Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower with spots of heifers down to 13.00 lower. Demand was moderate to light on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $288.65/cwt on 145 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −166.76 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$288.65

145 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,598

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$46.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.02

vs MO average

−20.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	297.80	1,662	41
Medium and Large 1-2	553	287.11	1,587	98
Medium and Large 2	534	251.39	1,343	6thin

One grade step is worth $46.42/cwt here — about $319 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

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 sale145 hd

288.65

—

MO average17 barns · 4,986 hd

314.67

−26.02

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

−20.51

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−166.76

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

79 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	300–350	308	300.00/cwt	299.00–307.50	924	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	245.97/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,279	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	283.24/cwt	281.00–289.00	1,467	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,307	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	204.51/cwt	203.00–206.00	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	274.58/cwt	260.00–286.50	1,302	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	273.54/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,721	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	306.49/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,477	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	307.22/cwt	300.00–318.00	1,450	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	276.76/cwt	266.00–288.00	1,566	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	297.74/cwt	296.00–312.00	1,298	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	249.70/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,421	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	270.80/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,411	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	310.41/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,155	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	309.81/cwt	308.00–312.00	1,577	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,972	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	293.40/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,690	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	228.54/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,664	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	264.42/cwt	262.00–265.00	1,515	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	337.99/cwt	337.00–340.00	1,055	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	312.77/cwt	312.00–315.00	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	329.48/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,423	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	239.82/cwt	239.00–250.00	1,638	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	253.16/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	326.45/cwt	322.00–340.00	1,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	262.12/cwt	255.00–264.50	1,934	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	292.03/cwt	287.50–293.50	1,358	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	362.12/cwt	350.00–374.00	1,293	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	254.82/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,577	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	325.37/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	296.74/cwt	296.50–298.00	1,315	6
Steers	Medium 2	600–650	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	3
Steers	Medium 2-3	300–350	332	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	551	3
Heifers	Medium 2	600–650	613	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,189	2
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	449	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,208	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	476	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,390	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	367	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,035	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	318.75/cwt	317.00–320.00	1,492	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	235.96/cwt	230.00–239.00	2,027	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	288.07/cwt	283.00–293.00	1,792	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	279.50/cwt	272.00–287.00	1,716	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	596	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,520	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,746	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	276.52/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,319	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	293.27/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,106	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	976	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	259.77/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,107	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	254.75/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,233	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	272.67/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,003	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	235.65/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	210.99/cwt	210.00–212.00	1,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	262.22/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,640	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	241.43/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,260	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	262.35/cwt	250.00–287.50	1,194	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,193	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	262.66/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,786	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	314.23/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,185	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	717	201.53/cwt	200.00–203.00	1,445	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	590	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	292.95/cwt	283.00–303.00	1,544	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	304.51/cwt	300.00–327.00	1,322	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,115	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	295.07/cwt	293.00–298.00	956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	281.98/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,627	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	250.27/cwt	234.00–254.00	1,844	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	221.48/cwt	217.00–226.00	1,610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	197.69/cwt	193.00–200.00	1,908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	239.65/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,500	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	239.82/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,847	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	290.30/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,219	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	259.83/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,372	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	209.53/cwt	207.50–214.00	1,701	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	224.77/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,490	13

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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