Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady following last week's sharply lower trade, yearlings steady compared to a limited test last week, with a single consignment of two pot loads selling sharply higher . Demand and supply moderate. Several more wean/vac calves and yearlings in the offering than in the previous sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.05/cwt on 722 head.

Average price

$135.05

722 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$19.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.33

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	677	138.47	937	484
Medium and Large 1-2	625	128.37	802	196
Medium and Large 2	470	128.16	602	36
Medium 1-2	779	119.00	927	6thin

One grade step is worth $19.47/cwt here — about $10 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 sale722 hd

135.05

—

MO average15 barns · 8,610 hd

138.38

−3.33

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

80 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 1-2	—	358	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	483	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	897	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	879	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	819	119.75/cwt	115.00–126.00	981	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	106.98/cwt	103.00–110.00	825	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	585	126.25/cwt	123.00–131.00	739	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	578	114.37/cwt	110.00–120.00	661	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	641	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	427	130.75/cwt	130.00–133.00	558	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	674	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	687	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	131.49/cwt	130.00–132.50	903	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	446	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	115.83/cwt	113.00–120.00	819	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,016	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	126.67/cwt	121.50–129.25	590	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	632	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	758	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	126.56/cwt	125.00–129.00	971	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	123.52/cwt	123.00–124.00	777	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	131.85/cwt	129.50–134.50	1,077	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	118.28/cwt	117.50–120.50	639	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	121.12/cwt	120.00–122.00	695	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	344	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	113.30/cwt	113.00–114.00	636	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	132.80/cwt	129.00–137.50	976	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	138.06/cwt	130.00–142.00	929	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	121.69/cwt	117.00–124.50	809	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	158.04/cwt	151.00–160.00	651	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	137.41/cwt	130.00–142.00	801	44
Dairy Steers	Small 4Thin Fleshed	—	207	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	118	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	132.14/cwt	130.00–135.00	822	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	137.81/cwt	127.00–140.85	1,049	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	994	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,133	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	150.08/cwt	148.00–154.50	704	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	906	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	494	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	529	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	779	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	927	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	501	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium 1	—	708	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	566	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	375	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	495	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	556	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	278	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	558	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	625	3
Heifers	Medium 2-3	—	534	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	566	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	496	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	479	118.29/cwt	115.00–125.50	567	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	447	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	541	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	603	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	706	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	420	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	407	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	132.55/cwt	122.00–140.00	587	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	471	122.22/cwt	120.00–124.00	576	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	712	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	826	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	531	124.08/cwt	120.00–130.00	659	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	441	110.93/cwt	110.00–115.00	489	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	283	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	112.18/cwt	112.00–112.50	627	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	493	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	636	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	126.97/cwt	122.00–131.00	469	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	130.13/cwt	130.00–130.25	929	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	467	116.91/cwt	112.00–124.00	546	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	601	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	713	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	749	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	747	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	560	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	655	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	116.71/cwt	110.00–120.00	630	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	556	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	731	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	529	107.89/cwt	105.00–110.00	571	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	120.64/cwt	117.00–125.00	531	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	130.08/cwt	126.00–132.00	745	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	133.44/cwt	130.00–139.00	646	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	518	112.09/cwt	110.00–115.00	581	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	131.22/cwt	129.00–136.00	678	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	129.28/cwt	122.00–135.50	821	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	528	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	676	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	684	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	787	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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