Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves sold unevenly steady from 5.00 higher to 3.00 lower, and heifers sold with an unevenly steady undertone based on few weight comparisons. Demand was moderate to light on a light run this week after long awaited rains over the weekend and beginning of the week left some producers in the area with flooding and muddy conditions.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $280.62/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −174.79 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$280.62

51 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,566

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$28.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.69

vs MO average

−21.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	288.33	1,615	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	277.81	1,553	32
Medium and Large 2	523	260.00	1,360	2thin

One grade step is worth $28.33/cwt here — about $255 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 sale51 hd

280.62

—

MO average17 barns · 2,035 hd

285.31

−4.69

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−21.23

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−174.79

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

53 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	650–700	690	238.71/cwt	233.00–244.00	1,647	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	284.62/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,506	9
Steers	Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,260	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	288.64/cwt	280.00–297.50	1,227	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	337.46/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,444	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	333.36/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	313.83/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,186	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	314.62/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,507	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	254.92/cwt	246.00–262.50	1,606	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,438	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	286.33/cwt	282.50–287.50	1,621	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	314.84/cwt	310.00–320.00	976	2
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	475	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	974	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	275.18/cwt	266.00–278.00	1,599	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,360	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	236.40/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,728	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	266.18/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,312	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	221.32/cwt	220.00–222.00	1,463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,402	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	697	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,603	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,536	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	247.53/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,532	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	269.50/cwt	261.00–277.50	1,407	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	222.97/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,543	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	261.14/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,580	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,003	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	449	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,123	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	295.99/cwt	287.50–312.50	1,202	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	924	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	230.87/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,434	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	257.64/cwt	252.50–267.50	1,373	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	220.25/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,018	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	240.18/cwt	231.00–247.50	1,266	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	234.72/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,352	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	994	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	219.19/cwt	200.00–222.00	1,241	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	283.38/cwt	272.00–297.00	1,318	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	202.52/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	404	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	957	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	217.29/cwt	213.00–223.00	1,575	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	197.42/cwt	190.00–210.00	1,319	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	279.07/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,708	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	273.39/cwt	272.50–275.00	848	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	330.02/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,294	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	595	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,333	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	262.35/cwt	252.00–270.00	1,283	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	222.30/cwt	220.00–226.00	1,158	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	284.12/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,375	6
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	460	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	840	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	297.65/cwt	297.00–299.00	1,583	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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