Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2017-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-12-20

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.24/cwt on 187 head.

Average price

$134.24

187 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2

$18.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.26

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	140.28	771	79
Medium and Large 2	510	137.50	701	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	639	129.54	827	87
Medium 1-2	627	122.22	767	9thin

One grade step is worth $18.06/cwt here — about $5 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 sale187 hd

134.24

—

MO average2 barns · 1,992 hd

141.49

−7.26

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

65 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	Medium 1-2	—	620	133.92/cwt	133.50–134.50	830	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	680	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	904	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	925	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	148.66/cwt	147.00–149.00	754	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	583	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	684	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	900	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	954	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	678	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	464	160.51/cwt	160.00–161.00	745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	814	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	650	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	806	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	131.75/cwt	131.00–132.50	876	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	749	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	148.00/cwt	145.00–149.00	709	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	127.53/cwt	124.50–133.50	810	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	462	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	849	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,002	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	608	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	599	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	137.59/cwt	136.00–138.50	775	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	982	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	146.09/cwt	143.00–150.00	691	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	121.74/cwt	120.00–122.50	878	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	149.70/cwt	148.00–151.00	645	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	512	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	712	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	137.40/cwt	135.00–139.00	723	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	609	136.63/cwt	135.50–138.00	832	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	407	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	606	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	563	140.84/cwt	135.50–144.50	793	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	797	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	444	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	719	9
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	745	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	559	11
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	836	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	543	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	372	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	331	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	482	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	410	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	157.07/cwt	155.00–160.00	759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	941	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	144.10/cwt	138.50–146.00	965	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	161.85/cwt	160.00–169.00	694	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,027	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	151.85/cwt	149.50–155.00	951	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	639	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	907	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	168.67/cwt	168.00–170.00	621	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	839	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	148.94/cwt	139.00–155.00	789	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	615	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	994	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	138.01/cwt	135.00–140.00	940	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	—	679	132.80/cwt	131.00–135.00	902	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,008	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,130	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	584	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	742	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	155.42/cwt	154.00–160.00	905	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	167.72/cwt	161.00–170.00	768	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	156.58/cwt	155.50–158.00	852	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	123.31/cwt	120.00–128.50	836	15
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	838	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	964	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	137.78/cwt	137.00–138.00	789	9

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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