Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 3.00 to 8.00 lower on a limited test. No recent good test of Holsteins for a price comparison. Demand moderate to light, supply light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.80/cwt on 187 head.

Average price

$139.80

187 head · 619 lb average

Value per head Derived

$865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$67

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$52.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.96

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	677	142.09	962	80
Medium and Large 1-2	585	140.10	820	83
Medium and Large 2	458	137.00	628	21
Large 1	1,143	90.00	1,029	3thin

One grade step is worth $52.09/cwt here — about −$67 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 sale187 hd

139.80

—

MO average15 barns · 4,437 hd

142.76

−2.96

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

61 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	—	458	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	616	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	608	119.75/cwt	116.00–121.00	728	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	124.47/cwt	119.00–130.50	717	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	118.47/cwt	116.00–122.50	801	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	128.01/cwt	125.00–130.00	502	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	547	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	656	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	128.53/cwt	122.00–132.50	675	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	127.00/cwt	125.00–130.00	627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	334	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	434	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	110.18/cwt	107.00–115.00	846	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	374	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	132.14/cwt	125.00–136.00	581	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	605	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	756	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,020	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	137.19/cwt	135.00–140.00	862	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	127.43/cwt	127.00–127.50	1,068	14
Steers	Large 1	—	1,143	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,029	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	362	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	507	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	930	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	968	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	591	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	149.99/cwt	139.00–153.00	783	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	152.07/cwt	143.00–154.00	884	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	149.90/cwt	149.00–150.50	814	5
Dairy Steers	Medium 3-4	—	911	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	592	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	718	83.50/cwt	83.50–83.50	600	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	564	79.10/cwt	74.00–81.00	446	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	698	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	537	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	914	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	759	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	377	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	283	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	826	81.17/cwt	77.50–84.00	670	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	548	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	411	5
Dairy Steers	Medium 3-4	—	647	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	421	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	850	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	689	6
Dairy Steers	Medium 3-4	—	663	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	411	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	475	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	333	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	455	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	669	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	148.45/cwt	139.00–153.50	690	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	292	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	456	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	902	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	136.00/cwt	128.00–140.00	899	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,068	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	439	136.70/cwt	128.00–139.00	600	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	120.18/cwt	119.00–120.50	745	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	477	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	649	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	774	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	458	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	664	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	109.22/cwt	109.00–109.50	845	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	754	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	693	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	519	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	724	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	438	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	644	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	566	3

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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