Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to firm, the more attractive calves sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. The supply was light with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.77/cwt on 94 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −161.65 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$293.77

94 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,646

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

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

$13.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.45

vs MO average

−15.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	301.59	1,665	40
Medium and Large 1-2	566	287.97	1,630	54

One grade step is worth $13.62/cwt here — about $35 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 sale94 hd

293.77

—

MO average15 barns · 3,371 hd

316.22

−22.45

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−15.94

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−161.65

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

56 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	750–800	760	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,687	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	266.88/cwt	250.00–278.00	1,671	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	1,317	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	234.49/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,473	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	341.37/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,400	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,569	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	248.90/cwt	240.00–257.00	1,424	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	267.99/cwt	258.00–276.00	1,423	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	226.13/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,529	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	316.76/cwt	310.00–321.00	1,321	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	379.65/cwt	367.50–385.00	1,435	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	298.76/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,419	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	292	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,117	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,731	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	333.22/cwt	310.00–347.50	1,236	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	300.06/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,410	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	208.72/cwt	204.00–218.00	1,722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	313.38/cwt	307.00–327.00	1,620	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	282.72/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,436	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	914	167.52/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,531	26
Heifers	Large 2	800–850	845	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,268	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	968	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,481	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	447	230.49/cwt	229.00–238.00	1,030	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	732	170.91/cwt	165.00–184.00	1,251	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	838	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,500	40
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	698	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,228	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	885	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,505	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	527	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,244	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	799	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,414	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	458	229.54/cwt	217.00–235.00	1,051	29
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	585	207.24/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,212	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,868	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	280.82/cwt	279.00–288.00	1,775	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	411.56/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,321	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	295.24/cwt	294.00–296.00	1,686	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	354.15/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,463	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	329.45/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,578	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	316.19/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,502	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,771	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,625	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	203.04/cwt	195.50–209.00	1,661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	227.07/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	221.56/cwt	216.00–227.00	1,458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,151	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	286.84/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,635	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	277.52/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,327	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	266.36/cwt	249.00–274.00	1,777	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	302.35/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	283.09/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,098	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,475	2

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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