Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-04-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, lightweight steers weighing under 500lbs sold 6.00 to 10.00 higher, and 500-600lb steers sold with a weaker undertone. Heifers under 550lbs were steady to 5.00 higher. Heavier weights of steers and heifers were not well tested. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.59/cwt on 111 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −160.82 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$294.59

111 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$200

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

$53.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.64

vs MO average

−16.17 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	308.44	1,654	59
Medium and Large 1-2	560	282.66	1,583	45
Medium and Large 2	571	254.58	1,453	7thin

One grade step is worth $53.86/cwt here — about $200 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.40, low $409.03, median $455.41 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 sale111 hd

294.59

—

MO average17 barns · 2,496 hd

313.23

−18.64

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−16.17

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−160.82

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

71 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 1-2Unweaned	450–500	499	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,552	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	235.90/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,456	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	425	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,169	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	326.34/cwt	307.50–350.00	1,393	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	208.34/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,500	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	313.46/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,517	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,633	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	262.84/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,377	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	377.24/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,181	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,485	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	344.19/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	309.59/cwt	300.00–324.00	1,310	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	253.23/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,427	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	280.31/cwt	262.00–288.00	1,617	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	391	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,290	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	293.79/cwt	288.00–299.00	1,628	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	247.87/cwt	244.00–249.00	1,502	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	350.43/cwt	343.00–372.50	1,482	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	291.04/cwt	286.00–294.00	1,371	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,702	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	397	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,243	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	324.39/cwt	307.00–326.00	1,210	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	331.86/cwt	307.50–337.00	1,683	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	357.22/cwt	354.00–385.00	1,361	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	356.66/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	277.18/cwt	274.00–286.00	1,439	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	334.48/cwt	318.00–345.00	1,090	11
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	300	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	750	2
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	393	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	908	2
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	345	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	880	3
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	370	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,092	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	415	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	992	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	325	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	845	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	221.73/cwt	221.50–224.00	1,552	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,518	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,590	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,530	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,568	2
Steers	Medium 2-3	600–650	608	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	912	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	296.19/cwt	291.00–300.00	1,451	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	955	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	250.51/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,473	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	1,789	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,611	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,403	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	237.11/cwt	228.50–247.00	1,736	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	231.30/cwt	221.00–242.00	1,545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	289.79/cwt	275.00–296.00	1,246	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	258.30/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,206	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	330.08/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,406	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	233.66/cwt	233.00–235.00	1,271	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	264.13/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,511	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	911	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,895	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	326.92/cwt	313.00–336.00	1,546	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	289.11/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,483	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	279.10/cwt	266.00–286.00	1,340	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	559	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,398	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	225.94/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	801	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	336.97/cwt	322.50–347.50	1,284	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	260.59/cwt	254.00–278.00	1,616	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	318.11/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,206	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	236.23/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	242.46/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,406	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	294.56/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,134	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	209.43/cwt	206.00–216.00	1,508	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	307.62/cwt	287.00–312.00	1,009	6

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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