Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 1.00 to 4.00 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	1,818	168.80	3,069	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	138.75	2,082	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,206	136.34	1,644	71
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,001	111.32	1,115	65

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)	1,236	$2,200	30
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,112	$2,048	10
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,109	$1,889	23
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,084	$2,208	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,939	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,523	$2,530	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,660	$3,350	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,450	$2,575	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,199	$2,467	3thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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	—	1,523	2,529.72/head	2,400.00–2,650.00	2,530	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,450	2,575.00/head	2,575.00–2,575.00	2,575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	2,235.95/head	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,236	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,202	2,035.37/head	1,750.00–2,200.00	2,035	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,660	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,203	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	1,860.80/head	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,861	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	166.42/cwt	142.00–185.00	1,689	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	143.62/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,486	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,294	2,483.60/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,484	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	1,845.35/head	1,775.00–1,900.00	1,845	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	2,600.00/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,600	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,939.31/head	1,775.00–2,100.00	1,939	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	194.31/cwt	187.50–207.50	1,749	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	—	827	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	—	1,090	1,975.50/head	1,650.00–2,100.00	1,976	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,358	2,132.80/head	2,050.00–2,175.00	2,133	6
Bulls	—	—	1,978	182.93/cwt	180.00–185.00	3,618	4
Bulls	—	—	1,561	149.94/cwt	144.00–155.00	2,341	5
Bulls	—	—	1,840	170.06/cwt	157.00–179.00	3,129	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	122.09/cwt	112.00–131.00	1,306	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	132.05/cwt	131.00–134.00	1,293	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	99.34/cwt	90.00–110.00	974	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,302	145.26/cwt	142.50–154.00	1,891	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	784	79.23/cwt	70.00–87.50	621	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	127.88/cwt	124.00–129.00	1,483	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,487	138.24/cwt	129.00–143.00	2,056	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	144.27/cwt	143.00–145.50	2,239	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	128.03/cwt	127.00–129.00	1,978	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	135.23/cwt	129.00–143.50	1,607	51

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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