Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few steers and heifers last week for a good price comparison, undertone higher. Demand good, supply light. Weigh-ups average to full.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.03/cwt on 300 head.

Average price

$136.03

300 head · 617 lb average

Value per head Derived

$839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$442

per head · Medium 1-2 over Large 1

$24.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.33

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1-2	411	139.50	573	5thin
Medium and Large 1	611	139.03	850	207
Medium and Large 2	460	135.14	622	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	610	130.99	800	67
Large 1	883	114.99	1,015	14thin

One grade step is worth $24.51/cwt here — about −$442 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 sale300 hd

136.03

—

MO average19 barns · 6,940 hd

143.36

−7.33

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

65 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	—	509	159.30/cwt	154.00–162.50	811	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	702	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	821	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	125.29/cwt	122.50–128.00	779	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	587	133.57/cwt	130.00–136.00	784	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	131.70/cwt	128.50–136.00	695	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	616	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	745	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	470	141.20/cwt	141.00–142.00	664	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	134.77/cwt	128.00–138.00	566	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	556	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	839	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	595	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	574	120.41/cwt	118.50–123.50	691	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	701	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	806	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	134.34/cwt	129.00–145.00	580	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	140.72/cwt	134.50–150.00	809	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	716	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	859	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	132.33/cwt	128.50–134.50	959	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	536	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	783	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	134.24/cwt	131.50–135.00	893	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	127.49/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,056	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	127.85/cwt	124.50–129.00	731	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	123.92/cwt	121.50–125.50	843	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	149.54/cwt	148.00–154.00	653	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	153.53/cwt	153.00–154.00	738	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	558	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	520	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium 2	—	562	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	562	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	411	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	573	5
Steers	Large 1	—	986	113.79/cwt	113.00–115.00	1,122	10
Steers	Large 1	—	624	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	736	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	478	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	588	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	508	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	650	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	620	130.99/cwt	130.00–133.00	812	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	129.30/cwt	127.00–131.00	738	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	480	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	670	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	125.13/cwt	120.00–130.00	486	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	659	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	781	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	519	119.88/cwt	115.00–123.00	622	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	667	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	—	390	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	143.82/cwt	139.00–150.00	601	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	134.78/cwt	133.50–136.00	578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	144.88/cwt	140.00–148.50	679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	124.75/cwt	124.00–125.00	1,034	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	121.28/cwt	115.00–125.00	642	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	121.06/cwt	118.00–125.00	706	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	869	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	949	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	423	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	120.99/cwt	120.00–122.00	825	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	126.10/cwt	125.00–127.00	781	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	120.69/cwt	115.00–125.00	683	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	135.24/cwt	133.50–137.50	657	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	470	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	395	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	527	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	130.98/cwt	128.00–135.00	616	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	144.32/cwt	138.00–151.00	737	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	124.81/cwt	123.00–128.00	657	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	637	132.77/cwt	130.00–137.50	846	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	664	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	840	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	512	121.99/cwt	120.00–127.00	625	11

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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