Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, 3 weight steers sold with a higher undertone, while heavier weights sold steady to 8.00 lower based on limited comparisons. Heifers under 600lbs sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher and heavier weights sold with a weaker undertone. Demand was moderate on a light supply after a large run of feeders last week, and heavy amounts of much needed rainfall in the area over the weekend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.96/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −137.16 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$267.96

107 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,449

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$47.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.03

vs MO average

−0.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	282.20	1,495	52
Medium and Large 1-2	554	258.38	1,430	46
Medium and Large 2	541	234.65	1,269	9thin

One grade step is worth $47.54/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale107 hd

267.96

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MO average18 barns · 2,717 hd

274.99

−7.03

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−0.42

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−137.16

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

70 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 1-2	300–350	326	351.66/cwt	340.00–372.50	1,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	258.65/cwt	252.00–275.00	1,629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	225.57/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,728	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	249.76/cwt	242.50–257.00	1,456	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	267.00/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,399	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	230.92/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,566	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	239.89/cwt	229.00–250.00	1,701	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	241.53/cwt	230.00–245.50	1,524	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	280.89/cwt	280.00–282.50	890	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	213.21/cwt	209.00–220.00	1,635	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	271.83/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,549	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	345.52/cwt	334.00–365.00	1,285	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	333.93/cwt	321.00–342.50	1,413	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	259.57/cwt	245.00–269.00	1,739	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	251.49/cwt	244.00–253.00	1,524	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	222.84/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,611	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	243.43/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,631	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	313.07/cwt	308.00–327.50	1,481	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	401.17/cwt	377.50–412.50	1,436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	251.66/cwt	249.00–253.00	1,515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	309.09/cwt	306.00–323.00	1,329	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	293.24/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,276	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	197.69/cwt	185.00–209.00	1,617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	329.18/cwt	329.00–330.00	1,544	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,487	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	292.61/cwt	281.00–297.50	1,495	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	301.04/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,403	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,492	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	327.81/cwt	312.50–333.00	1,426	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	396.53/cwt	386.00–420.00	1,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	311.35/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,619	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	324.41/cwt	312.00–332.50	1,217	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	237.11/cwt	236.50–238.00	1,603	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	322.10/cwt	313.00–325.00	1,066	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	410.79/cwt	380.00–422.50	1,347	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	551	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,559	5
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	400–450	418	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	690	5
Steers	Medium 2-3	450–500	470	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,119	2
Steers	Medium 2-3	300–350	320	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	241.98/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,256	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	248.65/cwt	225.00–254.00	1,042	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	283.80/cwt	283.00–287.00	1,754	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	350.60/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,501	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	299.22/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,646	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	244.00/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,266	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	282.99/cwt	281.00–284.00	1,358	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	235.12/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,404	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,342	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	266.40/cwt	250.00–270.00	970	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	256.67/cwt	233.00–269.00	1,181	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	309.31/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,506	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	291.14/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,520	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	191.84/cwt	191.00–196.00	1,861	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	303.56/cwt	288.00–315.00	1,317	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	255.84/cwt	240.00–261.00	1,474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	279.90/cwt	267.00–291.00	1,607	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	302.95/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	203.31/cwt	199.00–205.50	1,702	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	214.03/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	352.98/cwt	347.50–365.00	1,345	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	281.23/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,313	19

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.

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