Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifers were mostly steady to 6.00 higher except 450lb to 550lb heifers which sold with a sharply higher undertone. Mostly groups of calves on offer this week, many of which were unweaned, after last week's wean-vac special. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.97/cwt on 163 head, up $3.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 33 comparable sales and sits −8.44 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$446.97

▲ 3.84 vs prior sale

163 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,459

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$670

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2-3

$119.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−34.03

vs MO average

−27.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	464.94	2,533	82
Medium and Large 1-2	553	442.08	2,445	61
Medium and Large 2	566	393.67	2,229	15thin
Large 2	570	390.00	2,223	3thin
Large 2-3	540	345.00	1,863	2thin

One grade step is worth $119.94/cwt here — about $670 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.

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 sale163 hd

446.97

—

MO average19 barns · 5,442 hd

481.01

−34.03

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

−27.51

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−8.44

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

94 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,433	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,718	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	431	529.99/cwt	520.00–555.00	2,284	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,439	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,310	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	950–1000	968	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	3,388	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	508	428.07/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,175	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	509.14/cwt	497.50–515.00	2,276	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	439.59/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,290	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	551	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,342	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,107	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	382.46/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,520	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,445	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,770	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	516.73/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,268	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	637	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,516	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	800–850	833	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,807	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	335.68/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	508.01/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,712	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	401.65/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,510	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	455.11/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,084	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	423.27/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,222	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	406.89/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,694	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	570.14/cwt	540.00–585.00	2,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	554.92/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,292	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	642.85/cwt	610.00–660.00	2,031	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	744	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	3,088	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,377	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	393.75/cwt	380.00–417.50	2,402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	504.72/cwt	475.00–507.50	2,312	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	492.21/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,126	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	460.66/cwt	445.00–480.00	2,603	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	421.10/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,590	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	569.88/cwt	540.00–580.00	1,801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	525.04/cwt	515.00–530.00	2,063	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	390.90/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,576	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	465.83/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,380	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	480.00/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,520	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	514.74/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,435	19
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	395	428.33/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,692	3
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	481	383.66/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,845	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	521	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,084	5
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	583	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,128	3
Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	2
Steers	Large 2	550–600	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,473	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	318	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	422.51/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,636	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	455.65/cwt	432.50–460.00	2,556	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,530	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,335	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	350	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	447.24/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,928	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	378.85/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	468.98/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,721	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	374.27/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,167	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	401.97/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,143	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	385	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,137	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	418.02/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,965	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,570	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	455.44/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,414	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	481.01/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,256	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	487.38/cwt	470.00–505.00	1,769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	389.52/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,271	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	612	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	500.37/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,192	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	2,865	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,160	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	588	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,234	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	433.10/cwt	427.50–435.00	2,321	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	378.94/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,565	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	326.25/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,881	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	420.52/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,195	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	528.66/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,030	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	593.60/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,941	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	493	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,219	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	393.83/cwt	387.50–415.00	2,394	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	366.51/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,228	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	394.56/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,273	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	357.46/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	435.09/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,489	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	368.37/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,479	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	427.27/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,470	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	461.46/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,155	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	502.78/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,911	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	482.92/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,052	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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