Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few steers and heifers last week for a good price comparison, undertone higher. Demand good, supply light.

Some optimism returning to the cattle trade as Feeder cattle, Slaughter cattle, cattle futures all trading higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.16/cwt on 391 head.

Average price

$146.16

391 head · 646 lb average

Value per head Derived

$943

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$247

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

$8.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.14

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	502	152.70	767	85
Medium and Large 2	480	147.60	708	25
Medium and Large 1	704	144.05	1,014	281

One grade step is worth $8.65/cwt here — about −$247 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 sale391 hd

146.16

—

MO average10 barns · 4,177 hd

146.29

−0.14

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

55 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 2Thin Fleshed	—	568	140.58/cwt	136.00–144.00	798	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	583	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	143.76/cwt	140.00–147.50	825	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	161.23/cwt	153.00–165.00	593	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	166.35/cwt	154.50–177.50	860	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	148.32/cwt	146.50–152.00	942	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	980	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	637	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	404	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	654	5
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	591	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	479	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	754	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	611	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	458	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	412	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	131.01/cwt	129.00–131.50	642	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	724	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	135.75/cwt	134.00–137.00	521	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	494	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	126.88/cwt	123.50–130.50	784	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	131.51/cwt	129.00–134.50	681	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	140.16/cwt	134.00–148.00	586	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	617	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	605	4
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	528	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	433	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	387	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	356	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	523	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	465	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	898	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	434	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	178.75/cwt	160.00–187.00	588	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	128.98/cwt	125.00–130.50	873	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	137.18/cwt	133.00–140.50	992	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	136.35/cwt	134.50–137.50	930	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	165.97/cwt	164.50–167.50	783	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	811	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	793	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	120.91/cwt	119.00–123.00	819	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	895	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	117.48/cwt	115.00–120.00	858	10
Bulls	Small 4	—	259	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	155	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	474	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	728	4
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	—	745	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	522	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	632	83.34/cwt	81.00–86.00	527	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	571	83.30/cwt	81.00–87.00	476	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	678	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	570	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	312	155.31/cwt	150.00–158.00	485	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	148.43/cwt	140.00–155.00	806	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	155.13/cwt	147.00–160.50	763	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	134.58/cwt	133.50–136.75	1,109	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	154.44/cwt	149.00–159.00	900	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	883	133.25/cwt	133.25–133.25	1,177	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	126.55/cwt	124.00–130.00	653	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	132.01/cwt	129.50–133.50	557	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	137.79/cwt	137.50–139.00	473	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	604	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	135.52/cwt	133.00–140.00	630	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	128.30/cwt	125.00–130.50	751	15
Bulls	Small 4	—	399	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	287	9

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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