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Kingsville Livestock Auction

Name: Kingsville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Dec 16

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 6 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,323 head

▼ 2,948 vs last sale 4,271▲ 1,323 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

275 head

▲ 275 vs last sale 0▲ 275 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves sold 5.00-15.00 higher and yearling steers sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher. Supply was moderate for the last calf and yearling sale of the year and demand was good.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.05/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 10 of 32 comparable sales and sits −25.41 against this barn's trailing median of $471.46.

Average price

$446.05

102 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,476

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$23.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.87

vs MO average

+1.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	454.44	2,524	66
Medium and Large 1-2	554	430.66	2,388	36

One grade step is worth $23.78/cwt here — about $136 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 sale102 hd

446.05

—

MO average19 barns · 4,066 hd

429.18

+16.87

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+1.95

This barn, trailing median32 sales

471.46

−25.41

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,900	194.67	3,699	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,418	163.84	2,323	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,206	150.80	1,818	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,114	129.01	1,437	27

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	257	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,414	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,728	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	567.50/cwt	550.00–597.50	2,111	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	549.97/cwt	537.50–567.50	2,282	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	483.20/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,319	46
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	437.36/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,117	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	501	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,984	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	450.06/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,336	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	470.98/cwt	447.50–477.50	2,543	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	433.34/cwt	415.00–447.50	2,492	29
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	436.15/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,530	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	388.68/cwt	356.00–416.00	2,421	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	406.91/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,555	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	403.44/cwt	380.00–407.00	2,634	89
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	382.08/cwt	377.00–389.00	2,518	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Full	708	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,436	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	379.80/cwt	375.50–386.50	2,792	91
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	736	362.70/cwt	348.00–366.00	2,669	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	356.00/cwt	355.00–357.00	2,695	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	358.76/cwt	355.00–362.00	2,777	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,901	19
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	338.33/cwt	335.00–344.00	2,771	27
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	337.64/cwt	329.00–349.00	3,083	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	209	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,150	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,733	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	523.89/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,697	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	428.00/cwt	400.00–505.00	1,605	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	465.65/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,779	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	451.07/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,904	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	433	372.79/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,614	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,950	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	393.08/cwt	382.50–400.00	1,871	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	485	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,940	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,180	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	349.99/cwt	344.00–360.00	1,897	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	371.55/cwt	360.00–378.00	2,155	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	349.81/cwt	347.00–352.00	2,032	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	594	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,948	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,171	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	328.15/cwt	319.00–342.00	2,054	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	358.06/cwt	351.00–359.00	2,388	35
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,644	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	322.88/cwt	317.50–326.00	2,318	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	353.78/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,579	110
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	743	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,236	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	310.74/cwt	306.00–319.00	2,421	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	797	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,343	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	816	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,366	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	825	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,574	8
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,250	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	255	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,148	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	532.33/cwt	500.00–545.00	1,837	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,129	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,904	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	334.57/cwt	327.50–347.50	2,278	16
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	827	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,985	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,853	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	3,558	2
Bulls	—	—	1,995	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	3,990	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	963	113.55/cwt	113.00–114.00	1,093	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,126	130.25/cwt	119.00–139.00	1,467	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,184	146.67/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,737	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,264	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,048	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,418	163.84/cwt	158.00–168.00	2,323	51

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Kingsville Livestock Auction - Kingsville, MO

Tue Dec 16, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,323Last week 4,271Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 275Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	257	550.00	550.00
12	450–500	484	430.00–460.00	437.36
6	500–550	519	445.00–455.00	450.06
23	550–600	580	435.00–440.00	436.15
21	600–650	623	356.00–416.00	388.68
7	650–700	659	377.00–389.00	382.08
16	700–750	736	348.00–366.00	362.70
16	750–800	757	355.00–357.00	356.00
27	800–850	819	335.00–344.00	338.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	320	540.00	540.00
20	350–400	372	550.00–597.50	567.50
18	400–450	415	537.50–567.50	549.97
46	450–500	480	440.00–500.00	483.20
37	500–550	540	447.50–477.50	470.98
29	550–600	575	415.00–447.50	433.34
32	600–650	628	390.00–415.00	406.91
89	650–700	653	380.00–407.00	403.44
91	700–750	735	375.50–386.50	379.80
17	750–800	774	355.00–362.00	358.76
19	800–850	808	359.00	359.00
31	900–950	913	329.00–349.00	337.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	501	396.00	396.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	344.00	344.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	321	540.00	540.00
14	350–400	382	445.00–475.00	465.65
19	400–450	422	450.00–460.00	451.07
10	450–500	467	417.50	417.50
8	500–550	510	427.50	427.50
33	550–600	580	360.00–378.00	371.55
3	600–650	603	360.00	360.00
34	650–700	678	390.00	390.00
110	700–750	729	335.00–357.00	353.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	594	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	209	550.00	550.00
4	300–350	324	510.00–540.00	523.89
7	350–400	375	400.00–505.00	428.00
23	450–500	476	382.50–400.00	393.08
22	500–550	542	344.00–360.00	349.99
10	550–600	581	347.00–352.00	349.81
14	600–650	626	319.00–342.00	328.15
35	650–700	667	351.00–359.00	358.06
14	700–750	718	317.50–326.00	322.88
8	750–800	779	306.00–319.00	310.74
8	800–850	825	312.00	312.00
3	850–900	872	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	816	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	360.00–385.00	372.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	743	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	797	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	255	450.00	450.00
7	300–350	345	500.00–545.00	532.33
5	400–450	439	485.00	485.00
7	450–500	473	402.50	402.50
16	650–700	681	327.50–347.50	334.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	827	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	963	113.00–114.00	113.55
25	—	1,126	119.00–139.00	130.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,184	145.00–153.00	146.67
7	—	1,264	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,418	158.00–168.00	163.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,853	192.00	192.00
1	—	1,995	200.00	200.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.