Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-01-30

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.63/cwt on 130 head.

Average price

$135.63

130 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$672

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$5.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.30

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	473	136.53	646	87
Medium and Large 1	577	134.46	776	35
Medium and Large 2	381	131.00	499	8thin

One grade step is worth $5.53/cwt here — about $147 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 sale130 hd

135.63

—

MO average7 barns · 4,981 hd

134.34

+1.30

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

41 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 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	432	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	357	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	500	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	243	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	389	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	157.65/cwt	157.00–160.00	754	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	516	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	519	148.39/cwt	148.00–149.50	770	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	407	144.73/cwt	143.00–146.50	589	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	482	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	646	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	135.42/cwt	133.00–137.00	802	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	610	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	763	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	558	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	826	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	129.23/cwt	127.00–130.00	738	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	137.25/cwt	136.00–139.00	726	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	133.31/cwt	130.00–135.00	701	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	343	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	381	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	499	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	399	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	571	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	819	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	999	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	153.52/cwt	152.00–154.00	594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	126.83/cwt	126.00–127.00	788	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	371	137.97/cwt	134.00–141.00	512	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	137.28/cwt	136.00–139.00	589	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	644	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	483	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	676	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	699	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	549	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	163.12/cwt	160.00–168.00	767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	612	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	298	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	554	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	179.88/cwt	176.00–183.00	849	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	148.81/cwt	143.00–152.50	939	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	899	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	513	163.76/cwt	155.00–166.50	840	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	433	169.95/cwt	169.00–170.50	736	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	803	5
Bulls	Large 3	—	447	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	224	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Calves	—	630	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	857	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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