Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2025-09-23

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Sep 23
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,167 head
▲ 201 vs last sale 966▼ 328 vs year ago 1,495 · −21.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 107▲ 25 vs year ago 100 · +25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 23▼ 7 vs year ago 32 · −21.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher with the gain on the yearling heifers. Demand was good for both calves and yearlings and supply was moderate. Cattle futures were sharply higher Monday. Slaughter cows sold steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $387.61/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 11 of 33 comparable sales and sits −35.31 against this barn's trailing median of $422.91.
Average price
$387.61
74 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,093
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$19
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$17.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.73
vs MO average
+21.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531395.892,10238
Medium and Large 1-2550378.862,08236
One grade step is worth $17.02/cwt here — about $19 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 sale74 hd
387.61
—
MO average14 barns · 1,449 hd
374.87
+12.73
National average172 barns · 11,458 hd
365.85
+21.76
This barn, trailing median33 sales
422.91
−35.31
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—Low1,860189.933,5328thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,408169.972,39411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,176151.921,78718
CowsLean 85-90%Low987123.451,2194thin

Every lot

65 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 1377552.52/cwt547.50–557.502,0838
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428464.83/cwt453.00–479.001,98919
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1431486.39/cwt470.00–523.002,09621
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461444.00/cwt444.00–444.002,0474
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned464417.00/cwt417.00–417.001,9355
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485444.89/cwt442.00–449.002,1587
Steers500–550Large 1Unweaned503419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,1087
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523438.77/cwt430.00–453.002,29556
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536410.32/cwt404.00–430.002,19925
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed556449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,4968
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579398.05/cwt379.00–410.002,30510
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,15912
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1586421.20/cwt418.00–432.502,46826
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619381.36/cwt359.00–400.002,36119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1624398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,48412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy637364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,3195
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1666418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,7848
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669374.37/cwt374.00–374.502,50515
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned669341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,2814
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,7124
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,8317
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,87912
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy790329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,5994
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2819351.05/cwt349.00–357.002,87527
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1935338.75/cwt338.75–338.753,16752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1395462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,8273
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420443.83/cwt422.00–461.001,86422
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438435.11/cwt434.00–436.001,90616
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473387.29/cwt380.00–412.501,83213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,7464
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1493414.03/cwt410.00–417.002,04121
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned511363.00/cwt363.00–363.001,8555
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522408.06/cwt405.00–413.002,13025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523388.22/cwt375.00–410.002,03020
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571378.41/cwt375.00–384.002,1618
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583367.17/cwt358.00–379.002,14116
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2619343.61/cwt336.00–351.002,1279
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1655384.16/cwt378.00–387.002,516107
Heifers650–700Medium 1-2658318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,09210
Heifers650–700Medium 1671367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,46333
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1711370.07/cwt365.00–370.752,631102
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712350.82/cwt345.00–355.002,49833
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,74135
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2762340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5919
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2817328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,6803
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1996297.50/cwt297.50–297.502,96351
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2278570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5854
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2385505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,9445
Bulls500–550Medium 1-2500370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,85010
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2512390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9975
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2572370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,1163
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2646350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,2614
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2658347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,2873
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,758188.57/cwt184.00–195.003,3156
Bulls——1,990205.00/cwt205.00–205.004,0801
Bulls——2,340183.00/cwt183.00–183.004,2821
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%970116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1251
Cows—Lean 85-90%993125.93/cwt120.00–131.001,2503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,161150.85/cwt145.00–162.001,75110
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,189137.92/cwt129.00–143.001,6404
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,201168.58/cwt165.00–171.002,0254
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,361173.26/cwt170.00–175.002,3585
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,448167.22/cwt165.00–169.502,4216
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,053201.02/cwt191.00–217.002,1174
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,153204.56/cwt197.00–219.002,3595

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.