Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower based on limited receipts due to multiple inches of rainfall in the area this morning. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $254.22/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −150.90 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$254.22

65 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,396

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$18.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.40

vs MO average

−3.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	258.58	1,430	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	543	256.75	1,395	34
Medium and Large 2	531	240.26	1,275	7thin
Large 1-2	599	240.00	1,438	5thin

One grade step is worth $18.58/cwt here — about −$8 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $360.61, median $405.12 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 sale65 hd

254.22

—

MO average14 barns · 1,657 hd

274.62

−20.40

National average156 barns · 7,883 hd

257.80

−3.58

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−150.90

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

71 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	600–650	621	287.57/cwt	277.00–294.00	1,786	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	236.33/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,541	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,669	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	338.03/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,271	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	204.41/cwt	201.00–208.00	1,793	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,421	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	230.41/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	275.57/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,979	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	301.07/cwt	294.00–308.00	1,599	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	461	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,429	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	229.48/cwt	223.00–236.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,808	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	260.50/cwt	260.00–261.00	1,506	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	290.02/cwt	287.00–295.00	1,349	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,466	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,623	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,745	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	248.44/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,682	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,847	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	316.51/cwt	315.00–318.00	1,719	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	308.64/cwt	305.00–311.00	1,833	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	305.79/cwt	304.00–308.00	1,248	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	308.12/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,103	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,383	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	290.13/cwt	283.00–295.00	1,781	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	296.94/cwt	293.00–305.00	1,675	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	298.38/cwt	291.00–314.00	1,581	3
Steers	Medium 2-3	650–700	693	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	866	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	599	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,438	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	266.06/cwt	255.00–277.00	1,258	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,985	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	567	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,185	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	244.09/cwt	230.00–263.00	1,421	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,623	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,454	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	241.94/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,904	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,401	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	245.06/cwt	237.00–259.00	1,527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	244.44/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,784	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	224.93/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,255	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	246.39/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,281	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	289.04/cwt	278.00–300.00	1,656	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	268.41/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,114	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	194.24/cwt	183.00–200.00	1,597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,967	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	228.32/cwt	226.00–232.00	1,658	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	683	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	318.85/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,365	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	308.23/cwt	299.00–316.00	1,489	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	262.69/cwt	252.00–268.00	1,374	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	307.48/cwt	298.00–318.00	1,473	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	262.17/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,623	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	271.22/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,836	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	465	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,344	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,748	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	183.96/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,720	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	216.01/cwt	214.00–217.00	1,694	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	310.12/cwt	308.00–315.00	1,296	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	237.55/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,497	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	281.33/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,227	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	358	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,056	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	250.07/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,415	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	282.63/cwt	275.00–288.00	1,323	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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