Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly steady to 6.00 higher and heifers were 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Dairy steers sold with a sharply lower undertone compared to the last dairy steer special two weeks ago. 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 $292.35/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −163.06 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$292.35

110 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$356

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2-3

$88.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.24

vs MO average

−13.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	311.78	1,683	32
Medium and Large 1-2	535	292.76	1,566	62
Medium and Large 2	551	265.03	1,459	11thin
Large 2-3	595	223.00	1,327	5thin

One grade step is worth $88.78/cwt here — about $356 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

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 sale110 hd

292.35

—

MO average16 barns · 2,373 hd

302.59

−10.24

National average170 barns · 11,306 hd

305.47

−13.12

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−163.06

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

86 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	600–650	618	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,737	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	264.28/cwt	262.00–272.00	1,797	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	263.39/cwt	244.00–271.00	1,665	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	291.87/cwt	275.00–308.00	1,535	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,549	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	240.88/cwt	235.00–248.00	1,638	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	293.83/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,387	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	600–650	632	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,485	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	290.59/cwt	275.00–301.00	1,252	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	212.99/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,636	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	264.01/cwt	255.00–276.00	1,679	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,063	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	261.66/cwt	247.00–267.00	1,371	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	246.27/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,414	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	277.85/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,303	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	251.20/cwt	241.00–261.00	1,701	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	277.61/cwt	262.00–282.00	1,577	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	298.12/cwt	275.00–318.00	1,425	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	306.22/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,158	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	333.74/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,425	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	663	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	314.93/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,338	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	331.82/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,228	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	267.79/cwt	267.00–269.00	1,384	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	345.86/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,055	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	326.31/cwt	309.00–327.50	1,361	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	1,862	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	313.88/cwt	293.00–317.00	1,764	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	253.34/cwt	248.00–257.00	1,606	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	261.32/cwt	259.00–264.00	1,490	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	333.02/cwt	320.00–337.00	1,262	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,626	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,455	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,544	3
Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	595	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,327	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	651	185.96/cwt	180.00–186.50	1,211	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	427	227.90/cwt	223.00–230.00	973	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,014	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,622	21
Steers	Large 2-3	700–750	713	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,005	3
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,073	165.98/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,781	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	611	189.74/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,159	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	758	177.57/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,346	38
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	535	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,198	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	385	226.43/cwt	212.00–247.50	872	33
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	468	237.22/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,110	27
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	565	207.01/cwt	196.00–230.00	1,170	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	651	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,986	14
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	350–400	354	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	471	5
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	406	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	914	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	344	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	829	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	713	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,283	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	885	174.28/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,542	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	205.62/cwt	190.00–220.00	1,269	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	353.54/cwt	347.50–357.50	1,495	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	285.10/cwt	283.00–289.00	1,765	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	363.46/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,312	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	316.99/cwt	314.00–325.00	1,652	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,567	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	239.07/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,372	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	184.97/cwt	181.00–187.00	1,341	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	903	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	291.82/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,383	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	254.67/cwt	252.00–269.00	1,057	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	287.91/cwt	275.00–297.00	1,068	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,016	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	254.46/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	232.60/cwt	210.00–243.00	1,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	297.67/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,554	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	273.84/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,427	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	258.78/cwt	248.00–270.00	1,258	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	322.46/cwt	304.00–332.50	1,528	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	245.99/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	293.77/cwt	282.50–296.00	1,216	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	314.38/cwt	309.00–319.00	1,050	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	480	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,402	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,450	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	235.82/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,705	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	218.84/cwt	210.00–229.00	1,900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	238.20/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,510	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	225.55/cwt	214.00–238.00	1,606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	280.76/cwt	261.00–290.00	1,592	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	341.67/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,274	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	221.00/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,702	2

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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