Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, lightweight steer calves under 550lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher, and steers over 550lbs were steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers sold unevenly steady from 2.00 higher to 3.00 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 $278.23/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −177.18 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$278.23

78 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,484

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

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

$41.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.78

vs MO average

−20.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	286.58	1,497	41
Medium and Large 1-2	547	271.10	1,483	34
Medium and Large 2	523	244.87	1,281	3thin

One grade step is worth $41.71/cwt here — about $217 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 sale78 hd

278.23

—

MO average18 barns · 2,679 hd

281.01

−2.78

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−20.81

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−177.18

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

87 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 1-2	550–600	586	264.33/cwt	254.00–268.00	1,549	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	539	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,294	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	224.78/cwt	214.00–230.50	1,520	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	244.87/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,281	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	289.50/cwt	278.00–294.00	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,184	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	270.24/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,524	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	318.77/cwt	307.00–322.50	1,323	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	255.34/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,609	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	274.80/cwt	270.00–281.00	1,445	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	254.53/cwt	250.00–267.00	1,232	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	275.99/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,292	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	215.21/cwt	209.00–225.00	1,894	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	252.75/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,792	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	311.73/cwt	295.00–317.50	982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	265.71/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,605	7
Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	488	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	762	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,638	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	805	162.50/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,308	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	535	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	984	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	867	173.32/cwt	162.00–175.00	1,503	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	253.64/cwt	250.00–261.00	1,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	237.06/cwt	222.50–247.00	1,830	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	921	206.52/cwt	205.00–208.50	1,902	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	780	179.19/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,398	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	680	158.04/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,075	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	566	174.07/cwt	170.00–180.00	985	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	244.66/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,742	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	457	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	297.90/cwt	288.00–315.00	1,093	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,081	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,676	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	633	177.51/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,124	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	716	196.56/cwt	170.00–206.00	1,407	96
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	243.73/cwt	225.00–253.00	1,553	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	213.35/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,476	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	284.34/cwt	283.00–285.00	1,237	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	281.51/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,064	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	192.02/cwt	183.00–195.00	1,517	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	217.43/cwt	216.00–218.00	1,346	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	233.64/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,236	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	192.41/cwt	187.00–197.00	1,555	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	258.30/cwt	250.00–264.00	1,263	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	262.29/cwt	258.00–270.00	1,374	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	983	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	200.47/cwt	195.00–220.00	1,467	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	274.52/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,018	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	231.95/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,443	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	279.22/cwt	275.00–295.00	874	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	252.19/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,443	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,011	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	261.50/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,613	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	458	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,099	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	221.55/cwt	214.00–226.00	1,708	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,088	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,570	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	276.21/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,315	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	788	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	237.95/cwt	233.00–246.00	1,609	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	221.60/cwt	210.00–227.50	1,589	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	266.88/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,246	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	550	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,276	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	235.14/cwt	226.00–240.00	985	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	251.26/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,201	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	236.62/cwt	236.00–237.50	1,730	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,763	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	220.29/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,223	3
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	593	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	203.51/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,370	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	237.94/cwt	237.00–239.50	1,504	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	291.71/cwt	290.00–296.00	1,496	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	241.66/cwt	238.00–243.00	1,974	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	259.95/cwt	258.00–268.00	1,781	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	258.66/cwt	245.00–267.00	1,123	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	234.64/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,356	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	232.67/cwt	230.00–234.00	1,501	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	250.77/cwt	244.00–260.00	1,688	14

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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