Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2023-11-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was good 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	—	Average	1,717	106.15	1,823	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,463	91.43	1,338	82
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,215	91.03	1,106	119
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,052	81.12	853	140

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)	1,119	$1,297	13
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,127	$1,185	14
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,025	$1,050	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,018	$1,685	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,062	$1,332	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,217	$1,640	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	927	$1,000	3thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	927	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	1,780.00/head	1,500.00–2,060.00	1,780	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	978	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,101	1,267.85/head	1,225.00–1,300.00	1,268	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	1,044.36/head	925.00–1,150.00	1,044	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	117.64/cwt	95.00–130.00	1,156	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	1,185.17/head	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,185	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,262	1,616.92/head	1,575.00–1,650.00	1,617	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,018	1,685.00/head	1,685.00–1,685.00	1,685	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	1,661.71/head	1,650.00–1,685.00	1,662	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	1,208.59/head	1,075.00–1,260.00	1,209	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	808	1,023.07/head	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,023	2
Bulls	—	—	1,755	108.60/cwt	104.00–116.00	1,906	24
Bulls	—	—	1,603	98.80/cwt	95.50–103.00	1,584	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	98.90/cwt	97.50–100.00	1,490	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,342	87.70/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,177	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	93.27/cwt	93.00–94.00	978	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	75.55/cwt	68.00–80.00	784	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	987	60.01/cwt	55.00–66.00	592	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,064	84.81/cwt	79.00–90.50	902	95
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,211	91.67/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,110	101
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,238	87.43/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,082	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,479	91.65/cwt	89.00–96.50	1,356	69

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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