Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold steady to 5.00 higher, and heifers were 6.00 - 12.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light supply. Long awaited rain fell across the Ozarks this weekend and improved some moisture concerns in the area as ponds re-filled and fall pastures have a chance to green up.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $253.49/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −201.92 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$253.49

70 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,363

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$637

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$118.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.33

vs MO average

−20.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	290.68	1,512	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	549	271.44	1,489	43
Medium and Large 2	565	230.50	1,302	4thin
Medium 2-3	507	172.57	875	13thin

One grade step is worth $118.11/cwt here — about $637 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 sale70 hd

253.49

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MO average17 barns · 1,825 hd

282.82

−29.33

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

−20.80

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−201.92

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

76 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	237.50/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	287.28/cwt	278.00–297.00	1,235	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	262.86/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,509	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	221.27/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,611	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	325.03/cwt	322.50–327.50	1,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	258.30/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	268.56/cwt	257.00–278.00	1,531	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,804	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,573	2
Steers	Medium 2-3	500–550	507	172.57/cwt	171.00–176.00	875	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	299.93/cwt	292.50–307.50	1,011	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	290.68/cwt	286.00–301.00	1,512	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	237.29/cwt	226.00–241.00	1,716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	219.69/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,898	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	650	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	284.98/cwt	281.00–289.00	1,248	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	247.36/cwt	233.00–252.00	1,516	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,247	2
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	313	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	673	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	766	165.30/cwt	163.00–170.00	1,266	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	426	185.52/cwt	176.00–193.00	790	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	277.10/cwt	267.00–282.50	1,435	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	276.75/cwt	271.00–282.00	1,309	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	844	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,485	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	520	183.01/cwt	170.00–189.00	952	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	381	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	686	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	609	164.21/cwt	155.00–180.00	1,000	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	223.50/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,584	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	976	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,610	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	470	188.46/cwt	170.00–194.00	886	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	924	171.73/cwt	160.00–174.00	1,587	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	740	161.98/cwt	137.00–170.00	1,199	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	574	176.44/cwt	160.00–186.00	1,013	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	857	189.63/cwt	145.00–194.00	1,625	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	268.34/cwt	261.00–273.50	1,377	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,210	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,553	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	282.05/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,393	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	243.75/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,414	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,411	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,673	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	243.30/cwt	240.00–243.50	1,545	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	287.75/cwt	286.00–288.00	1,226	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	226.74/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,621	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,673	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	259.41/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,123	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	235.25/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,343	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,177	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	237.98/cwt	235.00–247.00	1,138	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	264.72/cwt	260.00–276.00	1,279	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	253.96/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,417	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,020	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	244.20/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,294	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	203.48/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	280.13/cwt	270.00–285.00	924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,706	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	229.53/cwt	220.00–232.50	1,533	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	221.50/cwt	216.00–227.00	1,218	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	295.21/cwt	292.00–296.00	1,417	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	296.62/cwt	295.00–302.00	1,204	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	229.20/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,405	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	254.13/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,250	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	588	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	257.98/cwt	256.00–260.00	1,775	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	295.31/cwt	292.00–302.00	1,161	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	891	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	803	188.01/cwt	186.00–190.00	1,510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,898	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	230.55/cwt	228.00–233.00	1,886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	235.50/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	242.24/cwt	232.00–248.00	1,650	7

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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