Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers unevenly steady, except fleshy, un-weaned calves, especially bull calves sharply lower. Demand best for yearlings and calves known to have had two rounds of respiratory vaccine and weaned over forty five days. Supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.75/cwt on 556 head.

Average price

$129.75

556 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$11.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.52

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	585	132.50	775	332
Medium and Large 1-2	581	126.01	732	210
Medium and Large 2	615	120.64	742	14thin

One grade step is worth $11.86/cwt here — about $34 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 sale556 hd

129.75

—

MO average16 barns · 7,647 hd

133.27

−3.52

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

73 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	—	773	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	962	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	135.66/cwt	133.00–136.50	772	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	142.51/cwt	139.00–148.00	693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,050	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	712	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	819	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	124.40/cwt	121.00–130.00	648	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	122.46/cwt	120.00–123.00	829	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	128.85/cwt	125.00–136.50	670	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	161.53/cwt	157.00–165.00	593	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	521	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	599	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	132.81/cwt	128.50–137.00	891	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	141.43/cwt	138.00–145.00	741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	143.23/cwt	140.00–147.00	975	21
Steers	Large 1	—	838	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,123	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	121.89/cwt	118.00–126.00	878	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	131.04/cwt	127.00–134.75	881	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	129.61/cwt	129.00–132.00	823	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	130.41/cwt	125.00–137.00	556	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	138.07/cwt	131.00–144.00	590	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	133.78/cwt	130.00–138.50	833	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	634	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	145.22/cwt	135.00–147.00	906	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	829	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,045	7
Steers	Large 1	—	536	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	817	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	117.60/cwt	113.00–121.50	917	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	307	132.77/cwt	130.00–135.00	408	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	141.99/cwt	134.00–147.00	538	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	124.74/cwt	121.00–126.00	574	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	137.67/cwt	130.00–144.50	988	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	126.45/cwt	125.00–130.00	989	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	145.89/cwt	143.00–148.50	851	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	156.16/cwt	154.50–157.00	684	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	123.70/cwt	122.00–125.00	785	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	134.20/cwt	130.00–136.50	778	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	124.13/cwt	115.00–130.50	638	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	569	136.12/cwt	136.00–136.25	775	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	481	167.62/cwt	164.50–169.00	806	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	686	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	890	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	606	153.49/cwt	150.50–155.25	930	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	616	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	815	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	462	142.13/cwt	136.50–145.00	657	37
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	440	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	374	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,141	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	141.28/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,084	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	135.42/cwt	134.00–136.00	1,156	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	125.85/cwt	120.00–129.00	605	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	130.47/cwt	125.00–134.00	496	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	137.00/cwt	131.00–144.00	664	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	529	119.61/cwt	119.00–120.00	633	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	892	5
Bulls	Large 1	—	471	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	636	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	157.75/cwt	154.00–159.00	672	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	142.49/cwt	139.75–147.25	1,180	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	161.72/cwt	158.50–169.00	758	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	649	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	130.07/cwt	125.00–137.50	542	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	120.79/cwt	118.00–125.00	681	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	486	141.59/cwt	140.00–143.50	688	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	499	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	587	136.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	798	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	123.03/cwt	116.50–129.00	700	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	123.28/cwt	120.00–128.00	780	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	121.71/cwt	112.00–127.00	758	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	133.64/cwt	132.50–135.00	841	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	611	117.99/cwt	115.00–120.00	721	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	723	127.81/cwt	125.00–130.00	924	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	713	111.61/cwt	111.00–112.00	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	128.59/cwt	123.00–130.75	946	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	952	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	664	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	128.31/cwt	120.00–145.00	627	6

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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