Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, receipts were too light for an adequate price comparison, due to high and humid temperatures in the area this week. Demand was light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.10/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −159.32 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$296.10

25 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,616

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$24.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.47

vs MO average

+8.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	312.76	1,658	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	288.25	1,595	17thin

One grade step is worth $24.51/cwt here — about $63 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 sale25 hd

296.10

—

MO average13 barns · 963 hd

315.57

−19.47

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

+8.31

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−159.32

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

45 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	Large 1-2	900–950	933	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,773	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,747	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	312.76/cwt	312.00–314.00	1,658	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	286.75/cwt	286.00–287.00	1,784	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,677	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	274.24/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,851	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	276.22/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,610	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	258.32/cwt	254.00–265.00	1,328	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	279.44/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,587	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	249.04/cwt	246.00–252.00	1,838	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,799	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	303.46/cwt	300.00–311.00	1,448	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	253.39/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,660	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	237.00/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	315.16/cwt	311.00–316.00	1,232	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	481	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,203	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	263.48/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,520	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	298.95/cwt	293.00–304.00	1,575	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	254.68/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,559	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	324.15/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,037	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	284.50/cwt	280.00–298.00	1,536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	266.95/cwt	263.00–275.00	1,271	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	305.09/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,025	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	217.00/cwt	214.00–220.00	1,638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	392	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	953	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	247.66/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,196	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	309.52/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,325	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	269.95/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,660	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,210	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	590	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,289	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,271	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	282.58/cwt	276.00–286.00	1,752	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	248.34/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,406	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	233.46/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	235.33/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	308.31/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,480	10

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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