Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2026-03-31

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Mar 31
● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,124 head
▼ 193 vs last sale 2,317▼ 556 vs year ago 2,680 · −20.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 230▼ 93 vs year ago 295 · −31.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 50▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 8.00 higher with most of the gain on the yearlings. Heifers sold mostly steady. Demand was good for a moderate supply. Cattle futures have been higher the last few trading sessions with substantial gains. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $433.10/cwt on 107 head, up $5.62 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 33 comparable sales and sits +10.19 against this barn's trailing median of $422.91.
Average price
$433.10
▲ 5.62 vs prior sale
107 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,373
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$289
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$37.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.31
vs MO average
+9.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551439.752,42263
Medium and Large 1-2545425.122,31741
Medium 1530402.502,1333thin
One grade step is worth $37.25/cwt here — about $289 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale107 hd
433.10
—
MO average17 barns · 1,927 hd
425.79
+7.31
National average175 barns · 10,886 hd
423.19
+9.91
This barn, trailing median33 sales
422.91
+10.19
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—High1,753211.733,71115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,389180.082,50212
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,217173.752,11521
CowsLean 85-90%Low950141.141,34122

Every lot

83 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339659.07/cwt647.50–670.002,23421
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362675.00/cwt675.00–675.002,4443
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2374577.61/cwt575.00–580.002,1606
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1435617.27/cwt585.00–622.502,68534
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2439552.84/cwt530.00–600.002,4279
Steers450–500Medium 1461443.92/cwt442.50–445.002,0467
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed462582.27/cwt577.50–590.002,6908
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477537.64/cwt525.00–550.002,56559
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2495520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,5744
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521521.35/cwt497.50–537.002,71679
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed522540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,8197
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2530475.29/cwt470.00–485.002,51915
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565467.02/cwt450.00–477.502,63931
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1579461.36/cwt450.00–485.002,67148
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2634426.41/cwt415.00–430.002,70312
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned635425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,6993
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy655400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6206
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed666420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,7974
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670394.82/cwt380.00–412.502,64532
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1684429.00/cwt429.00–429.002,9347
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1727420.80/cwt418.00–430.003,059105
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fancy754398.00/cwt398.00–398.003,0017
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1771383.59/cwt379.00–389.002,95728
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788372.80/cwt358.00–373.502,93867
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fancy803383.99/cwt381.50–385.003,08314
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815368.23/cwt356.00–369.503,00186
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829365.00/cwt365.00–365.003,0266
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1856360.98/cwt359.00–361.503,09082
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1939342.77/cwt330.00–349.503,21926
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1254650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,6517
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330579.75/cwt575.00–600.001,91310
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337572.84/cwt540.00–605.001,9304
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372519.87/cwt507.50–535.001,9349
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1396535.77/cwt525.00–540.002,12225
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408469.50/cwt447.50–477.501,91623
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed413540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,2303
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1441497.59/cwt487.50–507.002,19427
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy465445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0694
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471486.19/cwt475.00–505.002,29038
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477454.83/cwt417.50–495.002,17025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1528458.89/cwt450.00–467.502,42329
Heifers500–550Medium 1530402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,1333
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536430.75/cwt430.00–431.002,30924
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed545447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,4394
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy554450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4939
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed554427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,3685
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566395.56/cwt388.00–407.502,2398
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576413.87/cwt410.00–417.502,38425
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629382.15/cwt374.00–407.502,40452
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679371.16/cwt357.00–377.002,52035
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy687367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,5253
Heifers700–750Medium 1-2723329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,3796
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,63983
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728374.52/cwt369.00–379.002,727296
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2767335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5697
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1778350.57/cwt344.00–359.002,72752
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,6335
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2809333.61/cwt323.00–334.752,69972
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1841329.90/cwt329.00–330.502,77420
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2923278.00/cwt278.00–278.002,5664
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2312690.00/cwt690.00–690.002,1535
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2360645.00/cwt645.00–645.002,3224
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2470490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,30311
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2528467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,4689
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2589398.29/cwt365.00–432.502,34618
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2602400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4083
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2790350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,76510
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,678210.77/cwt197.50–217.503,5379
Bulls——1,785184.99/cwt183.00–187.503,3022
Bulls——1,838219.67/cwt219.00–220.004,0383
Bulls——2,105250.00/cwt250.00–250.005,2631
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%929127.61/cwt125.00–131.001,1858
Cows—Lean 85-90%962148.87/cwt144.00–161.001,43214
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,150171.31/cwt165.00–180.001,9709
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,175144.34/cwt141.00–148.001,6962
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,286181.82/cwt181.00–183.002,33810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,360188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,5571
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,390183.11/cwt176.00–184.002,5459
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,400162.51/cwt162.00–163.002,2752
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed787339.45/cwt337.50–350.002,67123
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2908303.87/cwt295.00–317.002,7594
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,103246.36/cwt217.50–275.002,7175
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,196200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,3924

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.