Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-04-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 4.00 to 10.00 lower, excluding 6 weight steers which sold steady. Heifers under 500lbs sold with a sharply lower undertone and heifers over 500lbs were unevenly steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $281.26/cwt on 155 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −174.15 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$281.26

155 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$574

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

$112.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.94

vs MO average

−23.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	307.07	1,613	32
Medium and Large 1-2	553	281.66	1,557	103
Medium and Large 2	558	252.24	1,408	15thin
Large 2-3	533	195.00	1,039	5thin

One grade step is worth $112.07/cwt here — about $574 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale155 hd

281.26

—

MO average17 barns · 2,988 hd

303.20

−21.94

National average171 barns · 11,979 hd

304.39

−23.13

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−174.15

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

84 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	255.61/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,449	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	278.19/cwt	259.00–297.00	1,435	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	251.70/cwt	237.00–260.00	1,651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	299.42/cwt	292.00–305.00	952	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,675	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	257.22/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,350	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	275.46/cwt	268.00–293.00	1,176	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	256.74/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,656	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	213.94/cwt	203.50–225.00	1,654	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	277.56/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,568	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	302.75/cwt	288.00–322.50	1,468	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	578	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,607	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	449	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,358	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	226.96/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,768	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	355.97/cwt	355.00–358.00	1,349	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	961	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,547	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	304.01/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,347	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	344.78/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,403	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	358.73/cwt	350.00–392.50	1,370	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	234.95/cwt	232.00–245.00	1,790	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	275.66/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,852	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	231.39/cwt	230.00–231.75	1,934	83
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	284.91/cwt	282.00–288.00	1,761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	264.27/cwt	261.00–265.50	1,557	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	275.94/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,300	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,635	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	238.87/cwt	237.00–248.00	1,600	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	381.25/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,235	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	268.25/cwt	267.00–269.50	1,395	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	255.50/cwt	247.00–263.00	1,592	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	310.48/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,146	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	319.03/cwt	316.00–320.00	1,053	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	383.42/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,299	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,419	4
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	538	246.22/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,325	10
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	545	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,352	4
Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	533	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,039	5
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,033	182.51/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,885	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	232.65/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,338	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	225.00/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,361	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	289.35/cwt	272.00–295.00	1,808	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	330.02/cwt	327.50–332.50	1,505	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	291.69/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,651	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	310.62/cwt	297.00–321.50	1,603	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	245.73/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,465	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	315.87/cwt	315.00–317.50	1,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	294.51/cwt	289.00–306.00	1,296	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	838	187.54/cwt	170.00–200.00	1,572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	252.71/cwt	250.00–258.00	1,112	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	987	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	242.76/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,265	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	247.26/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,194	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	287.00/cwt	278.00–294.00	1,383	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	305.61/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,149	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	257.94/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,354	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,410	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	557	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,415	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	553	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,576	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	687	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,800	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	222.48/cwt	213.00–224.00	1,838	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	452	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,202	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	498	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,444	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	206.11/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,816	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	264.49/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,635	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	337.79/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,257	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	247.66/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,694	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	326.45/cwt	316.00–338.00	1,400	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	501	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,338	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	301.05/cwt	293.00–307.50	1,135	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	277.48/cwt	263.00–288.00	1,593	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	307.50/cwt	297.50–317.50	1,445	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	287.03/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,501	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,911	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	215.04/cwt	215.00–216.00	1,570	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	233.05/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,480	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	266.54/cwt	256.00–274.00	1,258	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	228.02/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,560	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	241.21/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,778	32

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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