Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2020-10-05

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Oct 5
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
433 head
80 vs last sale 353 180 vs year ago 253 · +71.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
148 head
4 vs last sale 152 54 vs year ago 94 · +57.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls and stock cows traded mostly steady. Demand was strong for the leaner cows. Supply was light. The offering included a light supply of bred cows and cow-calf pairs with good demand.

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
BullsAverage1,62076.641,24143
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48254.0180163
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22449.73608127
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09741.29453126

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1481,123.33/cwt1,035.00–1,200.0012,8963
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1921,018.00/cwt900.00–1,085.0012,1355
Bulls1,62277.58/cwt60.00–97.001,25841
Bulls1,57057.35/cwt56.00–59.009002
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63360.75/cwt57.50–67.0099216
CowsLean 85-90%1,12243.79/cwt40.00–47.5049171
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43753.66/cwt52.00–56.0077121
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23749.73/cwt43.00–53.0061558
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22655.29/cwt52.00–59.5067831
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20145.20/cwt40.00–48.0054338
Bred CowsMedium 1-2972606.14/cwt500.00–675.005,8926
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,011731.14/cwt600.00–1,075.007,39226
CowsLean 85-90%1,14350.07/cwt47.00–53.0057214
CowsLean 85-90%1,03634.55/cwt30.00–39.0035838
CowsLean 85-90%1,07326.66/cwt26.00–27.002863
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,191714.73/cwt625.00–860.008,51217
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42650.14/cwt47.00–52.5071526
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-299979.84/cwt70.00–87.0079812
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,124640.92/cwt600.00–700.007,2045
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,198912.82/cwt625.00–1,225.0010,93629
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,430886.12/cwt875.00–900.0012,6725
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,4281,027.45/cwt800.00–1,200.0014,6723
Stock CowsMedium 1-283769.09/cwt59.00–97.0057811

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.