Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, too few of any one weight or kind for a good price test, undertone lower. Demand moderate, supply light. Buyers active, just at lower prices.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.48/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$142.48

126 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$123

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

$32.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.75

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	468	149.19	698	21
Medium and Large 1	594	143.29	851	95
Medium and Large 2	283	130.00	368	3thin
Large 1	703	116.79	821	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.40/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale126 hd

142.48

—

MO average13 barns · 3,431 hd

134.73

+7.75

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

26 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	Large 1	—	672	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	121.01/cwt	118.00–124.00	576	17
Steers	Large 1	—	777	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	804	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	754	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	595	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	595	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	732	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	765	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	150.55/cwt	148.50–155.00	804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	628	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	439	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	795	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	888	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	111.24/cwt	106.50–114.25	1,010	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	330	155.96/cwt	150.00–158.00	515	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	162.80/cwt	159.00–164.00	554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	368	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	142.17/cwt	135.00–147.00	608	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	129.00/cwt	121.00–135.00	480	10
Steers	Large 1	—	605	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,012	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	164.56/cwt	164.00–165.00	768	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	377	152.92/cwt	150.00–154.00	577	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	783	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	423	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	613	4

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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