Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-07-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers over 500lbs sold unevenly steady from 3.00 lower to 5.00 higher, and steers under 500lbs were not well tested. Heifers over 450lbs were 3.00 to 6.00 higher, and heifers under 450lbs sold with higher undertone based on limited comparisons. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.13/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −154.29 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$301.13

99 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$63.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.24

vs MO average

+3.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	313.07	1,708	58
Medium and Large 1-2	544	291.89	1,587	33
Medium and Large 2	583	257.00	1,498	3thin
Large 2	570	250.00	1,425	5thin

One grade step is worth $63.07/cwt here — about $283 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 sale99 hd

301.13

—

MO average14 barns · 1,710 hd

314.37

−13.24

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

+3.31

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−154.29

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

85 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	330	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,063	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	253.66/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,438	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	292.57/cwt	288.00–306.00	1,521	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,095	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,770	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,176	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,441	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	285.71/cwt	267.00–288.50	1,740	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	314.02/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,369	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	283.13/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,611	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	246.21/cwt	245.00–252.00	1,753	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	247.71/cwt	247.00–248.00	1,910	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	332.70/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,594	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	256.25/cwt	256.00–257.00	2,063	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	236.74/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	270.56/cwt	268.00–271.00	1,907	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	247.31/cwt	246.00–257.00	1,699	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	634	290.66/cwt	290.00–291.00	1,843	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	260.00/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,591	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	297.29/cwt	292.00–301.00	1,825	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	573	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,389	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	286.90/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,532	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,397	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	330.26/cwt	327.00–340.00	1,288	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	349.14/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,149	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	265.59/cwt	265.00–266.00	2,000	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	312.72/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,792	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	319.45/cwt	317.50–324.00	1,687	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,678	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	322.89/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	235.37/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,756	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,572	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	293.33/cwt	293.00–294.00	1,924	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	267.12/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,501	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	531	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,269	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	686	214.51/cwt	208.00–224.00	1,472	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	439	252.74/cwt	252.00–253.00	1,110	19
Steers	Large 2	550–600	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	982	193.04/cwt	189.00–195.00	1,896	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	478	241.29/cwt	238.00–244.00	1,153	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	279.67/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,907	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,636	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	914	200.25/cwt	200.25–200.25	1,830	33
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,063	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,956	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,005	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,849	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	632	227.46/cwt	227.00–230.00	1,438	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,478	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,370	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,483	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,626	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,535	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,511	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	245.10/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,262	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	269.77/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,271	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	274.92/cwt	268.00–290.00	1,317	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,218	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	250.18/cwt	249.00–251.00	1,554	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	290.70/cwt	285.00–296.00	1,375	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	303.79/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,151	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	294.61/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,284	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	241.95/cwt	240.00–244.00	1,640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	251.84/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,949	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,302	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	290.84/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,687	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	241.83/cwt	237.00–254.00	1,492	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	296.78/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,306	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	310.35/cwt	304.00–325.00	1,480	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	242.74/cwt	229.00–250.00	1,956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,109	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	257.91/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,447	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	260.04/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,919	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	266.51/cwt	255.00–274.00	1,375	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	302.67/cwt	300.00–306.00	1,165	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	282.87/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,375	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	272.99/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,851	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	312.76/cwt	303.00–319.00	1,448	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	231.45/cwt	229.00–234.50	1,673	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	269.52/cwt	266.00–272.00	1,658	4

How this sale compares

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