Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600lbs sold with a steady undertone, and heavier weights sold mostly 5.00 to 12.00 higher based on limited yearling comparisons from last week's sale. Heifers sold with a steady undertone also based on limited comparisons. A good run of yearlings this week with many groups of longer weaned cattle than we have seen in a while, and quite a few nice groups of weaned and unweaned calves. Demand was good on a moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $393.69/cwt on 163 head, down $23.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −57.16 against this barn's trailing median of $450.85.

Average price

$393.69

▼ 23.89 vs prior sale

163 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,122

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$673

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$82.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.55

vs MO average

−12.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	407.89	2,301	36
Medium and Large 1-2	541	403.78	2,185	81
Medium 1-2	504	375.00	1,890	7thin
Medium and Large 2	520	368.58	1,917	34
Medium 2	501	325.00	1,628	5thin

One grade step is worth $82.89/cwt here — about $673 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 $370.33, median $450.85 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

393.69

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MO average15 barns · 1,702 hd

411.25

−17.55

National average166 barns · 11,684 hd

406.11

−12.42

This barn, trailing median33 sales

450.85

−57.16

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

92 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	420.45/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,598	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	694	322.99/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,242	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	416.11/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,777	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	462.61/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,957	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	365.54/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,266	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,484	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,118	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	673	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,356	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	416	439.64/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,829	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	579	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,229	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	369.83/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,975	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	410.13/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,141	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	514	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,172	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	634	324.91/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,060	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,077	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	424.77/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,039	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	467	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,985	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,105	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	418	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,379	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	398.76/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,643	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,191	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	357.42/cwt	340.00–367.50	2,420	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	465	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,860	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,124	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,228	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	352.28/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,835	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	419	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,718	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	379.47/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	372.61/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,841	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	369.89/cwt	340.00–380.00	1,898	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	379.21/cwt	357.50–400.00	1,820	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	371.69/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,531	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	357.83/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,138	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	392.71/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,207	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,279	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	709	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,340	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	373.46/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,110	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	362.51/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,770	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	493.30/cwt	492.50–495.00	2,057	3
Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	578	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,821	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	504	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,890	7
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	11
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	501	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,628	5
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	518	306.14/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,586	5
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	619	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,702	5
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,138	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	3,061	6
Steers	Large 2	700–750	715	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,234	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	920	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,277	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	711	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,778	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	966	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,222	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,036	235.29/cwt	200.00–240.00	2,438	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	371.99/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,065	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,160	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	382.81/cwt	377.50–384.00	2,534	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	337.87/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,598	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	444.85/cwt	435.00–475.00	1,739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,683	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,872	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,746	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	412.46/cwt	411.00–417.50	2,351	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	369.10/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,672	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,043	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,882	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	410.04/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,120	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	360.42/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,108	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	717	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,438	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	464	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,810	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	342.24/cwt	332.50–345.00	2,290	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	472.43/cwt	467.50–485.00	2,159	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	273.36/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,386	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	324.70/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,357	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	333.11/cwt	315.00–341.00	2,082	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	399.26/cwt	390.00–403.00	2,428	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	451.63/cwt	420.00–460.00	1,856	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	335.93/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,261	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	614	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,272	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	407.96/cwt	387.50–420.00	1,897	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	357.91/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,051	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	368.00/cwt	365.00–372.50	1,932	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	409.84/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,291	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	313.74/cwt	312.50–315.00	2,300	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	343.35/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	344.47/cwt	330.00–352.50	2,491	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	428.06/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,072	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	390.00/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,266	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	324.30/cwt	317.50–335.00	2,205	16

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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