Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2023-01-09

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Jan 9
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
433 head
138 vs last sale 295 88 vs year ago 345 · +25.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
32 vs last sale 70 1 vs year ago 103 · 1.0%
Also sold hereFeeder CattleWed Aug 19, 2026Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jun 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded mostly steady. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter cattle and a moderate to heavy supply of replacement cattle this week.

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
BullsAverage1,74094.041,63627
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50275.741,13877
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26072.33912113
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04155.60579103

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,067$1,1413thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,143$1,13932
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$86417
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,168$1,1413thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2291,372.66/head1,300.00–1,400.001,3737
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1541,095.25/head885.00–1,200.001,09522
Bred CowsMedium 1-2860917.64/head900.00–950.009183
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150892.36/head750.00–1,000.0089215
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0671,140.63/head1,125.00–1,150.001,1413
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1681,141.41/head1,025.00–1,185.001,1413
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2908125.92/cwt118.00–130.001,1433
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12191.34/cwt83.00–111.001,02417
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,063650.00/head650.00–650.006502
Bulls1,68892.01/cwt86.00–97.501,55315
Bulls1,47077.20/cwt72.00–85.001,1353
Bulls1,916103.05/cwt97.50–107.501,9749
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16365.11/cwt62.00–67.5075729
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50675.74/cwt68.50–79.501,14157
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54481.12/cwt79.50–83.501,25213
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35581.41/cwt79.00–87.001,10322
CowsLean 85-90%1,14965.80/cwt64.50–68.507565
CowsLean 85-90%97051.10/cwt45.00–57.0049620
CowsLean 85-90%91235.29/cwt26.00–44.0032216
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27272.49/cwt67.00–77.0092262
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39465.80/cwt62.00–68.009177
CowsLean 85-90%1,08861.47/cwt56.00–65.0066962

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.