Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2023-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 3.00 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	1,823	108.51	1,978	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,385	90.51	1,254	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,202	89.39	1,074	154
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	990	74.06	734	75

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)	1,159	$1,423	25
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$1,039	5
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	835	$1,000	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	770	$850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,329	$1,856	4thin

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,295	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,681.63/head	1,625.00–1,775.00	1,682	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,237	1,422.23/head	1,160.00–1,625.00	1,422	12
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	1,417.12/head	1,350.00–1,475.00	1,417	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	868	787.33/head	700.00–825.00	787	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	151.51/cwt	139.00–175.00	1,541	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,216	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,590	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,076	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,463	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,182	106.58/cwt	95.50–119.00	1,260	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	935	93.82/cwt	80.00–102.00	877	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	984	1,012.49/head	800.00–1,075.00	1,012	5
Bulls	—	—	1,905	120.30/cwt	118.00–125.00	2,292	6
Bulls	—	—	1,856	96.06/cwt	93.50–104.00	1,783	4
Bulls	—	—	1,766	106.60/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,883	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,311	97.57/cwt	96.50–100.00	1,279	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,161	84.03/cwt	82.00–86.00	976	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,367	90.28/cwt	86.00–95.00	1,234	52
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	89.77/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,080	132
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	98.54/cwt	96.50–100.50	1,513	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,365	83.18/cwt	82.00–86.00	1,135	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	53.31/cwt	45.00–60.00	476	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	82.27/cwt	75.00–88.00	846	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	90.31/cwt	88.00–92.50	939	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	68.53/cwt	60.00–75.00	670	14

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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