Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-09-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher with spots up to 10.00 higher. An attractive offering this week with some groups of long weaned yearlings, and short or unweaned good quality calves. 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 $278.34/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −177.07 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$278.34

123 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$18.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.71

vs MO average

+8.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	285.09	1,540	78
Medium and Large 1-2	560	266.64	1,492	45

One grade step is worth $18.44/cwt here — about $48 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale123 hd

278.34

—

MO average8 barns · 535 hd

285.04

−6.71

National average147 barns · 6,928 hd

269.40

+8.94

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−177.07

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	725	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,769	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	262.18/cwt	261.00–264.00	1,379	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	318.47/cwt	301.00–322.00	1,389	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	229.64/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	253.51/cwt	252.00–254.00	1,960	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,057	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,389	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	266.33/cwt	254.00–277.00	1,425	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	238.65/cwt	227.00–248.00	1,711	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	274.50/cwt	274.50–274.50	1,801	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,048	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	218.84/cwt	218.00–223.00	1,845	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,911	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	285.97/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,181	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	1,621	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	308.42/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,141	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	264.96/cwt	253.00–275.00	1,526	19
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	628	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,488	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	241.20/cwt	237.00–244.00	1,852	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	252.80/cwt	245.00–263.00	1,532	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	303.08/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,003	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	205.39/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	281.76/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,290	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	286.06/cwt	285.00–287.00	1,482	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	246.62/cwt	223.00–259.00	1,660	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	557	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,498	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,542	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	281.89/cwt	281.00–283.00	1,373	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	248.89/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,053	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,636	16
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	486	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	972	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	238.54/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,622	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	239.85/cwt	237.50–243.00	1,734	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	247.05/cwt	240.00–263.00	1,396	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,665	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	348	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,044	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	228.78/cwt	227.50–230.50	1,746	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	271.25/cwt	267.00–282.00	1,294	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,196	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	261.10/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,381	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	237.26/cwt	230.00–248.50	1,511	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	297.36/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,109	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	251.01/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	238.77/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,719	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	285.17/cwt	279.00–287.00	1,201	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	225.26/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,710	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	278.91/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,291	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	261.11/cwt	257.00–268.00	1,488	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	271.55/cwt	256.00–276.00	1,135	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	274.89/cwt	267.00–295.00	1,177	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	244.20/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,377	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,664	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	261.42/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,600	30
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	460	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,058	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	261.77/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,212	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	270.75/cwt	258.00–275.00	1,386	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	988	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	1,724	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	277.98/cwt	261.00–281.00	1,048	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	233.62/cwt	223.00–240.00	1,455	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	212.44/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,683	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	245.45/cwt	230.00–256.00	756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	927	186.30/cwt	182.50–190.00	1,727	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	841	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,707	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	196.07/cwt	190.00–202.00	1,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	232.11/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,544	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	236.03/cwt	230.00–260.00	869	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	461	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,208	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	219.87/cwt	215.00–221.00	1,590	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	235.83/cwt	228.00–250.00	993	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	252.45/cwt	241.00–256.00	1,346	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	767	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	284.82/cwt	266.00–286.50	1,780	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	227.83/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,185	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,964	12

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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