Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to firm, the more attractive steers weighing 450 to 650 sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. The supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $300.28/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −155.13 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$300.28

79 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,638

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$534

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

$89.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.60

vs MO average

−10.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	314.94	1,659	45
Medium and Large 1-2	577	286.29	1,652	31
Medium and Large 2	500	225.00	1,125	3thin

One grade step is worth $89.94/cwt here — about $534 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 sale79 hd

300.28

—

MO average18 barns · 4,025 hd

316.89

−16.60

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−10.49

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−155.13

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

66 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	767	212.13/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,627	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	306.92/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,007	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	285.39/cwt	282.50–286.00	1,495	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	249.40/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,449	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	229.10/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,530	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	287.25/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,232	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	224.95/cwt	217.00–238.00	1,525	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,639	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	212.37/cwt	206.00–219.00	1,625	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	354	292.14/cwt	291.00–293.00	1,034	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	321.11/cwt	313.00–332.50	1,349	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	235.27/cwt	235.00–237.00	1,842	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	239.68/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,728	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	218.02/cwt	217.00–219.00	1,598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,593	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	183.62/cwt	170.00–196.00	1,631	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	322.07/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,227	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	405.64/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,294	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	300.78/cwt	299.00–302.00	1,702	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,500	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	341.43/cwt	338.00–355.00	1,424	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	239.35/cwt	239.35–239.35	2,051	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	304.16/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,287	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	3
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	680	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,401	5
Steers	Large 2	750–800	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	5
Steers	Large 2	650–700	671	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,577	5
Steers	Large 2	900–950	902	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,840	3
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	870	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,914	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,041	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,718	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	290.59/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,377	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,239	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,607	4
Bulls	Large 2	850–900	898	204.25/cwt	204.25–204.25	1,834	20
Bulls	Large 2	1050–1100	1,053	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,948	12
Bulls	Large 2	1150–1200	1,150	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	2,024	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	225.39/cwt	211.00–240.00	1,291	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,019	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	288.35/cwt	280.00–300.50	1,776	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	333.23/cwt	327.50–337.00	1,596	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	316.90/cwt	308.50–325.00	1,657	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,092	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,340	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,139	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	694	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,683	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	696	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,601	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	356.36/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,187	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	312.20/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,492	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	351	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,202	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	526	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	604	279.15/cwt	277.50–279.50	1,686	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	333.56/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,301	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	286.29/cwt	275.00–293.00	1,652	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	315.27/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,501	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	267.92/cwt	255.00–278.00	1,666	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	260.27/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,754	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	270.88/cwt	263.00–277.00	1,403	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	234.53/cwt	226.00–246.00	1,482	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	277.20/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,336	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	222.23/cwt	214.00–227.00	1,602	23

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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