Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher with spots of steers up to 12.00 higher. Demand was very good on a light supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.40/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −139.72 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$265.40

87 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$7.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.73

vs MO average

−11.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	267.86	1,460	57
Medium and Large 1-2	520	260.73	1,356	30

One grade step is worth $7.13/cwt here — about $104 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $360.61, median $405.12 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale87 hd

265.40

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MO average15 barns · 2,663 hd

277.13

−11.73

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−11.82

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−139.72

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

72 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	281.89/cwt	276.00–297.00	1,643	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	261.94/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	289.15/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,266	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,266	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	200.26/cwt	187.00–208.00	1,644	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	354.16/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,346	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	318.02/cwt	316.00–322.00	1,530	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	312.87/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,456	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	204.99/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,810	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	294.93/cwt	288.50–297.00	1,834	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	290.13/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,523	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	520	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,430	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	354.69/cwt	342.50–367.00	1,476	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	338.60/cwt	336.00–340.00	1,602	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	278.77/cwt	273.00–286.00	1,461	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	466	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,589	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	320.10/cwt	309.00–331.00	1,645	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	295.65/cwt	289.00–305.00	1,404	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	318.37/cwt	316.00–321.00	1,229	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	266.72/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,507	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,235	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	290.10/cwt	283.00–294.00	1,903	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	305.60/cwt	303.00–307.00	1,730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,013	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	315.85/cwt	311.00–318.00	1,352	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,776	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	261.69/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,628	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	237.14/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,712	17
Heifers	Large 2	750–800	769	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,361	6
Steers	Large 2	750–800	771	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,542	4
Steers	Large 2	700–750	733	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,510	2
Steers	Large 2	600–650	647	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,372	5
Steers	Large 2	900–950	901	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,847	4
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,002	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,939	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	518	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,792	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	506	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,316	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	305.15/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,636	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,406	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,224	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	611	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,919	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	275.64/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	235.50/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	251.21/cwt	240.00–272.50	1,037	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	264.87/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,504	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	419	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,274	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	287.96/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,209	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	287.19/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,631	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	265.60/cwt	251.00–275.00	983	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	251.33/cwt	238.00–265.00	1,219	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	292.58/cwt	290.00–297.50	1,363	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	913	178.55/cwt	159.00–185.00	1,630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	253.99/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,854	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	302.67/cwt	288.00–310.00	1,196	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,573	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	280.86/cwt	272.00–297.00	1,334	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	196.43/cwt	189.00–204.00	1,831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	243.35/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,886	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	258.51/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,729	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	331.62/cwt	318.00–345.00	1,244	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	467	267.54/cwt	252.50–272.00	1,249	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	260.73/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,356	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	327.18/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,404	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	316.86/cwt	303.00–329.00	1,524	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	313.38/cwt	302.50–319.00	978	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	322.64/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,065	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	243.43/cwt	230.00–254.00	1,521	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	226.53/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,559	22

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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