Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, based on a light test steers sold unevenly steady, from 3.00 higher to 5.00 lower, and heifers were mostly 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.87/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −182.54 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$272.87

48 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$197

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

$52.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.34

vs MO average

+4.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	283.60	1,557	23
Medium and Large 1-2	543	269.05	1,461	21
Medium and Large 2	588	231.23	1,360	4thin

One grade step is worth $52.37/cwt here — about $197 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 sale48 hd

272.87

—

MO average14 barns · 1,120 hd

279.21

−6.34

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+4.32

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−182.54

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

75 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	700–750	739	252.91/cwt	246.00–254.25	1,869	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	191.47/cwt	183.00–200.00	1,547	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	252.96/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,202	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	229.73/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,447	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	274.04/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,307	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	921	3
Steers	Medium 2-3	300–350	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	236.61/cwt	235.00–239.00	1,599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	229.92/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	258.31/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,607	26
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,049	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,574	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	685	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,233	5
Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	455	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	960	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	280.86/cwt	278.00–283.00	1,587	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	287.17/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,516	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	285.76/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,209	10
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	550–600	551	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	827	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	917	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,559	9
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	400–450	401	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	670	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	263.19/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,490	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	227.94/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,769	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,644	27
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	726	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,307	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	584	193.18/cwt	180.00–198.00	1,128	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	388	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	850	14
Steers	Large 2-3	300–350	334	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	795	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	231.23/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,360	4
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	398	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	836	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	865	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,298	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	770	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,386	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	541	171.97/cwt	165.00–194.00	930	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,294	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	243.17/cwt	240.00–250.00	922	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	288.93/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,323	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,517	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,499	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	232.51/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	235.85/cwt	232.00–244.00	1,715	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,128	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	542	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,247	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	209.04/cwt	207.00–211.00	1,814	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	224.49/cwt	222.00–227.00	1,726	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	250.71/cwt	240.00–266.00	1,442	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	218.98/cwt	214.00–224.00	1,605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,001	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	252.51/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,066	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	264.04/cwt	253.00–275.00	1,141	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	295.52/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,135	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	275.10/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,309	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,584	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	249.35/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,561	5
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	477	204.61/cwt	200.00–209.00	976	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	229.34/cwt	221.00–247.00	1,422	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	270.34/cwt	255.00–279.00	1,436	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	227.42/cwt	220.00–233.00	1,524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	243.57/cwt	230.00–257.00	1,259	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	220.82/cwt	214.00–227.00	1,479	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	219.00/cwt	218.00–221.00	1,691	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,127	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,312	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	245.33/cwt	237.00–254.00	891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	272.66/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,442	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,530	2
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	356	161.06/cwt	153.00–169.00	573	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	239.69/cwt	228.00–250.00	1,369	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	278.66/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,051	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	309.65/cwt	300.50–322.00	1,313	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	220.51/cwt	219.00–222.00	1,835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	300.36/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,024	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	238.79/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,046	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	226.56/cwt	213.00–241.00	1,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,480	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	220.99/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,364	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	406	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,056	5

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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