Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, receipts were too light for an adequate price comparison, but the undertone for steers and heifers was weaker. The feeder cattle futures board was down significantly this morning, and the heat of July kept receipts minimal. Demand was moderate to light.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $392.98/cwt on 37 head, down $41.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 31 comparable sales and sits −41.85 against this barn's trailing median of $434.82.

Average price

$392.98

▼ 41.85 vs prior sale

37 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,184

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$591

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

$129.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.61

vs MO average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	495.00	2,549	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	391.70	2,203	29
Medium and Large 2	536	365.15	1,958	6thin

One grade step is worth $129.85/cwt here — about $591 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $499.21, low $382.63, median $434.82 across 31 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 sale37 hd

392.98

—

MO average10 barns · 163 hd

389.37

+3.61

This barn, trailing median31 sales

434.82

−41.85

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

57 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 1-2	950–1000	963	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,600	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	360.02/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,239	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,371	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,091	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	407.47/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,976	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	367.48/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,076	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	273.28/cwt	270.00–275.00	2,501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	482.46/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,210	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,500	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	442.01/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,250	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	444.28/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,088	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,226	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,175	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,377	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	472.43/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	380.09/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	318.00/cwt	305.00–322.50	2,290	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	461.19/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,969	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	270.99/cwt	270.00–272.00	2,317	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	345.01/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,346	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,432	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	499.35/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,317	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,562	3
Heifers	Large 2-3	400–450	404	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,151	5
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	496	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,488	6
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	574	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,751	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	272.49/cwt	270.00–275.00	2,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	369.96/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,312	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	474.10/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,242	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	411.12/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,899	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	382.70/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,002	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	390.82/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,095	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	327.81/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,085	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	330.04/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	800–850	818	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,209	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	614	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,349	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	722	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,491	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,449	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	376.51/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,188	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,159	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,028	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,283	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	449.84/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,426	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	455	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,070	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	297.87/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,338	5

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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