Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2023-01-30

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Jan 30
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
249 vs last sale 366 358 vs year ago 475 · 75.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
73 vs last sale 81 69 vs year ago 77 · 89.6%
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 cattle traded mostly 6.00 to 9.00 higher on a very light test. Snow and ice in SW MO last week and more coming in today led to very good demand as buyers try to fill orders on very light supplies of slaughter cattle.

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
BullsHigh1,668107.621,7953thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46588.401,29525
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24785.101,06131
CowsLean 85-90%High98968.6467931

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)1,175$1,1001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,045$9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,438$1,5752thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,07079.99/cwt79.00–81.008563
CowsLean 85-90%1,00673.13/cwt70.00–78.0073619
CowsLean 85-90%95739.35/cwt36.00–43.003773
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32779.60/cwt79.00–80.001,0565
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29975.10/cwt72.00–79.509765
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29892.94/cwt91.00–95.001,2064
CowsLean 85-90%91063.41/cwt52.00–66.005776
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56994.91/cwt93.00–96.501,4896
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46988.76/cwt81.00–90.501,30414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22685.95/cwt81.00–89.501,05422
Bulls1,975114.00/cwt114.00–114.002,2521
Bulls1,515104.43/cwt99.00–109.001,5822
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1751,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,045900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4381,575.00/head1,500.00–1,650.001,5752

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.