Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded mostly steady to 2.00 lower, and slaughter bulls were 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light 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	—	Low	1,787	171.24	3,059	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,536	132.39	2,033	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,264	130.27	1,646	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,039	104.07	1,081	45

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,333	$2,088	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,236	$2,067	19
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,297	$1,882	9
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,186	$1,650	4thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,240	$2,300	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,455	$3,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,520	$3,200	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,430	$3,025	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,480	$2,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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	—	1,520	3,200.00/head	3,100.00–3,300.00	3,200	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,455	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,186	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	965	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,489	2,561.88/head	2,400.00–2,850.00	2,562	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	1,728.81/head	1,550.00–1,800.00	1,729	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	155.21/cwt	142.50–175.00	1,766	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,183	139.28/cwt	134.00–141.00	1,648	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,455	2,398.53/head	2,375.00–2,450.00	2,399	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	2,022.87/head	1,800.00–2,350.00	2,023	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,518	2,124.79/head	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,125	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,622.39/head	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,622	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	3,025.00/head	2,950.00–3,100.00	3,025	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,480	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	928	1,289.05/head	1,125.00–1,400.00	1,289	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bulls	—	—	1,633	151.28/cwt	147.00–156.00	2,470	5
Bulls	—	—	1,657	168.00/cwt	159.00–176.00	2,784	14
Bulls	—	—	2,045	185.75/cwt	176.00–199.50	3,799	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	98.75/cwt	87.50–108.00	977	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	73.61/cwt	65.00–85.00	676	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,319	140.44/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,852	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,470	121.15/cwt	118.00–126.00	1,781	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	120.09/cwt	110.00–126.00	1,341	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	120.23/cwt	113.00–125.00	1,474	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,263	130.49/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,648	43
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,532	133.34/cwt	125.00–138.00	2,043	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,955	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	2,708	1

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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