Sale reports / Missouri / Kingsville Livestock Auction / 2026-07-21

Kingsville Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Kingsville, Missouri · Tue, Jul 21
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1815
Feeder Cattle receipts
430 head
▼ 1,168 vs last sale 1,598▼ 263 vs year ago 693 · −38.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 79▼ 33 vs year ago 115 · −28.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 20▲ 39 vs year ago 21 · +185.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, based on a light supply, steers and heifers sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Demand was moderate. A cow dispersal followed the feeders. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $416.35/cwt on 66 head, down $16.52 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 33 comparable sales and sits −6.56 against this barn's trailing median of $422.91.
Average price
$416.35
▼ 16.52 vs prior sale
66 head · 542 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,257
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$306
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$70.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+29.42
vs MO average
+40.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2538420.992,26346
Medium and Large 1551419.622,31216thin
Medium 1-2559350.001,9574thin
One grade step is worth $70.99/cwt here — about $306 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 sale66 hd
416.35
—
MO average11 barns · 750 hd
386.94
+29.42
National average148 barns · 5,785 hd
375.81
+40.54
This barn, trailing median33 sales
422.91
−6.56
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—Average1,590231.003,6732thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,190192.382,28930
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,452191.182,77516
CowsLean 85-90%Average869151.121,3134thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,340$3,32811
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,288$3,30027
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,135$2,8754thin

Every lot

42 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
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1374492.50/cwt492.50–492.501,8425
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416507.50/cwt507.50–507.502,1114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425532.50/cwt532.50–532.502,2634
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472475.68/cwt455.00–505.002,2457
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1519499.84/cwt495.00–505.002,59419
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528475.89/cwt435.00–497.502,51314
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572410.36/cwt407.50–416.002,3476
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1591444.00/cwt437.00–450.002,62413
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,51811
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632412.00/cwt412.00–412.002,6047
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668385.25/cwt380.00–390.002,57321
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669394.60/cwt391.00–400.002,64010
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1702385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,70311
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2726380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,7594
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1790357.02/cwt355.00–362.002,82014
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,77612
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1391503.00/cwt503.00–503.001,9676
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,1514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469472.68/cwt455.00–482.502,21711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515449.00/cwt395.00–453.002,31229
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534433.08/cwt424.00–450.002,31311
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2559350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9574
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576373.20/cwt363.00–390.002,15017
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2935
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616386.96/cwt369.00–397.002,38443
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,2553
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668352.80/cwt350.00–355.002,3577
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5127
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1764339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,5907
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2544402.07/cwt385.00–425.002,1877
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,435215.00/cwt215.00–215.003,0851
Bulls——1,745247.00/cwt247.00–247.004,3101
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%803142.17/cwt140.00–144.001,1422
Cows—Lean 85-90%935160.07/cwt157.00–164.001,4972
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,177186.58/cwt180.00–190.002,19611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,197195.74/cwt189.00–200.002,34319
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,449189.74/cwt184.00–194.002,74912
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,459195.49/cwt194.00–198.002,8524
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1352,875.00/head2,875.00–2,875.002,8754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2093,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2883,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,30027
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4503,560.00/head3,560.00–3,560.003,5606

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.