Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers traded steady, heifers traded up to 7.00 higher. Holstein steers traded 5.00 lower. Demand moderate, supply moderate to light. Good buyer attendance with new bidders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.44/cwt on 489 head.

Average price

$139.44

489 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$868

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$429

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$61.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.52

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	146.96	949	282
Medium 1-2	484	137.87	667	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	592	133.77	791	115
Medium 1	504	130.80	659	5thin
Large 1	856	127.12	1,089	13thin
Large 1-2	555	125.88	698	25
Medium 2	560	125.55	703	22
Medium 2-3	593	103.00	611	3thin
Medium 3	608	85.44	520	9thin

One grade step is worth $61.51/cwt here — about $429 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 sale489 hd

139.44

—

MO average11 barns · 3,407 hd

145.97

−6.52

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

116 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 2	—	370	126.00/cwt	120.00–138.00	466	3
Steers	Medium 3	—	652	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	584	159.42/cwt	158.50–160.00	931	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	162.25/cwt	154.00–167.50	754	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	144.47/cwt	137.00–148.00	975	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	148.75/cwt	144.00–155.00	549	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	443	139.54/cwt	135.00–141.00	618	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	406	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	585	7
Steers	Medium 2-3	—	593	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	462	170.00/cwt	164.50–173.00	785	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,218	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	133.06/cwt	130.00–135.00	959	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	120.01/cwt	117.00–121.00	1,033	4
Steers	Large 1	—	969	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,206	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	479	136.79/cwt	130.00–142.00	655	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	572	124.27/cwt	122.00–130.50	711	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	144.80/cwt	144.00–145.50	753	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	132.34/cwt	132.00–133.00	811	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	138.45/cwt	134.00–140.00	527	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	127.68/cwt	126.50–130.00	734	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	472	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	656	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	371	142.18/cwt	139.00–143.00	527	5
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	423	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	683	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	936	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	134.10/cwt	131.00–135.00	780	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	709	115.52/cwt	115.00–118.00	819	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	132.69/cwt	125.00–140.50	693	20
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	654	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	719	4
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	366	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	468	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	469	128.59/cwt	123.50–130.00	603	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	145.86/cwt	135.00–152.50	684	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	551	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	785	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	148.74/cwt	142.00–161.50	785	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	803	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	980	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	121.28/cwt	115.00–124.00	900	7
Steers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	554	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	476	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	433	131.89/cwt	130.00–136.00	571	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	642	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	770	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	131.19/cwt	130.00–139.00	828	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	662	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	145.23/cwt	142.00–146.00	813	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	660	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	858	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	134.13/cwt	127.00–138.50	883	9
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	523	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	439	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	578	104.80/cwt	104.50–105.00	606	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	536	135.53/cwt	134.00–136.50	726	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	119.10/cwt	117.00–121.00	563	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	130.67/cwt	126.00–133.00	744	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	149.52/cwt	143.00–155.00	623	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	675	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	786	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	800	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	720	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	473	127.27/cwt	125.00–129.50	602	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	367	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	440	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	137.64/cwt	130.00–144.00	600	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	138.21/cwt	135.00–144.00	655	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	947	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	900	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	504	117.94/cwt	110.00–120.00	594	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	427	120.96/cwt	115.00–130.00	516	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	690	89.19/cwt	89.00–89.50	615	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	408	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	375	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	625	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	725	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	670	2
Bulls	Large 1	—	475	128.27/cwt	116.00–130.00	609	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	964	97.61/cwt	97.00–100.00	941	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	109.62/cwt	105.00–119.00	797	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	730	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	832	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	115.52/cwt	111.00–117.00	792	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	116.87/cwt	115.00–122.00	748	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	965	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	869	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	128.08/cwt	125.00–131.00	672	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	577	127.89/cwt	124.00–137.00	738	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	534	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	657	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	129.57/cwt	127.00–137.00	662	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	570	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	866	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	125.22/cwt	119.00–126.00	793	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	140.51/cwt	136.00–144.50	731	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	619	136.01/cwt	130.00–137.51	842	41
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	731	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	676	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	616	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	678	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	478	136.37/cwt	127.00–141.00	652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	125.67/cwt	120.00–130.00	588	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	120.66/cwt	115.00–122.50	804	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	472	88.35/cwt	80.00–98.00	417	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	749	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	693	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3Gaunt	—	308	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	197	6
Heifers	Medium 3Thin Fleshed	—	472	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	422	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	114.31/cwt	109.00–117.00	826	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	134.87/cwt	127.00–140.00	778	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	148.65/cwt	146.00–150.00	899	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	128.68/cwt	124.50–133.00	1,139	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	141.99/cwt	140.00–145.00	470	4
Steers	Large 1	—	603	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	802	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	675	125.35/cwt	124.00–126.00	846	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	613	123.00/cwt	121.00–125.00	754	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	515	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	850	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	131.04/cwt	120.00–139.00	689	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	562	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	815	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,166	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	779	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	935	11
Steers	Medium 1	—	504	130.80/cwt	130.00–131.00	659	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	772	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	973	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	393	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	684	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	988	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	771	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	617	84.35/cwt	78.00–87.50	520	15
Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 4Gaunt	—	467	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	280	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,088	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	881	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	939	83.21/cwt	81.50–85.50	781	13
Dairy Steers	Medium 3-4	—	728	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	491	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	588	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	412	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	861	90.22/cwt	89.50–92.50	777	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	974	59.50/cwt	59.50–59.50	580	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3Gaunt	—	409	71.97/cwt	69.00–75.00	294	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	809	89.72/cwt	89.50–90.00	726	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	535	91.93/cwt	80.00–99.00	492	34

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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