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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 14

● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Receipts

1,804 head

▲ 970 vs last sale 834▲ 976 vs year ago 828 · +117.9%

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, steer calves sold mostly 5.00 to 12.00 higher, and heifers were steady to 5.00 higher. A nice run of yearlings this week with 10 straight loads of steers on offer, and many other smaller consignments of high quality steers and heifers. Demand was good on a heavy supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $390.94/cwt on 101 head, up $16.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 35 comparable sales and sits −47.41 against this barn's trailing median of $438.34.

Average price

$390.94

▲ 16.80 vs prior sale

101 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$367

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

$50.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.63

vs MO average

−41.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	405.59	2,270	37
Medium and Large 1-2	547	384.80	2,105	59
Medium and Large 2	536	355.00	1,903	5thin

One grade step is worth $50.59/cwt here — about $367 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 sale101 hd

390.94

—

MO average19 barns · 1,898 hd

402.57

−11.63

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

−41.35

This barn, trailing median35 sales

438.34

−47.41

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.40, low $370.33, median $438.34 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

95 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 1	321	538.97/cwt	535.00–550.00	1,730	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	347	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,666	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	361	406.47/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,467	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	528.60/cwt	500.00–537.50	1,956	25
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	461.10/cwt	455.00–490.00	1,789	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	429	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,081	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,173	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,046	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	3
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	465	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,372	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	481	423.47/cwt	412.50–432.50	2,037	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	397.54/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,924	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	448.22/cwt	446.75–460.00	2,219	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	522	399.69/cwt	395.00–407.50	2,086	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	416.42/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,203	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	536	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,903	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	401.58/cwt	400.00–402.50	2,293	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	369.39/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,117	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	611	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,108	5
Steers	600–650	Large 2	626	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,909	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	380.79/cwt	376.00–391.00	2,388	68
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	368.97/cwt	365.00–371.00	2,361	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	364.77/cwt	362.00–368.00	2,469	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	345.84/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,345	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	702	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,088	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,513	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	355.31/cwt	351.00–357.00	2,587	37
Steers	700–750	Large 2	744	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,046	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	341.50/cwt	337.00–347.50	2,643	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	326.64/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,590	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	808	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,182	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	826	328.01/cwt	321.00–335.00	2,709	43
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,802	42
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	871	328.54/cwt	300.00–329.00	2,862	62
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	328.74/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,867	126
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	316.86/cwt	314.50–319.10	2,985	217
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	947	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,912	16
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	316.75/cwt	316.75–316.75	3,031	53
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	974	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	3,015	118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,518	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	376	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,504	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	367.07/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,523	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	416	401.40/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,670	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	422.44/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,766	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	422	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,393	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	435	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,649	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	420.26/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,929	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	363.16/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,743	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	376.56/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,815	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	377.06/cwt	367.00–395.00	1,931	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	341.03/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,777	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	362.85/cwt	347.50–367.50	1,923	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,942	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	565	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,978	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	350.70/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,013	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	373.04/cwt	365.00–384.00	2,145	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	316.11/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,957	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	648	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,041	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	320.44/cwt	315.00–322.50	2,121	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	340.31/cwt	329.00–343.00	2,290	32
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,327	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	311.96/cwt	300.00–318.00	2,221	29
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,567	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	810	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,369	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	935	257.50/cwt	240.00–264.00	2,408	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,656	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,690	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,181	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	398	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,851	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	439	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,866	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	462	420.74/cwt	417.50–430.00	1,944	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	398.03/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,871	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	476	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,952	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	372.24/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,787	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	504	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,142	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,082	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	337.80/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,800	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	354.31/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,051	25
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	345.27/cwt	340.00–347.00	2,110	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	331.83/cwt	327.50–340.00	2,203	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	672	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,066	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,850	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	714	316.45/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,259	12
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	277.20/cwt	260.00–281.00	2,254	12
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	732	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,830	3
Dairy Steers	950–1000	Large 3	989	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,324	17
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 3	1,024	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,437	18
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Large 3	1,093	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,186	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.

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

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

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Receipts 1,804Last week 834Year ago 828

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	416	400.00–412.50	401.40
24	450–500	482	370.00–390.00	376.56
26	500–550	530	347.50–367.50	362.85
22	550–600	574	345.00–355.00	350.70
16	600–650	619	310.00–327.50	316.11
14	650–700	662	315.00–322.50	320.44
29	700–750	712	300.00–318.00	311.96
2	800–850	810	292.50	292.50
5	900–950	935	240.00–264.00	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	349	435.00	435.00
10	400–450	418	420.00–425.00	422.44
30	450–500	459	395.00–425.00	420.26
19	500–550	512	367.00–395.00	377.06
22	550–600	575	365.00–384.00	373.04
32	650–700	673	329.00–343.00	340.31
5	700–750	705	330.00	330.00
8	750–800	772	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	376	400.00	400.00
14	400–450	435	379.00	379.00
7	550–600	565	350.00	350.00
6	600–650	648	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	538	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	422	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	505	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	390.00	390.00
3	500–550	545	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	350.00–370.00	367.07
17	450–500	480	350.00–367.50	363.16
5	500–550	521	340.00–342.50	341.03
2	550–600	550	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	388	455.00–490.00	461.10
3	400–450	440	465.00	465.00
14	450–500	481	412.50–432.50	423.47
30	500–550	522	395.00–407.50	399.69
29	550–600	573	365.00–395.00	369.39
19	600–650	640	365.00–371.00	368.97
27	650–700	678	340.00–360.00	345.84
2	700–750	718	350.00	350.00
12	750–800	793	325.00–335.00	326.64
43	800–850	826	321.00–335.00	328.01
62	850–900	871	300.00–329.00	328.54
16	900–950	947	307.50	307.50
118	950–1000	974	309.50	309.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	535.00–550.00	538.97
25	350–400	370	500.00–537.50	528.60
8	400–450	439	495.00	495.00
27	450–500	495	446.75–460.00	448.22
10	500–550	529	410.00–425.00	416.42
27	550–600	571	400.00–402.50	401.58
68	600–650	627	376.00–391.00	380.79
25	650–700	677	362.00–368.00	364.77
37	700–750	728	351.00–357.00	355.31
19	750–800	774	337.00–347.50	341.50
42	800–850	834	336.00	336.00
126	850–900	872	325.00–332.50	328.74
217	900–950	942	314.50–319.10	316.86
53	950–1000	957	316.75	316.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	626	305.00	305.00
4	700–750	744	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	400.00–440.00	406.47
3	400–450	442	400.00	400.00
4	450–500	484	385.00–405.00	397.54
3	600–650	600	335.00	335.00
4	700–750	702	297.50	297.50
2	800–850	808	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	347	480.00	480.00
5	600–650	611	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	536	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	465.00	465.00
15	450–500	476	410.00	410.00
3	500–550	530	375.00	375.00
2	650–700	672	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	480.00	480.00
3	350–400	352	480.00	480.00
2	450–500	470	385.00–410.00	398.03
5	500–550	514	405.00	405.00
25	550–600	579	345.00–370.00	354.31
4	600–650	611	340.00–347.00	345.27
4	650–700	664	327.50–340.00	331.83
12	700–750	714	300.00–320.00	316.45
12	800–850	813	260.00–281.00	277.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	504	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	425.00	425.00
8	450–500	462	417.50–430.00	420.74
2	550–600	550	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	480	360.00–385.00	372.24
5	500–550	533	330.00–350.00	337.80
3	650–700	685	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	732	250.00	250.00
17	950–1000	989	235.00	235.00
18	1000–1050	1,024	238.00	238.00
5	1050–1100	1,093	200.00	200.00

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.