Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2023-09-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 1.00 to 4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was good on a heavy supply.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,600	121.10	1,937	42
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,476	109.68	1,619	80
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,204	107.38	1,293	112
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,014	91.34	926	152

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,152	$1,454	42
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,224	$1,373	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,085	$1,263	8
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	798	$900	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,098	$1,473	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	923	$1,307	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,340	$1,713	2thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,262.87/head	1,100.00–1,410.00	1,263	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	798	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	179.67/cwt	160.00–192.00	1,691	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	132.76/cwt	117.00–153.00	1,247	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	1,712.50/head	1,600.00–1,825.00	1,713	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	936	1,002.91/head	935.00–1,100.00	1,003	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	1,473.23/head	1,450.00–1,500.00	1,473	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,311	1,741.05/head	1,725.00–1,750.00	1,741	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	972	110.11/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,070	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	112.10/cwt	107.50–128.00	1,211	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,224	1,372.71/head	1,050.00–1,650.00	1,373	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,156	1,471.87/head	1,175.00–1,650.00	1,472	31
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	1,307.28/head	1,250.00–1,325.00	1,307	5
Bulls	—	—	1,581	120.46/cwt	113.50–129.00	1,904	33
Bulls	—	—	1,894	132.32/cwt	130.00–135.00	2,506	5
Bulls	—	—	1,384	112.38/cwt	109.50–114.00	1,555	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	114.69/cwt	112.00–119.00	1,499	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,185	106.62/cwt	102.50–112.00	1,263	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	59.72/cwt	49.50–68.50	508	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	101.83/cwt	100.00–102.50	1,390	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,465	108.64/cwt	103.00–114.00	1,592	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	118.48/cwt	114.50–120.00	1,878	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	95.02/cwt	88.00–103.50	984	102
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	105.25/cwt	103.00–108.00	1,142	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	83.12/cwt	70.00–88.00	799	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	101.44/cwt	100.00–103.00	1,205	10

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.

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