Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers unevenly steady. Demand moderate, supply moderate to light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.01/cwt on 361 head.

Average price

$146.01

361 head · 628 lb average

Value per head Derived

$917

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$389

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$55.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.56

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	456	157.00	716	8thin
Medium and Large 1	643	150.44	967	167
Medium and Large 1-2	615	143.87	885	162
Medium 2	525	139.20	731	13thin
Small and Medium 3	719	115.00	827	7thin
Large 1-2	1,083	102.00	1,105	4thin

One grade step is worth $55.00/cwt here — about −$389 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 sale361 hd

146.01

—

MO average15 barns · 6,548 hd

148.56

−2.56

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

51 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	—	374	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	643	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	501	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	651	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	525	139.20/cwt	135.00–140.00	731	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	499	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	664	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	122.48/cwt	120.00–126.50	832	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	129.68/cwt	128.00–132.00	790	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	130.13/cwt	129.00–131.00	806	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	135.05/cwt	129.00–142.00	762	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	844	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	140.66/cwt	139.50–143.00	747	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	564	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	857	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,146	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	147.20/cwt	146.00–148.50	986	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	933	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	148.72/cwt	144.50–155.00	1,069	15
Steers	Large 1	—	456	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	716	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	145.16/cwt	142.00–147.00	842	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	138.99/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	148.17/cwt	143.00–155.00	926	16
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,083	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,105	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	134.18/cwt	133.00–138.00	955	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	170.81/cwt	168.00–172.00	641	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,060	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	140.78/cwt	137.50–147.00	871	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	132.36/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,077	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	154.02/cwt	150.00–160.00	813	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	163.38/cwt	159.00–165.50	783	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	401	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	702	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	150.83/cwt	147.00–158.00	730	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	156.32/cwt	152.50–157.50	922	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,147	9
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	719	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	827	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	147.32/cwt	145.00–150.00	785	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	521	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	714	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	133.97/cwt	130.00–139.00	501	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	339	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	563	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	625	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	850	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	582	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	772	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	143.79/cwt	135.00–147.00	673	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	966	77.25/cwt	77.25–77.25	746	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	132.43/cwt	131.00–139.00	891	17
Heifers	Large 1	—	760	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	569	130.83/cwt	125.00–134.00	744	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	136.99/cwt	132.00–143.00	644	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	140.37/cwt	133.50–143.00	823	29
Heifers	Large 1	—	512	129.99/cwt	129.00–131.00	666	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	135.31/cwt	132.00–138.00	575	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	146.36/cwt	144.00–150.00	394	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	136.34/cwt	130.00–142.50	725	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	447	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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