Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2025-09-16

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 16
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
966 head
▼ 879 vs last sale 1,845▼ 1,043 vs year ago 2,009 · −51.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
▼ 58 vs last sale 165▼ 86 vs year ago 193 · −44.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
23 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 0▼ 7 vs year ago 30 · −23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady. Several loads of yearlings highlighted the sale and demand was good. Supply was light to moderate with the hot weather. Corn harvest is well underway this week. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-10.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $399.75/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 11 of 33 comparable sales and sits −23.16 against this barn's trailing median of $422.91.
Average price
$399.75
53 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,115
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$210
per head · Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.68
vs MO average
+40.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2519420.002,1809thin
Medium and Large 1538407.872,19326
Medium and Large 1-2521377.891,97018thin
One grade step is worth $42.11/cwt here — about $210 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 sale53 hd
399.75
—
MO average15 barns · 1,967 hd
374.07
+25.68
National average170 barns · 10,929 hd
359.66
+40.09
This barn, trailing median33 sales
422.91
−23.16
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

33 sales
466421377332median 422.9103/0304/2806/2308/2511/03
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $452.11, low $345.78, median $422.91 across 33 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—High1,838191.793,52510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,475158.442,3379thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,249153.681,91922
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,048132.041,3842thin

Every lot

48 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0707
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1492450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,2146
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1541443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,39713
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned555424.29/cwt410.00–435.002,3557
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2570406.76/cwt400.00–410.002,31920
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584436.15/cwt428.00–440.002,54741
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1618421.13/cwt404.00–432.502,60331
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,89029
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,6604
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,8404
Steers750–800Medium 1-2779349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,7194
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1794365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,8988
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1823365.14/cwt364.00–366.503,005127
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,74622
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2869327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,8468
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421424.26/cwt407.50–433.001,7866
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned450362.50/cwt362.50–362.501,6317
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned461396.07/cwt385.00–411.001,8267
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463401.00/cwt401.00–401.001,8576
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2503384.52/cwt369.00–400.001,93412
Heifers500–550Large 1-2Thin Fleshed519420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1809
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1533410.76/cwt404.00–419.002,18922
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558364.64/cwt362.00–370.002,0356
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564392.00/cwt392.00–392.002,2114
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631377.99/cwt375.00–380.002,38564
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632378.00/cwt378.00–378.002,38914
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3353
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2717358.00/cwt358.00–358.002,5673
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731362.20/cwt361.50–363.252,648179
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2773324.00/cwt312.50–339.002,5058
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1420484.57/cwt480.00–497.502,03511
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2448360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6133
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2592336.00/cwt336.00–336.001,9896
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2660360.91/cwt355.00–367.002,3826
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2719340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4454
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2865291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,5173
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,785172.38/cwt163.00–183.003,0772
Bulls——1,846194.59/cwt185.50–203.003,5927
Bulls——1,885211.00/cwt211.00–211.003,9771
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,048132.04/cwt127.00–138.001,3842
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227152.22/cwt147.00–158.001,86816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,273141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,7952
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,325165.84/cwt162.00–167.002,1974
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,427157.33/cwt154.00–164.002,2456
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448165.97/cwt165.00–167.002,4032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,815150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7231
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,009202.28/cwt175.00–207.002,0418
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,075248.60/cwt230.00–260.002,6723

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.