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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 7

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

834 head

▼ 435 vs last sale 1,269▼ 212 vs year ago 1,046 · −20.3%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 26, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower and heifers sold mostly steady. Supply was moderate with the majority of the sale consisting of small consignments of unweaned or short weaned calves. Demand was moderate to light.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.35/cwt on 99 head, down $13.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 35 comparable sales and sits −49.35 against this barn's trailing median of $394.70.

Average price

$345.35

▼ 13.68 vs prior sale

99 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$137

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

$52.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.92

vs MO average

−22.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	378.44	1,941	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	558	340.80	1,903	73
Medium and Large 2	554	325.54	1,804	10thin

One grade step is worth $52.90/cwt here — about $137 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale99 hd

345.35

—

MO average16 barns · 1,426 hd

359.27

−13.92

National average187 barns · 16,614 hd

367.91

−22.56

This barn, trailing median35 sales

394.70

−49.35

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

35 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $337.37, median $394.70 across 35 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

98 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	308	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,355	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,544	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	325	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,658	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	355	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,491	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,764	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	453.51/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,701	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	376.79/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,620	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	440.79/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,935	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	474.96/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,099	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	458.21/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,094	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	430.68/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,059	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	387.50/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,918	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	498	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,843	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	409.51/cwt	395.50–412.50	2,101	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	426.31/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,200	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	525	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,048	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	378.28/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,990	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	534	411.84/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,199	5
Steers	500–550	Large 2-3Unweaned	545	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,581	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,180	2
Steers	550–600	Large 2	555	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,818	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	363.92/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,078	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	590	366.97/cwt	365.00–367.50	2,165	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,284	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	344.03/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,161	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	632	316.49/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,000	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	335.40/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,230	11
Steers	650–700	Medium 2	682	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,080	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,016	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	350.15/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,490	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	325.00/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,356	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	763	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,518	15
Steers	750–800	Large 2-3	785	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,609	2
Steers	800–850	Medium 2-3	836	210.14/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,757	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	874	314.28/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,747	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	956	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,782	9
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,038	273.39/cwt	273.00–275.00	2,838	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	319	418.35/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,335	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	362	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,249	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	393.09/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,478	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	369.97/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,395	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	391	388.33/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,518	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	393	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,611	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	426.95/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,742	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,730	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	400.05/cwt	375.00–410.00	1,668	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	431	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,595	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	361.37/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,568	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	349.54/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,636	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,987	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	375.50/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,787	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	480	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,776	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	511	342.00/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,748	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	378.44/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,941	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	346.07/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,813	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	329.36/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,792	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	342.20/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,978	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	316.63/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,830	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	580	329.19/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,909	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	627	311.12/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,951	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,130	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	325.77/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,075	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	316.77/cwt	300.00–322.50	2,100	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,022	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	704	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,499	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	279.83/cwt	275.00–290.00	2,051	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	328.40/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,440	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	765	295.10/cwt	285.00–300.00	2,258	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	332.43/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,580	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,184	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,775	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	448.14/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,667	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,009	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	437	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,792	18
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	446.51/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,956	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	445.08/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,105	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	481	418.75/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,014	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,265	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,100	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	370.41/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,941	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	381.44/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,128	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	564	354.59/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,000	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	590	345.32/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,037	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,888	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	613	303.38/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,860	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	334.15/cwt	315.00–345.00	2,068	12
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	301.95/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,939	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	643	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,025	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	306.81/cwt	280.00–315.00	2,362	14
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	865	262.24/cwt	240.00–285.00	2,268	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	970	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,280	2

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Wed Oct 7, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 834Last week 1,269Year ago 1,046

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	372	440.00–450.00	448.14
18	400–450	438	430.00–460.00	446.51
2	450–500	473	440.00–450.00	445.08
4	500–550	524	360.00–380.00	370.41
10	550–600	590	340.00–370.00	345.32
12	600–650	619	315.00–345.00	334.15
14	750–800	770	280.00–315.00	306.81
2	850–900	865	240.00–285.00	262.24
2	950–1000	970	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	500.00	500.00
12	400–450	410	490.00	490.00
11	450–500	482	470.00	470.00
7	550–600	558	380.00–385.00	381.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	500	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	590	320.00	320.00
5	600–650	642	300.00–310.00	301.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	613	300.00–310.00	303.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	430.00	430.00
18	400–450	437	410.00	410.00
8	450–500	481	410.00–420.00	418.75
12	550–600	564	350.00–355.00	354.59
3	600–650	643	315.00	315.00
4	650–700	650	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	490.00	490.00
12	400–450	442	470.00–480.00	474.96
3	450–500	457	450.00–475.00	458.21
8	500–550	516	415.00–430.00	426.31
2	550–600	552	395.00	395.00
15	600–650	609	375.00	375.00
7	700–750	711	340.00–365.00	350.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	442	400.00	400.00
2	450–500	495	385.00–390.00	387.50
3	500–550	525	390.00	390.00
18	550–600	590	365.00–367.50	366.97
3	600–650	632	310.00–330.00	316.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	490.00	490.00
3	350–400	375	440.00–470.00	453.51
6	400–450	439	435.00–450.00	440.79
14	450–500	478	410.00–440.00	430.68
10	500–550	513	395.50–412.50	409.51
8	550–600	571	350.00–385.00	363.92
28	600–650	628	340.00–350.00	344.03
11	650–700	665	330.00–350.00	335.40
7	700–750	725	320.00–330.00	325.00
15	750–800	763	330.00	330.00
7	850–900	874	310.00–315.00	314.28
9	950–1000	956	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	836	190.00–220.00	210.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	682	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	555	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	785	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	545	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,038	273.00–275.00	273.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	510.00	510.00
5	500–550	534	400.00–420.00	411.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	308	440.00	440.00
3	350–400	360	400.00	400.00
3	400–450	430	365.00–400.00	376.79
6	500–550	526	375.00–380.00	378.28
2	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	695	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	400.00–430.00	418.35
11	350–400	376	385.00–415.00	393.09
8	400–450	417	375.00–410.00	400.05
8	450–500	476	365.00–390.00	375.50
21	500–550	524	335.00–360.00	346.07
33	550–600	578	327.50–350.00	342.20
26	600–650	637	320.00–335.00	325.77
10	650–700	663	300.00–322.50	316.77
3	750–800	765	285.00–300.00	295.10
2	800–850	840	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	408	415.00–430.00	426.95
8	450–500	473	420.00	420.00
16	500–550	513	370.00–385.00	378.44
12	700–750	743	320.00–332.50	328.40
8	750–800	776	330.00–350.00	332.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	410.00	410.00
2	400–450	412	420.00	420.00
4	600–650	631	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	704	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	377	350.00–385.00	369.97
11	400–450	434	350.00–370.00	361.37
3	450–500	468	330.00–360.00	349.54
7	500–550	544	315.00–335.00	329.36
3	550–600	578	310.00–320.00	316.63
3	650–700	663	305.00	305.00
6	700–750	733	275.00–290.00	279.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	370.00–400.00	388.33
7	400–450	431	370.00	370.00
5	450–500	480	370.00	370.00
5	500–550	511	340.00–345.00	342.00
14	550–600	580	325.00–337.50	329.19
9	600–650	627	310.00–315.00	311.12
2	700–750	710	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	345.00	345.00
3	450–500	475	350.00	350.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.