Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers steady to 3.00 higher, heifers under 450 lbs steady, over 450 lbs unevenly steady to 3.00 lower. Holsteins under 550 lbs compared to a limited test two weeks ago, sharply higher, 550 to 875 lbs mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.11/cwt on 492 head.

Average price

$144.11

492 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$11

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

$14.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.25

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	145.36	765	339
Large 1-2	562	143.23	805	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	519	142.71	741	121
Large 1	632	131.75	832	12thin
Medium 1-2	594	130.57	776	7thin

One grade step is worth $14.79/cwt here — about −$11 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 sale492 hd

144.11

—

MO average13 barns · 8,070 hd

145.36

−1.25

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

113 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	448	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	627	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,043	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	603	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	992	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	550	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	897	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	408	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	734	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	480	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	157.50/cwt	156.50–159.00	893	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	344	192.22/cwt	190.00–192.50	661	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	155.80/cwt	155.00–160.00	818	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	989	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,078	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	513	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	682	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	660	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	878	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	471	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	723	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	574	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	812	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	835	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	985	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	414	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	580	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	467	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	576	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	720	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	907	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	121.17/cwt	117.00–122.50	957	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	167.62/cwt	161.00–170.00	543	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	133.65/cwt	130.00–135.50	893	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	143.33/cwt	134.00–150.00	892	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	152.02/cwt	146.50–158.00	725	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	135.59/cwt	130.00–145.00	774	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	156.11/cwt	150.00–165.50	684	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	149.04/cwt	141.00–155.00	774	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	373	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	638	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	774	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	438	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	635	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	544	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	125.00/cwt	115.00–130.00	781	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	819	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	868	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	856	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	149.37/cwt	147.00–152.50	642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	153.85/cwt	148.00–159.00	563	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	353	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	565	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	787	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	473	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	719	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	364	196.07/cwt	193.00–198.00	714	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	437	163.28/cwt	160.00–170.00	714	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	879	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	702	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	785	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	856	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	578	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	913	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	485	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	844	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	341	200.83/cwt	200.00–201.00	685	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	409	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	777	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	160.43/cwt	155.00–169.50	826	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	477	168.20/cwt	160.00–172.00	802	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	667	144.41/cwt	143.50–145.00	963	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	436	171.94/cwt	167.00–186.00	750	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	579	149.52/cwt	147.00–152.00	866	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	196.00/cwt	188.00–202.50	715	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	950	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	258	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	346	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	589	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	819	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	388	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	598	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	329	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	543	4
Bulls	Large 3	—	553	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	304	3
Bulls	Large 1	—	485	147.68/cwt	145.00–152.00	716	10
Bulls	Large 1	—	535	151.59/cwt	148.00–155.00	811	8
Bulls	Large 1	—	580	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	812	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	817	86.77/cwt	84.50–87.25	709	63
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	756	83.33/cwt	75.50–85.75	630	30
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	591	84.35/cwt	79.00–86.50	499	27
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	669	81.85/cwt	79.50–84.00	548	26
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	445	97.78/cwt	80.00–116.00	435	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	510	88.82/cwt	80.00–96.00	453	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	476	105.45/cwt	100.00–111.00	502	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	726	78.51/cwt	75.00–79.50	570	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	249	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	224	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	306	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	275	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	963	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	626	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	871	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	719	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	370	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	326	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	253	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	329	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	136.98/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,015	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	131.22/cwt	130.00–132.50	1,009	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	152.28/cwt	141.00–162.00	961	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	690	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,014	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	124.70/cwt	120.50–130.00	843	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	131.61/cwt	128.00–135.00	776	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	147.89/cwt	141.00–152.50	698	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	132.26/cwt	130.00–135.50	824	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	138.23/cwt	135.00–145.00	726	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	307	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	461	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	696	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	508	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	368	172.13/cwt	165.00–175.00	633	14
Steers	Large 1	—	745	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,006	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	863	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,113	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,062	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,211	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	516	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	826	9
Steers	Large 3	—	704	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	563	4
Steers	Large 3	—	518	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	420	7
Steers	Large 3	—	820	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	615	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	900	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,161	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	191.93/cwt	190.00–195.00	725	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	152.29/cwt	148.00–155.50	1,055	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	155.25/cwt	155.25–155.25	1,172	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	162.96/cwt	157.00–170.00	1,025	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	131.55/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,151	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	156.93/cwt	147.50–158.50	1,127	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	178.11/cwt	171.50–183.50	928	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	190.10/cwt	186.00–198.50	806	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	169.70/cwt	164.00–174.50	984	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	139.75/cwt	139.75–139.75	1,163	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	183.77/cwt	177.00–187.50	869	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	561	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	886	5

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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