Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand and supply moderate to light. The weather affecting the trade as the cold rain is not advantageous for gathering or receiving cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.69/cwt on 244 head.

Average price

$122.69

244 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$147

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$21.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.42

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	125.78	700	153
Medium and Large 1-2	549	119.78	658	70
Medium and Large 2	574	110.83	636	18thin
Medium 2	815	104.00	848	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.78/cwt here — about −$147 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 sale244 hd

122.69

—

MO average15 barns · 7,715 hd

132.11

−9.42

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

53 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	127.45/cwt	125.00–130.00	862	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	134.84/cwt	134.00–135.00	951	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	879	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	691	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	726	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	123.64/cwt	120.00–125.00	478	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	115.74/cwt	115.00–120.00	679	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	119.80/cwt	119.00–121.00	743	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	126.71/cwt	120.00–130.00	604	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	586	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	815	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	134.32/cwt	127.00–138.00	849	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	142.24/cwt	138.00–145.00	807	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	142.25/cwt	140.00–143.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	156.35/cwt	148.00–157.50	727	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	125.89/cwt	122.00–129.00	603	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	123.02/cwt	121.00–125.00	825	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	130.68/cwt	130.00–132.00	470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	118.30/cwt	114.00–120.00	620	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	121.69/cwt	120.00–125.00	521	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	119.20/cwt	118.50–120.00	867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	128.58/cwt	124.00–131.00	672	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,022	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	407	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,173	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	136.98/cwt	135.00–140.00	725	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	146.76/cwt	137.50–151.00	845	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	136.20/cwt	135.00–140.00	930	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	767	3
Steers	Large 1	—	717	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	122.43/cwt	120.00–124.00	577	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	909	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,050	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	127.33/cwt	123.00–131.00	719	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	122.34/cwt	121.00–124.00	757	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	480	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	547	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	127.83/cwt	125.00–129.00	565	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	443	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	694	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	685	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	414	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	518	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	638	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	903	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	339	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	498	7
Steers	Medium 2-3Thin Fleshed	—	405	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	466	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	570	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	661	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	603	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	748	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	611	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	803	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	631	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	795	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	132.92/cwt	122.00–135.00	957	20

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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