Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2020-12-14

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Dec 14
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
325 head
151 vs last sale 476 134 vs year ago 191 · +70.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
139 head
60 vs last sale 199 61 vs year ago 78 · +78.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady. The offering included a light supply of bred cows and a very light supply of cow/calf pairs. Supply was moderate to 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
BullsLow1,67373.351,22721
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44252.1175279
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26347.39598114
CowsLean 85-90%High99734.1034063

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1-2850950.00/cwt950.00–950.008,0752
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2675775.00/cwt775.00–775.005,2312
Bulls1,34163.31/cwt58.50–67.008495
Bulls1,69173.86/cwt70.00–79.001,2499
Bulls1,88679.88/cwt72.00–86.001,5077
CowsLean 85-90%1,15747.11/cwt44.50–49.005454
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01874.80/cwt61.00–87.5076116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,096787.09/cwt735.00–810.008,6274
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2935792.66/cwt785.00–800.007,4112
Bred CowsMedium 1-2Broken Mouth99041.00/cwt41.00–41.004062
Bred CowsMedium 1-2993570.03/cwt500.00–650.005,66011
Bred CowsMedium 1-294035.00/cwt35.00–35.003292
CowsLean 85-90%1,00330.46/cwt28.00–35.0030617
CowsLean 85-90%85616.69/cwt10.00–25.0014310
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2738435.00/cwt435.00–435.003,2102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22841.98/cwt38.00–45.5051634
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,352998.23/cwt875.00–1,035.0013,4968
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,637911.43/cwt825.00–950.0014,9203
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,260801.63/cwt600.00–925.0010,10122
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-295878.98/cwt70.00–88.507572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,34149.20/cwt45.00–50.506604
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25748.42/cwt45.00–52.0060964
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36154.74/cwt53.00–58.0074516
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40648.26/cwt45.00–51.0067938
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,201982.49/cwt825.00–1,150.0011,80015
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,21748.89/cwt42.50–54.005955
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2937791.06/cwt760.00–825.007,4124
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44454.01/cwt50.50–56.5078032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58861.65/cwt59.00–65.509799
CowsLean 85-90%1,01739.85/cwt37.00–43.0040532
Bred CowsLarge 1-21,41553.01/cwt49.00–56.007503
Bred CowsMedium 1-2946760.43/cwt660.00–850.007,1944
Stock CowsMedium 1-285283.94/cwt71.50–91.007153

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.