Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2020-01-20

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Jan 20
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
305 head
164 vs last sale 141 305 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
128 head
57 vs last sale 71 128 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Also sold hereFeeder CattleWed Aug 19, 2026Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jun 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 higher and the bulk of slaughter bulls sold 3.00-6.00 higher with a few extremely high dressing bulls 8.00 higher. There was a moderate supply of bred cows and a light supply of aged cow/calf pairs. Supply was moderate and demand moderate to good slaughter classes.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsLow1,70478.111,33140
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,40552.6474072
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30947.2761987
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06231.0933065

Every lot, as filed

35 lots · USDA AMS · Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Springfield, MO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,46666.73/cwt60.50–72.0097813
Bulls1,92585.79/cwt80.50–90.501,65113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36445.53/cwt43.00–49.0062119
Bulls1,92093.22/cwt92.00–94.501,7904
Bulls1,64076.89/cwt74.00–81.001,26110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32040.23/cwt35.00–44.5053129
Stock CowsMedium 1-296264.58/cwt54.00–69.006218
Bred CowsMedium 1-2983753.56/cwt750.00–760.007,4073
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,237928.55/cwt860.00–1,010.0011,4865
Stock CowsMedium 1-275878.85/cwt70.00–88.005983
Stock CowsMedium 1-286868.71/cwt55.50–80.005966
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297386.10/cwt73.00–95.008383
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12365.09/cwt53.00–79.5073110
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,488884.66/cwt775.00–1,000.0013,1643
Bred CowsMedium 1-2975676.62/cwt650.00–710.006,5973
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2171,025.50/cwt935.00–1,085.0012,48012
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,267723.09/cwt600.00–850.009,1625
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,165718.72/cwt625.00–800.008,3734
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2550210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1552
CowsLean 85-90%93819.10/cwt11.00–25.0017918
CowsLean 85-90%1,07831.75/cwt26.00–36.0034226
Cow-Calf PairsLarge 1-21,430925.00/cwt925.00–925.0013,2282
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,135975.00/cwt975.00–975.0011,0662
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0901,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0012,26322
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,463775.46/cwt750.00–800.0011,3453
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27353.36/cwt48.00–58.0067939
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62865.77/cwt62.00–72.001,07111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33945.27/cwt42.00–49.0060630
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39055.11/cwt51.00–60.5076631
CowsLean 85-90%1,22743.53/cwt40.50–49.005348
CowsLean 85-90%1,10238.70/cwt36.00–41.0042613
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,300950.00/cwt950.00–950.0012,3502
Bred CowsMedium 1-2Broken Mouth1,047584.90/cwt535.00–685.006,1243
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Broken Mouth1,218825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,0492
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,178668.65/cwt625.00–750.007,8777

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.