Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2023-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate 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	—	High	1,638	113.33	1,857	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	99.24	1,489	76
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,249	95.14	1,188	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,053	81.82	862	115

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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,197	$1,450	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,188	$1,405	24
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,228	$1,375	10
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	933	$1,190	8
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	835	$925	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,505	$1,775	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,538	$1,650	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,298	$1,646	6

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,538	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	1,893.71/head	1,700.00–2,225.00	1,894	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	1,407.49/head	1,100.00–1,610.00	1,407	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,197	1,450.35/head	1,300.00–1,575.00	1,450	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	936	960.78/head	825.00–1,050.00	961	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	991	1,382.04/head	1,225.00–1,525.00	1,382	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,332	1,670.00/head	1,450.00–1,850.00	1,670	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	869.11/head	700.00–975.00	869	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	924.63/head	800.00–1,025.00	925	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,071	125.90/cwt	105.00–150.00	1,348	30
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,475	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	3
Bulls	—	—	1,755	127.67/cwt	125.00–130.00	2,241	3
Bulls	—	—	1,689	116.56/cwt	109.00–124.00	1,969	12
Bulls	—	—	1,478	99.71/cwt	94.50–105.00	1,474	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	107.70/cwt	106.00–108.50	1,492	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,492	98.72/cwt	93.00–105.50	1,473	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	76.25/cwt	70.00–82.00	749	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,409	91.01/cwt	86.00–94.00	1,282	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	59.92/cwt	51.00–65.50	530	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	88.35/cwt	84.50–91.00	1,052	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,641	111.03/cwt	106.00–117.00	1,822	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	88.21/cwt	80.00–93.00	985	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,005	94.54/cwt	93.50–95.50	950	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	96.40/cwt	90.00–106.00	1,213	78

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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