Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 450 lbs steady, 450 to 650 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate. Demand good for cattle suitable to graze, moderate for feedlot bound cattle as Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle futures closed in the red.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.36/cwt on 639 head.

Average price

$145.36

639 head · 510 lb average

Value per head Derived

$741

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$20.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.96

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	498	149.30	743	440
Medium and Large 2	542	144.58	784	12thin
Large 1	548	138.00	756	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	541	136.89	741	158
Medium 1-2	512	131.52	674	22
Medium 2	472	129.00	609	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.30/cwt here — about $134 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 sale639 hd

145.36

—

MO average7 barns · 6,158 hd

143.40

+1.96

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

101 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	120.56/cwt	119.00–125.00	815	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	123.78/cwt	123.00–124.00	888	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	137.75/cwt	135.00–140.00	714	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	146.03/cwt	140.00–151.00	532	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	148.15/cwt	148.00–149.00	639	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	495	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	152.51/cwt	150.00–155.00	436	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	608	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	730	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	662	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	828	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	160.81/cwt	152.00–165.50	687	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	154.08/cwt	144.00–158.00	806	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	134.74/cwt	130.00–140.50	838	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	154.05/cwt	147.00–164.00	738	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	160.95/cwt	152.00–169.00	610	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	153.61/cwt	150.00–156.00	501	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	138.87/cwt	135.00–150.00	810	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	129.62/cwt	127.00–133.00	849	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	912	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	151.72/cwt	150.00–154.00	407	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	956	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	360	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	567	133.61/cwt	133.00–135.00	758	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	528	135.56/cwt	135.00–140.00	716	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	658	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	842	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	472	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	609	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	668	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	808	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	352	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	468	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	525	131.67/cwt	130.00–134.00	691	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	413	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	593	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	548	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	756	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	271	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	488	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	170.87/cwt	168.00–173.00	711	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	554	145.33/cwt	140.00–147.00	805	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	128.25/cwt	123.00–131.00	853	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	638	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	874	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	412	177.96/cwt	170.00–185.00	733	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	158.29/cwt	145.00–169.50	828	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	473	163.54/cwt	155.00–183.00	774	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	327	184.43/cwt	182.00–186.00	603	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	591	140.62/cwt	139.00–143.00	831	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	613	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	877	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	780	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	959	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	187.31/cwt	178.00–201.00	701	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	233	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	429	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	618	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	847	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	432	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	667	10
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	574	137.39/cwt	133.00–139.50	789	9
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	539	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	728	4
Bulls	Large 1	—	639	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	856	5
Bulls	Large 1	—	560	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	857	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	541	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	406	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	328	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	256	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	551	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	413	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	362	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	290	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	470	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	329	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	579	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	834	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	493	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	321	185.70/cwt	183.00–188.00	596	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	365	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	672	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	272	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	156.83/cwt	150.00–163.50	897	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	150.65/cwt	145.00–158.00	925	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	131.67/cwt	131.00–134.00	968	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	163.59/cwt	159.00–172.00	779	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	183.35/cwt	180.00–187.50	691	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	133.66/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,076	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	157.17/cwt	155.00–159.50	824	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	183.09/cwt	180.00–185.00	505	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	948	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	131.99/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,006	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	387	192.13/cwt	191.00–193.00	744	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	471	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	158.06/cwt	155.00–160.50	997	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	185.38/cwt	179.00–188.00	882	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	172.23/cwt	164.50–181.00	918	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	169.14/cwt	160.00–170.25	961	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	183.72/cwt	178.00–188.00	757	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	138.06/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,135	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	147.85/cwt	143.00–154.00	973	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	717	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	142.14/cwt	141.00–143.00	1,022	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,176	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	197.50/cwt	196.00–199.00	687	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	545	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	869	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	482	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	819	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	402	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	683	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	930	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	288	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	397	4
Steers	Large 1	—	580	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	902	13
Steers	Large 1	—	638	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	556	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	826	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	634	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	824	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	503	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	780	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	340	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	395	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	644	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	137.50/cwt	134.00–140.00	791	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	145.40/cwt	140.00–150.00	695	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	127.41/cwt	125.00–130.00	801	18

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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