Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-07-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder cattle sale two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 6.00 to 12.00 higher, and heifers were steady to 5.00 higher. Consistent rains into the beginning weeks of July have producers and buyers in much better spirits than usual this time of year, and demand continues to be very good. Supply was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $303.55/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −151.86 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$303.55

128 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,660

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$269

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

$35.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.69

vs MO average

+0.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	310.84	1,721	58
Medium and Large 1-2	543	300.31	1,630	62
Medium and Large 2	526	275.84	1,452	8thin

One grade step is worth $35.00/cwt here — about $269 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 sale128 hd

303.55

—

MO average11 barns · 2,260 hd

322.24

−18.69

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+0.64

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−151.86

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

88 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	550–600	582	297.71/cwt	285.00–306.00	1,733	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	317.57/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,366	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	234.93/cwt	225.00–243.00	1,593	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	254.34/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,732	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	237.81/cwt	230.00–257.00	1,729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	219.65/cwt	211.00–229.00	1,619	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	292.82/cwt	280.00–304.00	1,239	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	264.64/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,691	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	672	245.69/cwt	236.00–251.00	1,651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,684	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	473	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,424	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	296.06/cwt	292.00–301.00	1,116	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,631	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	288.53/cwt	286.00–292.00	1,965	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	302.30/cwt	290.00–309.00	1,892	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,793	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,726	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	301.42/cwt	300.00–303.00	1,338	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	285.72/cwt	269.00–298.00	1,503	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,740	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	272.64/cwt	264.00–283.00	1,949	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	337.09/cwt	332.50–341.00	1,598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	311.56/cwt	308.00–314.00	1,745	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	457	303.65/cwt	301.00–309.00	1,388	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,089	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	308.18/cwt	305.00–309.00	1,270	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	280.17/cwt	271.00–295.00	1,482	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	296.97/cwt	292.00–306.00	1,366	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	287.93/cwt	283.50–289.00	1,941	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,484	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,688	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	258.61/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,624	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,287	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	315.73/cwt	315.00–316.00	1,702	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,099	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	275.79/cwt	271.00–278.00	1,580	38
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	834	182.23/cwt	176.00–190.00	1,520	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	680	193.97/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,319	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	382	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	871	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	525	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,271	14
Heifers	Large 2	750–800	764	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,551	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	603	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,387	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	417	232.43/cwt	220.00–255.00	969	12
Heifers	Large 2	400–450	441	237.49/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,047	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	606	232.26/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,407	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	735	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,426	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	783	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,488	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	914	198.25/cwt	198.25–198.25	1,812	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,472	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	324.22/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,543	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,420	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	283.90/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,766	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,103	2
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	584	209.99/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,226	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	207.73/cwt	202.50–213.00	1,253	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	233.59/cwt	222.00–240.00	1,439	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,619	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	261.12/cwt	238.00–266.00	1,232	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	283.15/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,390	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	234.07/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,037	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	271.25/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,207	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	234.87/cwt	229.00–240.00	1,480	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	302.90/cwt	291.00–313.00	1,575	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	248.56/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,193	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,404	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	240.86/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	312.86/cwt	302.00–327.00	1,486	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	285.21/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,326	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	246.58/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,911	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	279.37/cwt	260.00–289.00	1,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	269.95/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	215.00/cwt	214.00–216.00	1,873	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	264.99/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,399	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	323.58/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,233	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	257.09/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,478	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	280.86/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,739	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	266.60/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,829	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	247.17/cwt	237.00–254.00	1,809	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	568	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,431	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,704	5

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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