Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2018-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-01-17

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.76/cwt on 42 head.

Average price

$132.76

42 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$58

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

$11.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.57

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	139.77	807	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	674	128.44	866	26

One grade step is worth $11.32/cwt here — about −$58 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 sale42 hd

132.76

—

MO average5 barns · 1,922 hd

142.33

−9.57

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

16 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 and Large 1Calves	—	687	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	921	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	632	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	891	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	752	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	357	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	968	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	126.09/cwt	125.00–129.00	885	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	704	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	993	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	910	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	799	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	648	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	535	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	964	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	144.68/cwt	143.00–146.00	681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,014	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	136.61/cwt	136.50–137.00	738	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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