Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher, with spots up to 12.00 higher. Heifers under 550lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone and heifers over 550lbs were steady to 3.00 higher. Dairy steers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher compared to the last holstein steer special sale two weeks ago. 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 $276.37/cwt on 123 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −179.04 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$276.37

123 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,486

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$443

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

$82.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.96

vs MO average

−17.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	289.60	1,561	40
Medium and Large 1-2	535	273.26	1,462	76
Medium and Large 2	579	255.29	1,478	4thin
Large 2-3	540	207.00	1,118	3thin

One grade step is worth $82.60/cwt here — about $443 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 sale123 hd

276.37

—

MO average18 barns · 1,969 hd

287.33

−10.96

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−17.94

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−179.04

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

91 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 2	650–700	685	232.87/cwt	230.00–237.50	1,595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	219.66/cwt	219.00–220.00	1,999	3
Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	540	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,118	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,086	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	292.09/cwt	282.50–302.50	1,265	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	238.51/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,944	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	243.85/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	294.11/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,553	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	245.98/cwt	238.00–256.00	1,653	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	294.32/cwt	293.00–297.00	1,398	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	279.08/cwt	274.00–281.00	1,577	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	256.91/cwt	252.00–257.50	1,629	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	256.65/cwt	253.00–259.00	1,832	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	282.38/cwt	275.00–292.00	1,327	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	318.45/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,347	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	251.36/cwt	250.00–254.00	1,928	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	326.39/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,253	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,261	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	272.99/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	274.59/cwt	269.00–279.00	1,442	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	229.75/cwt	228.50–234.00	2,017	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	819	179.84/cwt	175.00–182.00	1,473	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	267.83/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,540	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	562	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,040	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,661	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	618	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,551	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,329	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	853	181.27/cwt	180.00–183.00	1,546	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	255.29/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,478	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	991	189.84/cwt	175.00–191.75	1,881	53
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	605	192.40/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,164	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,062	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,646	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	323	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	652	3
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	300–350	344	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	602	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	773	179.51/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,388	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	375	190.71/cwt	190.00–194.00	715	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	227.49/cwt	227.00–228.00	1,740	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	261.52/cwt	255.00–272.50	1,407	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	269.95/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,309	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,315	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,346	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,357	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	235.47/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,582	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,911	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	242.43/cwt	234.00–251.00	1,515	12
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	608	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,471	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	276.38/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,230	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	284.07/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,312	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	313.79/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,202	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	257.54/cwt	254.00–263.00	1,440	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	244.09/cwt	236.00–249.00	1,499	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,501	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	214.80/cwt	213.00–215.50	1,764	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	257.75/cwt	254.50–275.00	1,333	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	328.49/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,071	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,652	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,190	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	224.96/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,631	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	312.42/cwt	302.00–315.00	1,259	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	274.76/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,179	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	317.13/cwt	307.50–327.50	1,192	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	250.46/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,335	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	219.35/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,711	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	212.48/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,424	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	498	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,300	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,435	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	419	300.81/cwt	297.50–306.00	1,260	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	223.61/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,270	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	259.74/cwt	258.00–264.00	1,738	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	209.89/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,308	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	244.49/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,156	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	255.49/cwt	245.00–262.50	963	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	663	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,326	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	224.84/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,524	17
Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	580	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,218	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	206.02/cwt	204.00–208.00	1,669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	253.82/cwt	245.00–262.00	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	240.60/cwt	233.00–246.00	1,386	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	222.67/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,625	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,041	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,828	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	232.83/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,441	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	262.15/cwt	254.00–275.00	1,243	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	252.17/cwt	248.00–253.00	1,397	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	280.51/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,307	12

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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