Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2020-05-13

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, May 13
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
984 head
206 vs last sale 1,190 614 vs year ago 1,598 · 38.4%
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 and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Holsteins compared to three weeks ago, under 600 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate to light. Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle futures closed sharply lower, but Choice Box Beef set another record Wednesday morning at 478.74. A few pens of slaughter steers and heifers traded at 110.00 on the Fed Cattle Exchange.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.85/cwt on 311 head.
Average price
$143.85
311 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$875
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$2
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$36.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.98
vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610145.48887261
Medium and Large 1-2558143.4580133
Medium and Large 2478130.006213thin
Medium 1-2694122.008479thin
Large 1815109.008885thin
One grade step is worth $36.48/cwt here — about −$2 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 sale311 hd
143.85
MO average17 barns · 11,312 hd
148.82
−4.98
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

64 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 1-2427126.16/cwt125.00–127.005397
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2853105.00/cwt105.00–105.008963
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned648117.00/cwt117.00–117.007583
HeifersMedium and Large 1572125.48/cwt118.00–132.5071822
HeifersMedium and Large 1635118.09/cwt115.00–123.0075011
SteersMedium and Large 1385185.00/cwt185.00–185.007127
SteersLarge 1815109.00/cwt109.00–109.008885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569119.72/cwt112.00–122.5068116
HeifersMedium and Large 1769117.00/cwt117.00–117.009004
HeifersLarge 1465136.00/cwt136.00–136.006323
BullsMedium and Large 1616129.05/cwt128.50–129.507959
Dairy SteersLarge 31,02275.95/cwt65.00–79.8577668
Dairy SteersLarge 362481.13/cwt80.00–85.0050613
Dairy SteersLarge 381875.00/cwt75.00–75.006148
Dairy SteersLarge 3335106.00/cwt106.00–106.003553
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629137.00/cwt135.00–138.508629
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned581141.08/cwt138.00–145.0082032
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned487156.12/cwt154.00–160.0076011
SteersMedium and Large 1577153.81/cwt146.00–159.0088737
SteersMedium and Large 1873117.73/cwt117.50–118.001,02815
SteersMedium and Large 1629149.13/cwt146.50–153.5093810
SteersMedium and Large 1801125.62/cwt123.00–126.001,0068
SteersMedium 1-2852110.00/cwt110.00–110.009373
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed425134.00/cwt134.00–134.005705
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2465125.61/cwt120.00–128.0058411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2354134.80/cwt134.00–135.004775
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650117.32/cwt115.00–117.5076328
HeifersMedium and Large 1427140.62/cwt135.00–146.5060029
HeifersMedium and Large 1720115.57/cwt115.00–116.0083214
HeifersMedium and Large 1373136.17/cwt134.00–139.005085
HeifersLarge 1663120.00/cwt120.00–120.007966
BullsMedium and Large 1487146.92/cwt145.00–150.0071611
Dairy SteersMedium 358378.00/cwt78.00–78.004556
Dairy SteersLarge 377281.87/cwt80.00–88.0063213
Dairy SteersLarge 392372.81/cwt72.50–74.0067210
Dairy SteersLarge 387477.99/cwt75.00–80.006825
SteersMedium and Large 1-2524147.60/cwt144.00–148.0077310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2660130.00/cwt130.00–130.008585
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned779115.91/cwt115.50–117.0090311
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned610140.63/cwt138.00–142.008583
SteersMedium and Large 1670140.16/cwt137.50–145.5093921
SteersMedium and Large 1421170.15/cwt167.00–171.0071612
Dairy SteersLarge 365186.00/cwt86.00–86.005604
SteersMedium 1-2615128.00/cwt128.00–128.007876
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed479127.50/cwt127.50–127.506116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519126.65/cwt120.00–131.0065714
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2677110.00/cwt110.00–110.007455
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2338130.66/cwt130.00–132.004423
HeifersMedium and Large 1528132.51/cwt129.00–140.0070036
HeifersMedium and Large 1477135.04/cwt125.00–143.0064422
HeifersMedium and Large 1656123.00/cwt123.00–123.008079
HeifersLarge 1-2410137.00/cwt137.00–137.005623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2398164.00/cwt164.00–164.006534
BullsMedium and Large 1441158.68/cwt154.00–165.007007
Dairy SteersLarge 3467100.00/cwt100.00–100.0046714
Dairy SteersLarge 340796.00/cwt96.00–96.0039113
Dairy SteersLarge 352886.00/cwt86.00–86.004548
SteersMedium and Large 2478130.00/cwt130.00–130.006213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2469152.76/cwt149.00–157.007169
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned671128.07/cwt125.00–138.5085931
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned533146.41/cwt143.50–151.007808
SteersMedium and Large 1517164.40/cwt146.00–169.0085032
SteersMedium and Large 1720133.72/cwt130.00–136.5096314
SteersMedium and Large 1454170.35/cwt168.00–175.007739

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.