Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 600 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower, steers 600 to 750 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 750 lbs undertone higher compared to a limited test last week, few comparisons of heifers over 600 lbs last week, undertone lower. Holsteins compared to two weeks ago, steady except under 400 lbs and over 700 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Demand moderate, supply moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.87/cwt on 885 head.

Average price

$135.87

885 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

per head · Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.23

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	433	140.00	606	5thin
Medium and Large 1	667	137.68	918	731
Medium and Large 1-2	627	130.98	821	111
Medium 1	698	128.00	893	12thin
Medium and Large 2	598	118.00	706	6thin
Large 1	783	107.00	838	10thin
Medium and Large 2-3	596	105.00	626	10thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale885 hd

135.87

—

MO average16 barns · 10,952 hd

142.11

−6.23

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

101 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	—	282	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	426	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	90.75/cwt	90.75–90.75	767	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	115.40/cwt	110.00–121.50	727	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	121.24/cwt	117.00–126.00	703	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	372	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	118.87/cwt	116.00–122.00	667	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	598	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	861	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	522	147.99/cwt	146.00–155.50	773	41
Bulls	Large 1	—	402	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	527	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	278	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	492	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	385	154.72/cwt	150.00–160.00	596	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	128.20/cwt	127.00–129.00	790	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Gaunt	—	539	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	593	4
Bulls	Small 4	—	379	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	227	11
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	425	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	510	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	391	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	252	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	154.32/cwt	153.00–155.00	591	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	134.19/cwt	125.00–139.50	765	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	642	88.25/cwt	87.00–89.50	567	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	343	81.51/cwt	80.00–83.00	280	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	514	83.90/cwt	80.00–89.00	431	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	786	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	590	37
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	581	86.04/cwt	83.00–89.00	500	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	118.50/cwt	115.00–122.00	632	24
Steers	Medium 1	—	698	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	893	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	867	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	854	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	889	114.76/cwt	108.00–116.35	1,020	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	127.57/cwt	123.00–129.00	929	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	146.48/cwt	141.50–157.00	835	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	812	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	964	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	248	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	422	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	433	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	126.06/cwt	121.00–133.00	543	25
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	649	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	477	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	726	81.77/cwt	77.50–85.50	594	45
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	479	87.90/cwt	80.00–91.00	421	29
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	679	80.73/cwt	80.00–82.50	548	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	927	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	695	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	596	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	626	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	122.21/cwt	120.00–125.00	783	9
Steers	Large 1	—	1,143	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	914	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	381	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	474	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	469	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	563	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	93.94/cwt	90.00–100.00	681	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	130.59/cwt	130.00–131.00	612	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	127.01/cwt	125.00–129.00	724	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	152.14/cwt	145.00–159.00	662	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	758	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	525	135.30/cwt	134.00–136.50	710	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	131.24/cwt	125.00–133.25	879	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	135.20/cwt	129.00–138.00	512	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	126.03/cwt	122.00–130.00	660	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	129.31/cwt	125.00–135.00	618	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	146.51/cwt	140.00–150.00	475	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	775	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	115.20/cwt	110.00–116.75	708	57
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	491	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	132.54/cwt	130.00–134.25	904	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	167.58/cwt	159.50–177.00	729	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	138.96/cwt	134.00–145.50	863	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,001	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	284	175.24/cwt	170.00–181.00	498	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	553	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	796	7
Steers	Large 1	—	543	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	679	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	106.61/cwt	103.50–108.50	709	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	438	92.68/cwt	90.00–94.00	406	49
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	385	85.51/cwt	80.00–89.00	329	32
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	821	79.31/cwt	75.00–80.75	651	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	266	82.47/cwt	82.00–83.00	219	11
Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	—	482	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	405	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	109.86/cwt	105.00–111.25	894	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	906	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	992	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	168.56/cwt	166.00–170.00	619	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	177.68/cwt	176.00–178.50	597	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	159.32/cwt	148.00–175.00	755	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	161.32/cwt	159.00–169.00	847	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	127.20/cwt	120.00–128.00	991	146
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	372	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	437	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	356	139.28/cwt	136.00–141.00	496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	301	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	415	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	103.76/cwt	102.00–106.00	799	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	139.27/cwt	133.50–145.00	538	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	107.59/cwt	105.50–108.75	712	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	132.62/cwt	129.00–138.00	565	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	123.61/cwt	120.00–127.00	600	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	341	159.48/cwt	159.00–161.00	544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	706	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	928	5
Bulls	Large 1	—	476	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	516	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	774	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	141.88/cwt	140.00–150.50	674	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	147.47/cwt	145.00–150.00	580	10
Bulls	Small 4	—	460	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	276	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	396	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	495	6
Heifers	Small 4	—	441	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	229	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	983	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	885	5

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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