Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2023-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-11

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	—	Average	1,695	105.66	1,791	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,262	89.90	1,134	94
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,513	89.60	1,356	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,019	80.61	821	111

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)	1,170	$1,182	32
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,065	$1,022	43
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,085	$1,365	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	893	$1,145	3thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,165	$1,685	2thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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	—	1,165	1,684.66/head	1,550.00–1,800.00	1,685	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	768	479.41/head	400.00–660.00	479	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	135.29/cwt	131.00–139.00	1,468	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,161	1,189.90/head	1,150.00–1,250.00	1,190	10
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,008	943.20/head	710.00–1,150.00	943	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,054	988.63/head	760.00–1,050.00	989	20
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	999	110.70/cwt	100.00–131.00	1,106	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,248	1,029.85/head	1,000.00–1,085.00	1,030	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,030	1,159.71/head	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,160	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,273	1,350.22/head	1,100.00–1,650.00	1,350	20
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	1,145.15/head	1,050.00–1,300.00	1,145	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,364.65/head	1,110.00–1,650.00	1,365	3
Bulls	—	—	1,776	109.37/cwt	101.00–116.00	1,942	21
Bulls	—	—	1,885	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	2,356	1
Bulls	—	—	1,507	95.92/cwt	90.00–101.50	1,446	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,069	85.52/cwt	80.00–89.00	914	75
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	1,298	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	90.69/cwt	89.50–92.50	1,024	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,241	85.92/cwt	83.00–88.00	1,066	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	71.57/cwt	61.00–76.00	660	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	90.79/cwt	87.00–95.50	1,375	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,625	97.90/cwt	96.50–99.50	1,591	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,493	85.61/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,278	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	796	58.32/cwt	55.00–69.00	464	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	90.48/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,143	75

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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