Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher with many instances 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.85/cwt on 498 head.

Average price

$134.85

498 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$19.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.29

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	138.94	755	230
Medium and Large 1-2	599	132.65	794	230
Large 1-2	523	130.91	685	6thin
Medium and Large 2	498	123.82	617	17thin
Large 2	427	119.80	511	15thin

One grade step is worth $19.14/cwt here — about $244 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 sale498 hd

134.85

—

MO average17 barns · 5,874 hd

134.56

+0.29

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

60 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	—	575	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	788	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	690	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	139.40/cwt	130.50–144.00	867	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	123.94/cwt	123.50–124.25	895	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	141.02/cwt	138.00–142.50	757	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	959	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	132.25/cwt	122.00–144.00	696	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	118.24/cwt	116.00–120.50	905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	495	19
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	523	130.91/cwt	128.00–134.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	135.82/cwt	129.00–141.00	780	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	1,004	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	140.04/cwt	138.50–150.00	608	23
Heifers	Large 2	—	383	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	498	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	153.98/cwt	152.75–158.00	836	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	401	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	710	25
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	573	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	842	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	146.65/cwt	144.00–152.00	906	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	739	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	715	147.06/cwt	145.50–149.00	1,051	25
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	445	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	668	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	986	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	149.75/cwt	145.00–156.00	777	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	154.40/cwt	145.00–157.50	897	28
Steers	Medium 2	—	415	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	614	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	715	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	972	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	136.22/cwt	134.50–139.00	979	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	154.34/cwt	154.25–154.50	969	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,122	12
Steers	Medium 1	—	811	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,054	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	164.11/cwt	157.00–174.00	704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	138.06/cwt	137.00–139.50	1,069	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	134.27/cwt	134.00–135.00	1,082	15
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	522	141.23/cwt	139.00–143.50	737	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	149.46/cwt	149.00–150.00	861	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	147.93/cwt	143.50–154.50	993	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	601	19
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	538	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	141.72/cwt	132.00–144.00	957	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	136.67/cwt	129.00–140.00	857	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	141.71/cwt	140.00–146.00	584	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	882	25
Heifers	Large 2	—	456	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	515	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	123.84/cwt	120.00–124.75	811	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	456	142.03/cwt	138.00–145.00	648	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	948	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	917	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	706	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,029	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	705	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	968	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	755	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	365	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	270	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	860	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	714	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	777	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	657	42
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	627	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	502	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	641	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	754	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.67/cwt	130.50–131.00	875	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	139.82/cwt	132.00–150.00	731	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	137.56/cwt	130.00–144.00	645	24

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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