Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2026-01-06

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Jan 6
● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Receipts
4,823 head
▲ 3,500 vs last sale 1,323▲ 4,823 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale three weeks ago, steer calves under 700 lbs sold 40.00-50.00 higher and steers over 700 lbs sold 8.00-20.00 higher. Heifer calves under 650 lbs sold 20.00-30.00 higher and yearling heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was very good for the first sale of the year and buyers were aggressive to fill orders, especially for the steers that saw big gains since the last sale. Supply was heavy and the quality was very attractive with mostly long time weaned, reputation cattle and fancy loads of yearlings. It's all go again for the cattle market, with the board higher the first days of the year and cattlemen as bullish as ever it seems for stockers and feeders on overall tight numbers of cattle and good demand for beef.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $482.93/cwt on 323 head. That ranks 24 of 32 comparable sales and sits +11.48 against this barn's trailing median of $471.46.
Average price
$482.93
323 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,666
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$269
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$46.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.77
vs MO average
+16.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553495.872,740234
Medium and Large 1-2550448.912,47189
One grade step is worth $46.96/cwt here — about $269 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale323 hd
482.93
—
MO average14 barns · 5,226 hd
457.17
+25.77
National average195 barns · 28,890 hd
466.33
+16.60
This barn, trailing median32 sales
471.46
+11.48
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.

Every lot

81 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,9666
Steers350–400Medium 1-2382465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,77610
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390520.47/cwt515.00–527.502,03017
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431525.19/cwt480.00–555.002,26422
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1445554.43/cwt551.00–560.002,46721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476556.47/cwt542.50–571.002,64973
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479502.33/cwt460.00–532.502,40634
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526521.80/cwt476.00–539.002,74572
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2538443.82/cwt420.00–452.002,38843
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned539442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,3854
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2562453.67/cwt450.00–469.002,55046
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565486.96/cwt447.50–514.002,751153
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy567438.00/cwt438.00–438.002,4835
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2601362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,1798
Steers600–650Medium 1627377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,3643
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628448.02/cwt425.00–465.002,814233
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed629427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,6898
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635404.15/cwt379.00–440.002,56630
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy639414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,64523
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy652439.50/cwt439.50–439.502,86650
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662397.34/cwt395.00–399.002,63017
Steers650–700Large 1665427.00/cwt427.00–427.002,8406
Steers650–700Medium 1669373.00/cwt373.00–373.002,4959
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1670412.41/cwt389.00–429.002,763237
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2703383.62/cwt376.00–385.002,69778
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724405.50/cwt390.00–410.002,936144
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy752400.00/cwt400.00–400.003,00817
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769381.49/cwt375.00–388.002,934155
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1825366.17/cwt352.00–369.003,021215
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1876355.32/cwt343.00–360.003,113108
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2891333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,96725
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2918334.00/cwt334.00–334.003,06615
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1959341.50/cwt341.50–341.503,27520
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2274590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,6174
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2316506.15/cwt505.00–507.501,59916
Heifers350–400Medium 2352490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,7255
Heifers350–400Large 1Unweaned352422.00/cwt422.00–422.001,48512
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,9036
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,1833
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413493.52/cwt465.00–520.002,03820
Heifers400–450Medium 2426412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,7575
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436482.94/cwt440.00–530.002,10637
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2460443.59/cwt417.50–452.502,04151
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1480454.46/cwt435.00–482.502,18176
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2509410.48/cwt385.00–417.002,08936
Heifers500–550Large 1Unweaned511409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,09024
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528458.02/cwt417.00–480.002,418109
Heifers500–550Medium 1533398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,1218
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2545352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,9213
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,50811
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy555377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,0953
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Replacement568465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,6416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576384.71/cwt360.00–410.002,21633
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583406.64/cwt390.00–433.002,371157
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620396.57/cwt368.00–408.002,459125
Heifers600–650Large 1621384.00/cwt384.00–384.002,3857
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627368.44/cwt360.00–374.002,31046
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy632358.15/cwt357.00–359.002,26419
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy653359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,34422
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement660426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,81213
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660376.02/cwt365.00–381.002,482287
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661356.85/cwt353.00–360.002,35918
Heifers650–700Large 1667360.50/cwt360.50–360.502,40535
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728338.34/cwt328.00–351.002,46313
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1733347.55/cwt339.00–362.502,54816
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1756343.27/cwt327.50–347.002,595175
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy764332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,5408
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2803319.93/cwt305.00–324.002,56914
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2852309.59/cwt305.00–311.502,63817
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1866320.84/cwt310.00–322.002,77851
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy898273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,4525
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920315.50/cwt315.50–315.502,90331
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1986298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,9387
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2312590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,8415
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2392475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8623
Bulls450–500Large 1486469.00/cwt469.00–469.002,27917
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2505407.40/cwt397.50–417.502,0576
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2597352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,1043
Bulls650–700Large 1667335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2349
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2679335.92/cwt330.00–340.002,28110
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2966285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,7534

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.