Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2023-01-23

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Jan 23
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
366 head
79 vs last sale 445 87 vs year ago 279 · +31.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
81 head
44 vs last sale 125 7 vs year ago 74 · +9.5%
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 and bulls traded mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter cattle. The replacement supply included mostly stock cows that created very 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
BullsAverage1,813100.041,81418
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,44778.531,13747
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18275.71895113
CowsLean 85-90%Average97763.78623111

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,096$1,1764thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,148$90410
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)968$1,1033thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 1-21,1381,066.77/head1,050.00–1,085.001,0672
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29681,102.93/head1,025.00–1,225.001,1033
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2940115.66/cwt90.00–136.001,0876
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,01193.50/cwt83.00–116.0094515
Stock CowsMedium and Large 287473.09/cwt70.00–75.006396
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03586.28/cwt70.00–94.0089317
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,150863.58/head700.00–885.008648
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0961,176.08/head1,010.00–1,275.001,1764
Bulls1,76197.35/cwt92.00–103.001,7149
Bulls2,030107.41/cwt104.00–115.502,1807
Bulls1,28886.36/cwt84.00–89.001,1122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31883.69/cwt82.00–87.501,10314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57283.43/cwt82.00–86.501,3125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46767.66/cwt64.00–70.509933
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43078.74/cwt76.00–82.001,12639
CowsLean 85-90%97966.00/cwt60.00–72.0064669
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11666.39/cwt62.00–70.0074114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17075.93/cwt68.00–81.5088885
CowsLean 85-90%1,06774.99/cwt71.50–76.0080015
CowsLean 85-90%94254.59/cwt43.00–60.0051423
CowsLean 85-90%81836.30/cwt30.00–41.002974

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.