Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2017-11-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-11-22

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.85/cwt on 106 head.

Average price

$133.85

106 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$823

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$21.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.85

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	620	134.53	834	57
Medium and Large 1-2	611	134.36	821	46
Medium 3	588	113.00	664	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.53/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale106 hd

133.85

—

MO average3 barns · 3,720 hd

143.69

−9.85

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder 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	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	566	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	357	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	741	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	688	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	943	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	603	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	838	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	468	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	730	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	134.40/cwt	134.00–135.00	778	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	626	137.34/cwt	134.00–139.50	860	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	1,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	867	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	163.26/cwt	156.00–171.00	700	6
Heifers	Medium 3Yearlings	—	588	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	775	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	138.56/cwt	133.00–144.50	730	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	142.11/cwt	141.00–145.50	632	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	625	145.60/cwt	143.00–148.00	910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	140.90/cwt	140.00–141.50	741	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	889	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	141.10/cwt	140.00–144.00	682	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	921	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	135.09/cwt	130.00–137.00	769	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	154.35/cwt	150.00–157.00	872	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	701	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	911	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	861	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	734	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,018	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	860	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	773	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,105	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	639	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	961	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	945	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,120	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	368	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	456	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,104	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	710	87.41/cwt	85.00–89.00	621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	145.74/cwt	143.50–149.50	1,202	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	133.96/cwt	133.50–134.50	1,042	13

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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