Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to a light test last week, steer and heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, no recent test of yearlings for a price comparison. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.95/cwt on 460 head.

Average price

$149.95

460 head · 610 lb average

Value per head Derived

$914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$20.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.71

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	615	155.65	957	258
Medium and Large 1-2	614	143.46	880	118
Medium and Large 2	588	142.18	837	73
Medium 1	533	140.00	746	5thin
Medium 1-2	642	135.50	870	6thin

One grade step is worth $20.15/cwt here — about $87 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 sale460 hd

149.95

—

MO average15 barns · 6,310 hd

156.66

−6.71

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

56 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 1-2	—	483	138.23/cwt	130.00–143.50	668	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	130.17/cwt	129.00–133.00	685	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	144.95/cwt	140.00–150.00	481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	679	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	122.65/cwt	120.00–124.50	832	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	134.82/cwt	131.00–140.50	773	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	431	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	163.27/cwt	159.00–166.00	624	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	140.79/cwt	133.00–154.00	794	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	414	170.25/cwt	170.00–171.00	705	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	496	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	796	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	153.59/cwt	150.00–157.50	805	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,057	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	127.64/cwt	125.00–129.00	970	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	143.53/cwt	134.00–148.25	969	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	152.06/cwt	150.50–159.00	946	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	128.25/cwt	128.25–128.25	1,091	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	185.62/cwt	182.00–187.00	720	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	524	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	124.54/cwt	120.00–127.00	771	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	119.35/cwt	115.00–120.00	789	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	114.89/cwt	114.00–115.50	838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	146.49/cwt	142.00–148.00	705	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	145.70/cwt	145.00–146.00	555	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	909	7
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	468	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	383	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	620	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	147.10/cwt	143.50–147.75	815	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	138.36/cwt	130.00–146.00	861	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	131.15/cwt	130.00–133.00	943	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	137.40/cwt	130.00–142.50	904	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	332	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	634	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	162.12/cwt	154.50–166.50	927	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	796	139.23/cwt	130.00–141.50	1,108	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	181.81/cwt	174.00–186.00	784	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	533	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	746	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	123.56/cwt	120.00–129.00	707	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	141.03/cwt	137.00–147.00	602	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	873	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	636	125.01/cwt	122.00–129.00	795	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	155.57/cwt	153.00–158.00	649	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	146.02/cwt	143.50–146.50	777	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	153.50/cwt	153.00–154.00	503	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	507	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	809	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	790	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	337	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	573	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	136.19/cwt	130.00–136.75	848	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	589	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	160.08/cwt	151.00–166.00	783	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	148.78/cwt	145.00–150.50	854	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	161.60/cwt	161.00–162.00	621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	170.04/cwt	165.00–173.00	893	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	171.71/cwt	165.00–176.50	816	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	143.64/cwt	142.00–146.00	1,043	15
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	642	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	870	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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