Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly steady to 4.00 lower, and the best test of 500lb-700lb heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate to light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $263.31/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −192.11 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$263.31

109 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,442

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$35.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.85

vs MO average

−36.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	274.45	1,549	39
Medium and Large 1-2	539	262.57	1,414	47
Medium 1-2	547	255.00	1,395	10thin
Medium and Large 2	531	238.93	1,270	13thin

One grade step is worth $35.53/cwt here — about $279 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 sale109 hd

263.31

—

MO average15 barns · 1,856 hd

285.15

−21.85

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−36.02

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−192.11

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

74 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	500–550	513	284.61/cwt	282.00–287.00	1,460	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	228.53/cwt	218.50–230.50	1,915	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	285.22/cwt	278.00–290.00	1,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	498	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	232.21/cwt	228.00–235.00	1,461	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	242.13/cwt	238.50–248.50	1,964	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	253.11/cwt	246.00–256.00	1,843	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	234.72/cwt	221.00–241.00	1,702	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	247.09/cwt	239.00–258.00	1,670	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	271.54/cwt	269.00–273.00	1,580	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	250.87/cwt	247.00–252.00	1,962	14
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	259.57/cwt	258.00–263.00	1,726	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	304.95/cwt	294.00–311.00	1,171	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	242.91/cwt	239.00–260.00	1,555	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,275	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	547	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,395	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	241.89/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,260	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,608	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	470	265.55/cwt	265.00–267.00	1,248	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	275.65/cwt	266.00–287.50	1,329	25
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	648	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	230.15/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,754	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,342	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	263.83/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,375	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	259.87/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,497	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	232.26/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,289	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,247	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	232.93/cwt	227.00–241.00	1,591	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	233.99/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,713	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	240.81/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,500	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	257.79/cwt	256.00–263.00	1,392	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,313	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,280	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	259.31/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,473	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	279.23/cwt	278.00–286.00	1,209	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	235.46/cwt	234.00–237.00	1,582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	240.75/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,500	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,488	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,737	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,709	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	221.24/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,573	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	198.50/cwt	198.50–198.50	1,846	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	269.35/cwt	264.00–275.00	1,274	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	191.14/cwt	191.00–192.00	1,699	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	241.88/cwt	238.00–250.00	1,265	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	237.33/cwt	232.00–242.00	1,391	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	270.29/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,176	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,174	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	245.67/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,403	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	1,770	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	272.95/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,015	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	235.99/cwt	232.50–247.00	1,147	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	247.15/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,055	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	226.17/cwt	222.00–230.00	1,538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	261.93/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,231	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	1,785	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	318.49/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,162	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	334.63/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,061	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	229.15/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,423	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	988	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	436	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,203	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	237.77/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,232	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	268.94/cwt	261.00–272.00	1,719	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,091	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	226.55/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,305	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	292.16/cwt	286.00–304.00	1,405	11

How this sale compares

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