Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the feeder steers sold mostly 10.00 to 20.00 lower. The feeder heifers sold with a sharply lower undertone, based on limited comparisons. There were good, conditioned cattle in town this week for their special yearling sale. However, the market has been under some pressure the past few days, and the buyers seemed to react accordingly. The demand was good on a heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $443.14/cwt on 270 head, down $41.78 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 33 comparable sales and sits −12.28 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$443.14

▼ 41.78 vs prior sale

270 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$308

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

$57.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−40.55

vs MO average

−30.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	455.92	2,558	158
Medium and Large 1-2	560	433.83	2,432	84
Medium and Large 2	564	398.89	2,249	28

One grade step is worth $57.03/cwt here — about $308 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.40, low $409.03, median $455.41 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale270 hd

443.14

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MO average18 barns · 5,045 hd

483.68

−40.55

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

−30.56

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−12.28

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

85 lots · USDA AMS · Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	425.89/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,474	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	452.30/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,366	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	373.86/cwt	365.00–377.50	2,639	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	493	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,243	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	473	431.59/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,041	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,394	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	383.28/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,192	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	503.21/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,129	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	542.74/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,084	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	477.52/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,254	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	345.87/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,826	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	372.64/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,307	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	338.50/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,295	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	355.99/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,777	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	436.39/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,903	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	591.94/cwt	580.00–595.00	1,989	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	455.72/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,745	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	645	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,387	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	591	419.37/cwt	417.50–420.00	2,478	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	427.43/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,116	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	393.00/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,079	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	328.88/cwt	315.00–350.00	2,595	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	429.60/cwt	422.50–440.00	2,449	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,432	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	385.05/cwt	370.00–397.50	2,233	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	335.89/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	507	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,282	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	465.02/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,004	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	341.41/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,028	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	368.50/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,820	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	428.11/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,269	9
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	535	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,140	6
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	439	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,822	5
Bulls	Large 2	550–600	562	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,332	4
Heifers	Large 2	700–750	711	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,417	5
Steers	Large 2	650–700	676	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,656	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	747	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,054	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,635	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	388.08/cwt	377.50–402.50	2,224	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	569	433.95/cwt	432.50–435.00	2,469	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	411	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,178	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,458	2
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	916	297.25/cwt	275.00–301.00	2,723	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	451.67/cwt	442.50–467.50	2,620	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	414.77/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,588	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	505.48/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,376	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	358.81/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,939	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	386.11/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,591	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	435.11/cwt	430.00–442.50	2,484	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	469.82/cwt	455.00–487.50	2,509	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	400.49/cwt	387.50–415.00	2,311	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	423.05/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,221	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	395.87/cwt	380.00–425.00	2,486	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	546.19/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,332	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,952	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	487.30/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,959	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,332	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,107	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	375.77/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,563	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,842	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	369.69/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,843	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	618	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,503	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	454.86/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,165	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	654	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,727	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	526.55/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,896	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,661	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,457	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,336	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,258	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,745	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,186	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	475.67/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,212	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	458.10/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,391	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	386.01/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,397	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,883	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	353.08/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,715	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,862	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	604	387.79/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,342	9

How this sale compares

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.

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