Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2020-03-11

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Mar 11
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
818 head
324 vs last sale 1,142 463 vs year ago 1,281 · 36.1%
Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Aug 10, 2026Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Jun 20, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs and heifers under 450 lbs steady to firm, steers over 500 lbs and heifers over 450 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, with a limited test of Feeders over 600 lbs. No recent test of Holsteins for a price comparison. Demand moderate to good for light grazing cattle, moderate for all others. Supply moderate to light. Feeder Cattle futures closed limit or near limit down, Live Cattle futures down 2.25 to 3.00,

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.24/cwt on 212 head.
Average price
$154.24
212 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$817
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$595
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3
$102.61/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.27
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1519162.6184494
Medium and Large 1-2531152.2380893
Large 1582148.3986318thin
Medium 2-3648115.007453thin
Medium 341560.002494thin
One grade step is worth $102.61/cwt here — about $595 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 sale212 hd
154.24
MO average17 barns · 8,461 hd
149.97
+4.27
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

65 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 and Large 1713126.00/cwt126.00–126.008983
HeifersLarge 1564120.00/cwt120.00–120.006773
BullsMedium and Large 1-2410150.00/cwt150.00–150.006153
BullsMedium and Large 1529157.45/cwt153.00–160.508335
BullsMedium and Large 1473177.50/cwt177.50–177.508403
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned519160.23/cwt158.00–162.508326
SteersMedium and Large 1367190.32/cwt190.00–191.006989
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy704130.00/cwt130.00–130.009156
SteersMedium 2-3648115.00/cwt115.00–115.007453
SteersLarge 1638140.00/cwt140.00–140.008934
HeifersMedium and Large 2597110.00/cwt110.00–110.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2487129.25/cwt127.00–134.0062922
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577120.00/cwt120.00–120.006928
Dairy SteersLarge 3Thin Fleshed50275.50/cwt75.50–75.503793
Dairy SteersLarge 326281.00/cwt81.00–81.002129
Dairy SteersLarge 332586.08/cwt75.00–90.002804
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned620130.50/cwt130.50–130.508093
SteersMedium and Large 1-2530149.90/cwt145.00–154.0079416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613141.80/cwt139.50–143.008696
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned607150.00/cwt150.00–150.009119
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned629120.00/cwt120.00–120.007559
HeifersMedium and Large 1370152.03/cwt145.00–158.005635
HeifersLarge 1628120.00/cwt120.00–120.007544
BullsMedium and Large 1-2705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008533
BullsMedium and Large 1367189.83/cwt185.00–199.006976
BullsMedium and Large 1578152.50/cwt152.50–152.508813
BullsMedium 1Fleshy669107.00/cwt107.00–107.007165
SteersMedium and Large 1563153.47/cwt147.00–158.5086421
SteersMedium and Large 1439181.37/cwt179.00–184.007965
SteersMedium 341560.00/cwt60.00–60.002494
SteersLarge 1430175.00/cwt175.00–175.007535
HeifersMedium and Large 2517123.66/cwt122.00–125.006399
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2377144.18/cwt138.00–146.0054426
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2419140.83/cwt139.00–145.0059013
Dairy SteersMedium 328460.00/cwt60.00–60.001704
Dairy SteersLarge 380272.00/cwt72.00–72.0057710
Dairy SteersLarge 344072.00/cwt72.00–72.003174
Dairy SteersLarge 368170.00/cwt70.00–70.004773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2430169.32/cwt160.00–172.0072822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340175.00/cwt175.00–175.005957
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395168.00/cwt168.00–168.006643
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2343145.00/cwt145.00–145.004974
HeifersMedium and Large 1578129.35/cwt128.00–130.007486
HeifersMedium 1-2513121.00/cwt121.00–121.006213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed482160.00/cwt160.00–160.007713
BullsMedium and Large 1610145.00/cwt145.00–145.0088512
BullsMedium and Large 1790109.34/cwt108.00–110.008643
BullsMedium and Large 1282191.28/cwt189.00–192.505393
SteersMedium and Large 1460171.23/cwt164.50–181.5078826
SteersMedium and Large 1506172.71/cwt169.50–175.008747
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy636138.01/cwt136.50–139.008785
SteersLarge 1699128.00/cwt128.00–128.008956
SteersLarge 1525156.00/cwt156.00–156.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 2492125.00/cwt125.00–125.006153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed459137.00/cwt137.00–137.006294
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517129.37/cwt125.00–130.0066916
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007985
Dairy SteersLarge 336581.88/cwt74.00–90.0029912
Dairy SteersLarge 349970.00/cwt70.00–70.003497
Dairy SteersLarge 319160.00/cwt60.00–60.001154
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567146.03/cwt144.00–152.0082822
SteersMedium and Large 1-2665137.00/cwt137.00–137.0091110
SteersMedium and Large 1-2806120.00/cwt120.00–120.009674
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2869105.00/cwt105.00–105.009124
HeifersMedium and Large 1540138.89/cwt137.00–140.0075016

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.