Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Demand was moderate on a light supply of feeder steers and heifers but Better quality and more attractive calves were offered today. Receipts being light last week, we were unable to do an adequate price comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.92/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −157.49 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$297.92

60 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

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

$22.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.72

vs MO average

+22.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	302.37	1,604	35
Medium and Large 1-2	546	293.28	1,600	22
Medium and Large 2	557	280.00	1,560	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.37/cwt here — about $44 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 sale60 hd

297.92

—

MO average12 barns · 860 hd

288.20

+9.72

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+22.84

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−157.49

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

52 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	550–600	588	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,564	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,199	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	301.62/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,580	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	284.18/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,319	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	280.50/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,792	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	263.40/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,169	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	954	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,677	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	316.35/cwt	312.00–318.00	1,335	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,686	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,502	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	298.35/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,289	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,627	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	277.86/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,862	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	290.50/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,804	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,535	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,766	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	401	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,303	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	260.05/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,865	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,515	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,423	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	550–600	557	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,560	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,943	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	227.77/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	245.80/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,273	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	301.10/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,442	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	707	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,862	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	266.86/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,831	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	266.95/cwt	261.00–279.00	1,396	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	280.41/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,195	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,652	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	296.63/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,545	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	230.83/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,701	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	979	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,801	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,732	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,132	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	288.45/cwt	283.00–290.00	1,676	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,477	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,093	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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