Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 500 lbs steady to firm, over 500 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 lower, heifers under 400 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 400 to 600 lbs steady, over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. No recent test of Holsteins for a price comparison. Demand unevenly moderate, good for light weight calves, supply moderate to heavy. Weigh up's average to full.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $140.45/cwt on 782 head.

Average price

$140.45

782 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$523

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$75.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.44

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	580	145.06	841	453
Large 1	537	141.89	762	79
Medium and Large 1-2	595	134.85	802	212
Medium and Large 2	572	121.36	694	11thin
Medium 1-2	647	117.83	762	23
Medium 3	454	70.00	318	4thin

One grade step is worth $75.06/cwt here — about $523 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 sale782 hd

140.45

—

MO average20 barns · 25,884 hd

145.89

−5.44

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

153 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	—	380	174.27/cwt	172.00–178.50	662	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	457	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	130.79/cwt	128.50–134.00	766	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	695	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	915	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	127.98/cwt	125.00–134.00	861	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	121.97/cwt	119.00–123.00	754	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	608	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	693	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	403	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	588	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	409	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	140.11/cwt	135.00–144.50	667	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	142.32/cwt	130.00–152.00	827	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	162.33/cwt	155.00–170.00	513	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	524	123.28/cwt	120.00–126.00	646	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,016	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	146.64/cwt	140.00–151.00	635	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	162.98/cwt	155.00–169.00	689	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	169.06/cwt	160.00–174.00	487	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	141.32/cwt	135.00–147.00	749	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	128.27/cwt	120.00–131.50	921	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	525	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	522	134.66/cwt	134.00–136.00	703	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	293	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	124.31/cwt	120.00–126.00	715	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	128.09/cwt	125.00–130.00	861	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	131.68/cwt	125.00–137.00	635	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	105.56/cwt	105.00–110.00	814	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	173.97/cwt	173.00–175.00	579	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	122.39/cwt	120.00–124.00	707	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.50	743	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	151.46/cwt	150.00–154.00	550	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	129.96/cwt	123.00–139.00	629	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	442	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	745	117.68/cwt	115.00–119.00	877	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	687	105.99/cwt	100.00–109.00	728	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	588	114.78/cwt	114.50–115.00	675	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	156.00/cwt	150.00–162.00	518	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	947	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	133.12/cwt	125.00–139.00	694	60
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	123.36/cwt	120.00–126.00	711	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	575	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	719	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	176.66/cwt	170.00–179.00	659	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	524	126.04/cwt	124.50–132.00	660	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	171.25/cwt	165.00–179.50	731	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	896	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	563	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	146.60/cwt	138.00–152.50	616	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	634	126.14/cwt	122.50–130.00	800	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	189.71/cwt	184.00–192.50	592	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	292	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	546	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	761	115.15/cwt	111.50–117.50	876	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	130.87/cwt	127.00–133.00	677	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	147.80/cwt	143.00–158.00	559	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	720	111.67/cwt	104.00–117.00	804	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	116.82/cwt	110.00–120.00	784	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	154.25/cwt	148.00–156.50	828	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	769	106.50/cwt	106.50–106.50	819	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	137.11/cwt	129.00–140.50	854	31
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	631	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	316	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	569	132.00/cwt	130.00–135.00	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	627	117.26/cwt	115.00–119.50	735	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	167.17/cwt	160.50–174.00	809	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	128.27/cwt	125.00–131.00	985	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	933	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	583	122.51/cwt	122.00–123.00	714	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	622	116.24/cwt	115.00–120.00	723	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	516	142.05/cwt	136.00–150.00	733	32
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	713	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	749	9
Bulls	Large 1Unweaned	—	611	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	672	4
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	522	134.29/cwt	130.00–136.00	701	11
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	738	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	867	9
Bulls	Large 1	—	404	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	614	12
Bulls	Large 1	—	685	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	788	6
Bulls	Large 1	—	865	96.50/cwt	96.50–96.50	835	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	908	85.50/cwt	85.50–85.50	776	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	565	84.50/cwt	83.00–86.50	477	29
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	487	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	390	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	292	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	234	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	432	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	378	7
Bulls	Large 1	—	507	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	634	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	626	84.60/cwt	82.50–85.50	530	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	889	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	707	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	447	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	358	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	328	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	246	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	515	84.26/cwt	80.00–86.50	434	13
Steers	Large 1	—	586	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	774	6
Bulls	Large 1	—	267	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	427	3
Heifers	Large 1	—	709	108.00/cwt	105.00–109.50	766	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	360	76.81/cwt	75.00–83.00	277	25
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	837	87.97/cwt	86.00–88.50	736	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	—	576	67.55/cwt	65.00–70.00	389	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	595	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	705	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	436	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	571	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	779	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	834	7
Bulls	Large 1	—	568	119.34/cwt	119.00–120.00	678	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	578	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	676	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	378	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	548	12
Steers	Medium 3	—	454	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	318	4
Heifers	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	—	481	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	553	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	4
Steers	Large 1	—	407	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	674	6
Steers	Large 1	—	477	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	742	15
Steers	Large 1	—	313	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	489	151.37/cwt	150.00–153.00	740	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	314	180.76/cwt	177.00–186.00	568	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	612	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	734	10
Steers	Large 1	—	533	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	765	22
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	—	489	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	611	15
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	655	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	786	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	110.34/cwt	110.00–111.00	684	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	114.46/cwt	112.00–115.00	771	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	497	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	107.43/cwt	104.00–110.50	882	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	606	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	672	112.45/cwt	105.00–115.00	756	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	118.25/cwt	112.50–129.00	750	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	88.43/cwt	85.00–94.00	780	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	120.99/cwt	117.00–125.00	704	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	135.66/cwt	135.00–139.00	669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	680	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	128.56/cwt	121.00–133.00	819	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	142.27/cwt	141.00–143.00	546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	616	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	405	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	571	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	752	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	925	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	123.84/cwt	120.00–128.00	659	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	95.49/cwt	93.00–98.00	793	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	723	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	573	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	118.02/cwt	116.00–120.00	734	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	100.34/cwt	100.00–100.50	782	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	128.73/cwt	125.00–132.00	554	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	108.72/cwt	105.00–110.00	732	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	774	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	633	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	665	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	465	127.99/cwt	125.00–129.00	595	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	659	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	692	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	128.39/cwt	125.00–132.00	668	6
Dairy Steers	Medium 3-4Thin Fleshed	—	710	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	426	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	624	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	821	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,026	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	622	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	107.67/cwt	107.00–109.00	791	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	96.77/cwt	90.00–99.00	888	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	643	118.40/cwt	117.50–122.00	761	15
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	714	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	821	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	522	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	112.39/cwt	110.00–114.00	663	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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →