Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder receipts were too light for an adequate price comparison, but steers and heifers sold with a weaker undertone after last week's impressive larger run. Demand was moderate to light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.92/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −165.49 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$289.92

70 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$41.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.90

vs MO average

−9.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	303.40	1,538	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	285.85	1,610	49
Medium and Large 2	535	261.64	1,400	2thin

One grade step is worth $41.76/cwt here — about $138 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale70 hd

289.92

—

MO average14 barns · 2,154 hd

309.82

−19.90

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

−9.34

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−165.49

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

67 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 2	450–500	480	289.78/cwt	269.00–297.00	1,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	322.33/cwt	312.00–332.50	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	177.01/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,266	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	267.44/cwt	255.00–275.00	1,388	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	303.07/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,324	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	302.57/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,129	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,984	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	227.31/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	526	248.31/cwt	247.00–250.00	1,306	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	271.15/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	277.36/cwt	268.00–287.00	1,315	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	334.34/cwt	318.00–337.00	1,264	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	236.75/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,468	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	250.38/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,838	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	244.00/cwt	243.00–245.00	1,659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	300.54/cwt	299.00–305.00	1,007	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	290.85/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,530	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	293.99/cwt	288.00–300.00	1,314	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	294.68/cwt	283.00–303.00	1,523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	260.67/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,731	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	298.70/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,269	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	295.66/cwt	288.00–301.00	1,354	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	206.53/cwt	202.00–208.00	1,683	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,701	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	306.78/cwt	297.00–310.00	1,463	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	262.69/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,505	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	467	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,364	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	475	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	969	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	671	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,701	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	271.27/cwt	250.00–278.00	1,712	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	283.85/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,641	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,426	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	261.64/cwt	254.00–269.00	1,400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	795	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,272	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	263.28/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,164	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	257.41/cwt	251.00–277.00	940	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,177	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	240.87/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,354	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	235.59/cwt	221.00–247.00	1,251	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	303.40/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,538	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	265.96/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,928	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,794	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	287.39/cwt	281.00–289.50	1,776	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	276.99/cwt	274.00–279.00	1,582	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	733	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,385	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	433	245.63/cwt	240.00–247.00	1,064	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	588	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,335	2
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	512	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,085	3
Bulls	Medium 2-3	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	460	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,040	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,427	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	312.81/cwt	311.00–313.00	1,548	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	247.92/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,666	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	253.99/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,549	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	307.25/cwt	304.00–308.00	1,349	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	302.03/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,417	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,695	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	890	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,469	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	526	245.31/cwt	222.00–248.00	1,290	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	375	237.97/cwt	236.00–240.00	892	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	970	192.25/cwt	192.25–192.25	1,865	53
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	475	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,069	3
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,028	173.34/cwt	160.00–187.00	1,782	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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