Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700lbs sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher, and heavier weights sold with a steady undertone. Heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher. 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 $277.96/cwt on 87 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −177.45 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$277.96

87 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$50.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.90

vs MO average

−22.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	297.12	1,543	28
Medium and Large 1-2	561	271.41	1,523	53
Medium and Large 2	540	246.42	1,332	6thin

One grade step is worth $50.70/cwt here — about $212 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 sale87 hd

277.96

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MO average16 barns · 2,151 hd

279.86

−1.90

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−22.73

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−177.45

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	295.77/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,266	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	303.22/cwt	294.00–309.50	1,562	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,096	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	326.03/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,177	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	252.81/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,567	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	270.03/cwt	263.00–277.50	1,555	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	506	242.51/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,227	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	287.47/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,331	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	240.25/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,713	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,914	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,154	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	262.86/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,730	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	252.14/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,851	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,872	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	687	239.33/cwt	239.00–240.00	1,644	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	254.39/cwt	247.50–257.50	1,676	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	316.34/cwt	305.00–327.50	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	266.18/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,142	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	275.26/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,431	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,445	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	244.89/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	249.49/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	269.84/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,263	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,163	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	223.51/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,245	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,283	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	443	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,274	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	256.64/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,566	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,030	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	277.97/cwt	270.00–292.00	1,354	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	932	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,631	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,727	8
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	543	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,032	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	248.32/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,567	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	267.18/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,403	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	236.62/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,715	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,452	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	247.12/cwt	236.00–256.00	1,453	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	252.63/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,435	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	246.96/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	296.55/cwt	282.50–307.50	1,222	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	256.30/cwt	250.00–262.00	1,210	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	288.20/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,216	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	226.28/cwt	215.00–234.00	1,534	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	211.48/cwt	210.00–213.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	266.17/cwt	266.00–267.50	1,288	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	222.45/cwt	210.00–235.00	883	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	456	203.27/cwt	198.00–230.00	927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	238.89/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,376	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	228.58/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,401	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	253.15/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,324	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	272.95/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,122	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	465	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,023	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	237.06/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,166	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	208.61/cwt	206.00–209.50	1,727	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	268.03/cwt	265.00–275.00	874	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	217.70/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,112	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	224.14/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,298	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	302.55/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,464	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	243.26/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,245	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	223.83/cwt	210.00–237.50	936	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,422	4

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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