Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2019-10-09

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 9
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
1,733 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 1,693▲ 213 vs year ago 1,520 · +14.0%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Sep 14, 2026Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jun 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves steady to 5.00 lower, yearlings steady to 3.00 higher. Holsteins compared to two weeks ago, under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower on a limited test, over 600 lbs steady. Demand moderate for calves, good for yearlings, supply moderate. A wide price spread between un-weaned calves and calves on a vaccination program and long time weaned. Feeder Cattle futures showing optimism as contracts closed 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $141.06/cwt on 422 head.
Average price
$141.06
422 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$495
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3
$37.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.07
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649145.68945301
Medium and Large 1-2576136.0778473
Medium 1-2491128.0062812thin
Medium and Large 2729122.1889017thin
Large 11,112114.001,26813thin
Medium 2-3417108.004506thin
One grade step is worth $37.68/cwt here — about $495 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 sale422 hd
141.06
—
MO average18 barns · 8,704 hd
147.13
−6.07
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

67 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium 3Thin Fleshed—434110.00/cwt110.00–110.004776
SteersMedium 2-3Thin Fleshed—417108.00/cwt108.00–108.004506
HeifersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—503114.00/cwt114.00–114.005739
BullsMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—549121.00/cwt121.00–121.006646
Dairy SteersLarge 3Thin Fleshed—58172.60/cwt71.00–75.004225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned—551125.00/cwt125.00–125.006897
BullsMedium and Large 1Unweaned—614122.56/cwt120.00–127.0075311
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—577140.33/cwt140.00–141.008106
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—630114.40/cwt114.00–115.007215
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned—613129.41/cwt127.00–135.0079312
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—527120.00/cwt120.00–120.0063212
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fleshy—1,01667.00/cwt67.00–67.006814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy—714113.50/cwt113.50–113.508105
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—482132.15/cwt130.00–137.0063711
SteersMedium and Large 1—526146.73/cwt143.00–150.0077246
SteersMedium and Large 1—683144.01/cwt140.00–145.0098429
Dairy SteersLarge 3—67586.00/cwt86.00–86.0058119
Dairy SteersLarge 3—71580.87/cwt77.00–82.0057825
Dairy SteersLarge 3—95678.50/cwt78.50–78.507504
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—516133.50/cwt130.00–142.0068914
SteersMedium and Large 1—576155.12/cwt147.50–157.5089332
SteersLarge 1—1,112114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,26813
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—611123.54/cwt119.00–127.5075513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722134.25/cwt134.25–134.2596920
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—437124.78/cwt121.00–130.005458
Dairy SteersLarge 3—39787.00/cwt87.00–87.003455
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—594140.00/cwt140.00–140.0083216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568127.92/cwt126.00–132.5072737
HeifersMedium 2-3—558107.81/cwt107.00–109.006025
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—530129.98/cwt124.00–132.006898
SteersMedium and Large 1—431156.14/cwt153.50–163.0067336
SteersMedium 1-2—386135.00/cwt135.00–135.005215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—718120.05/cwt117.00–124.5086215
Dairy SteersSmall 4—82660.00/cwt60.00–60.004967
Dairy SteersLarge 3—52675.00/cwt75.00–75.003955
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—465127.37/cwt125.00–130.0059210
BullsMedium and Large 1—596125.50/cwt125.50–125.507488
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—411150.80/cwt148.00–153.006207
SteersMedium and Large 1—886137.25/cwt136.00–141.001,21640
SteersMedium 1-2—566123.00/cwt123.00–123.006967
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—418122.94/cwt120.00–127.0051416
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—772115.69/cwt114.50–117.008935
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480135.45/cwt133.50–137.5065038
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—569121.87/cwt119.00–127.0069322
BullsMedium and Large 1—532125.34/cwt122.00–138.0066715
Dairy SteersLarge 3—62082.44/cwt79.00–86.0051116
SteersMedium and Large 2—901125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1265
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—659138.33/cwt135.00–140.009129
SteersMedium and Large 1—640144.29/cwt142.50–145.0092343
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—519122.51/cwt120.00–125.0063619
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—377120.00/cwt120.00–120.004526
HeifersMedium and Large 1—616136.77/cwt136.50–137.5084339
Dairy SteersLarge 3—58885.48/cwt81.00–86.0050319
SteersMedium and Large 2—657121.00/cwt121.00–121.0079512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—817132.78/cwt130.00–134.001,0859
SteersMedium and Large 1—771144.61/cwt141.00–146.751,11545
SteersMedium and Large 1—744145.17/cwt143.50–145.501,08012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—473121.80/cwt119.00–125.0057640
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—667123.77/cwt122.00–125.508268
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669137.15/cwt135.75–137.7591841
HeifersMedium and Large 1—378130.42/cwt130.00–131.004935
BullsMedium and Large 2—351130.00/cwt130.00–130.004565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—579118.74/cwt115.00–120.0068812
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521128.44/cwt122.00–134.0066951
HeifersMedium and Large 1—436133.54/cwt130.00–138.0058215
BullsMedium and Large 2—489115.02/cwt110.00–122.005627
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—390140.00/cwt140.00–140.005466

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.