–419.001,7475
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned428430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8402
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned438446.00/cwt446.00–446.001,9535
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned452422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,9103
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,93615
Heifers450–500Medium 1488416.00/cwt416.00–416.002,0302
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529381.99/cwt376.00–394.002,02120
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538373.10/cwt371.00–377.002,00711
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned587325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9083
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1593352.95/cwt347.00–359.002,0934
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594367.17/cwt329.00–380.002,1818
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement621385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,3914
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2638310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9786
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666369.33/cwt362.00–374.002,46013
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2697350.44/cwt339.00–351.002,44383
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718348.12/cwt347.00–350.002,5008
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1792334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,64516
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2797318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,5346
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1933302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,82212
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2945263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,4853
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5923
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned300575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,7253
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned450357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,6094
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned500353.70/cwt329.50–390.001,7695
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,590179.42/cwt178.00–181.002,8532
Bulls——1,718197.75/cwt185.00–214.003,3978
Bulls——1,730220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,8061
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,010157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5861
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,088144.84/cwt137.00–151.001,5766
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,111160.23/cwt151.00–165.001,78013
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273169.86/cwt165.00–180.002,16213
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,385134.90/cwt130.00–142.001,8682
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,410164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,3121
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425174.92/cwt170.00–178.002,49330
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,513179.17/cwt178.00–180.002,7116
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,905174.00/cwt174.00–174.003,3151

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.