Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2018-10-03

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 3
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
1,365 head
406 vs last sale 1,771 445 vs year ago 1,810 · 24.6%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Aug 10, 2026Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jun 20, 2026
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Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.12/cwt on 386 head.
Average price
$159.12
386 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$466
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$51.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.88
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1575166.05955180
Medium and Large 1-2533157.36839157
Medium 1-2434150.006514thin
Large 1437142.9362437
Large 2-3570120.006843thin
Medium and Large 2425115.004895thin
One grade step is worth $51.05/cwt here — about $466 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 sale386 hd
159.12
MO average6 barns · 2,999 hd
166.00
−6.88
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

73 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2481140.00/cwt140.00–140.006734
HeifersMedium and Large 2438132.00/cwt132.00–132.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671137.81/cwt134.00–142.0092529
HeifersMedium and Large 1358149.00/cwt149.00–149.005334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2892142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2673
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614137.49/cwt136.00–139.0084412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585141.42/cwt139.00–143.008275
HeifersMedium and Large 1463153.29/cwt146.00–158.0071047
HeifersLarge 1448141.00/cwt141.00–141.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1632146.21/cwt145.50–146.5092410
HeifersMedium and Large 1570149.39/cwt140.00–156.5085233
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529139.33/cwt135.00–144.0073731
HeifersMedium and Large 1420155.43/cwt155.00–156.006537
HeifersMedium and Large 1673145.00/cwt145.00–145.009765
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed608155.00/cwt155.00–155.009426
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed575158.50/cwt158.50–158.5091110
HeifersMedium and Large 1347155.00/cwt155.00–155.005383
HeifersLarge 1-2572142.00/cwt142.00–142.008123
HeifersLarge 1710134.00/cwt134.00–134.009513
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy690135.02/cwt130.00–137.009327
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy731146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,07110
BullsMedium and Large 1-2834121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,00910
HeifersMedium and Large 1735143.45/cwt134.00–150.001,05414
BullsMedium and Large 1-2979109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0675
BullsMedium and Large 1-2716131.45/cwt122.00–138.009415
BullsMedium and Large 1-2473146.15/cwt140.00–151.0069118
BullsMedium and Large 1-2566144.52/cwt134.00–150.0081834
BullsMedium and Large 1-2432152.29/cwt144.00–159.0065813
HeifersMedium 1738136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0043
BullsMedium and Large 1-2533139.38/cwt135.00–145.007439
BullsMedium and Large 1-2660140.00/cwt140.00–140.009242
BullsMedium and Large 1-2358150.00/cwt150.00–150.005372
BullsMedium and Large 1485145.00/cwt145.00–145.007032
BullsMedium and Large 1420165.00/cwt165.00–165.006932
BullsLarge 1662133.00/cwt133.00–133.008803
BullsLarge 1575145.00/cwt145.00–145.008342
Dairy SteersLarge 372570.00/cwt70.00–70.005082
Dairy SteersLarge 362074.50/cwt74.50–74.504622
Dairy SteersLarge 354274.05/cwt72.00–75.5040112
SteersMedium and Large 1581156.49/cwt152.00–164.0090919
SteersMedium and Large 1811155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,25716
Dairy SteersLarge 331983.01/cwt80.00–86.0026510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2671150.43/cwt149.00–151.001,00915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2512147.99/cwt145.00–154.0075812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2370175.89/cwt168.00–183.0065111
SteersMedium and Large 1861148.50/cwt148.00–149.001,2794
SteersMedium and Large 1628155.00/cwt155.00–155.009733
Dairy SteersLarge 379371.00/cwt71.00–71.005638
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320190.00/cwt190.00–190.006083
SteersMedium and Large 1522164.89/cwt159.00–169.5086146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2627151.79/cwt140.00–160.0095235
SteersLarge 1434155.00/cwt155.00–155.006735
SteersLarge 1473150.00/cwt150.00–150.007102
SteersMedium and Large 1-2423162.44/cwt154.00–169.0068723
SteersMedium and Large 1404192.00/cwt192.00–192.007767
SteersMedium and Large 1771156.72/cwt155.00–158.501,2086
SteersMedium and Large 1-2782147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1503
SteersMedium 1-2434150.00/cwt150.00–150.006514
SteersLarge 2-3570120.00/cwt120.00–120.006843
SteersMedium and Large 1-2710148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0513
SteersLarge 1527145.95/cwt145.00–148.0076912
SteersMedium and Large 1316205.98/cwt202.00–212.506515
SteersLarge 1373136.77/cwt134.00–150.0051018
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed648170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,1059
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed557169.50/cwt169.50–169.5094410
SteersMedium and Large 1680155.94/cwt151.00–158.001,06016
SteersMedium and Large 2425115.00/cwt115.00–115.004895
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483159.37/cwt150.00–166.0077049
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy652144.00/cwt144.00–144.009395
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421139.62/cwt134.00–143.0058816
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476142.66/cwt140.00–145.0067915
SteersMedium and Large 1457177.46/cwt174.00–186.0081134
HeifersMedium and Large 1537144.70/cwt141.50–155.0077719

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.