Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, too few steers and heifers of anyone weight or kind for a good price test. Demand moderate to light, supply light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.54/cwt on 135 head.

Average price

$116.54

135 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$658

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$13.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.73

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	586	120.92	709	65
Medium and Large 1-2	550	116.05	638	41
Large 1	577	110.00	635	3thin
Medium and Large 2	531	107.12	569	26

One grade step is worth $13.80/cwt here — about $140 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 sale135 hd

116.54

—

MO average13 barns · 6,991 hd

132.27

−15.73

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	—	569	143.71/cwt	141.00–147.00	818	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	136.00/cwt	133.00–137.50	979	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	508	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	106.63/cwt	105.00–110.00	453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	109.67/cwt	109.00–110.00	623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	121.33/cwt	116.00–126.50	705	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	127.43/cwt	127.00–128.00	483	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	125.75/cwt	125.00–126.00	621	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	271	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	339	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	787	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	458	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	808	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	913	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	521	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	453	8
Steers	Small 1-2	—	470	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	541	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	139.62/cwt	135.00–142.00	849	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	114.08/cwt	110.00–115.00	601	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	139.89/cwt	138.00–143.00	867	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	143.12/cwt	141.00–144.50	776	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	445	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	485	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	783	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	118.42/cwt	115.00–125.00	610	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	577	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	635	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	932	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	585	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	536	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	734	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	899	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	679	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	688	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	516	3
Steers	Small 1-2	—	347	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	143.58/cwt	140.00–146.00	751	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	160.05/cwt	153.00–164.00	744	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	116.65/cwt	108.00–121.00	723	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	125.59/cwt	124.00–129.00	417	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	119.79/cwt	119.50–120.50	931	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	115.35/cwt	114.00–116.00	828	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	123.49/cwt	123.00–125.00	535	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	822	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	438	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	604	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	501	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	551	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	588	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	617	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	641	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	731	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	135.09/cwt	133.50–136.00	859	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	631	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	868	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	379	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	606	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	765	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	849	3
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	882	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	353	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	348	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	264	4
Steers	Small 1-2	—	398	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	430	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	457	155.27/cwt	147.00–157.00	710	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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