Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2020-12-07

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Dec 7
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
476 head
0 vs last sale 476 0 vs year ago 476 · +0.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
199 head
0 vs last sale 199 0 vs year ago 199 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher. The offering included a heavy supply of cull dairy cows. The supply of bred cows was light to moderate and the supply of cow/calf pairs was very light. Supply was heavy and demand moderate for slaughter cows.

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
BullsAverage1,64974.411,22734
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40053.4774998
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27247.71607148
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08436.14392121

Every lot, as filed

44 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 PairsLarge 1-21,4001,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0016,4502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2720425.00/cwt425.00–425.003,0602
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 2905600.00/cwt600.00–600.005,4302
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 1-2950875.00/cwt875.00–875.008,3132
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2551,225.00/cwt1,175.00–1,250.0015,3746
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,125775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,7192
CowsLean 85-90%1,09139.85/cwt37.00–43.5043559
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33656.25/cwt52.00–60.5075226
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23048.48/cwt43.00–52.505967
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,014842.58/cwt725.00–975.008,5448
Bulls1,69674.96/cwt70.00–78.001,27119
Bulls1,72182.07/cwt79.00–86.501,4127
Bulls1,47666.40/cwt59.50–69.009808
CowsLean 85-90%86519.63/cwt14.00–25.0017010
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,13264.94/cwt58.00–82.0073513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,23549.93/cwt47.50–52.006178
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2331,223.49/cwt1,185.00–1,260.0015,0862
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,135600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,8106
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2968884.29/cwt775.00–950.008,5603
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,104600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,6244
Bred CowsMedium 1-2975638.08/cwt585.00–685.006,2212
Bred CowsMedium 1-2918500.00/cwt500.00–500.004,5902
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,11454.02/cwt48.00–60.006022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,300747.88/cwt700.00–800.009,7222
Stock CowsMedium 1-278981.97/cwt70.00–101.006479
Bred HeifersMedium 2568210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1932
Stock CowsLarge 1-21,27876.50/cwt76.50–76.509782
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,52457.76/cwt57.00–58.008804
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,250779.72/cwt600.00–885.009,74722
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1661,038.94/cwt900.00–1,160.0012,11413
Bred CowsMedium 1-2971694.91/cwt600.00–885.006,7484
Stock CowsMedium 285037.51/cwt35.00–43.003197
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35348.86/cwt45.00–52.0066166
CowsLean 85-90%1,15646.70/cwt45.00–47.5054011
Bred CowsMedium 2845460.00/cwt460.00–460.003,8872
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2764662.86/cwt550.00–710.005,0643
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38053.96/cwt50.00–58.5074558
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,432980.57/cwt850.00–1,110.0014,0423
CowsLean 85-90%1,10831.99/cwt27.50–36.0035441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14742.39/cwt40.00–45.0048656
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,480838.42/cwt750.00–900.0012,4096
Bred HeifersMedium 1-2770609.23/cwt475.00–675.004,69112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58961.93/cwt58.00–66.0098414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34347.81/cwt45.00–51.5064226

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.