Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher, with spots of 5 weight steers up to 12.00 higher. Steers over 600lbs had few to compare to last week but sold with a steady to firm undertone. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher with spots up to 13.00 higher. This was a value added yearling special sale, and customer appreciation day, and many large groups of high quality cattle were on offer. Demand was very good with plenty of buyers in house and on the phone to fill loads throughout the day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.28/cwt on 484 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −164.13 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$291.28

484 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$546

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

$111.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.45

vs MO average

−17.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	307.69	1,645	261
Medium and Large 1-2	568	278.76	1,585	180
Medium and Large 2	544	258.62	1,406	33
Medium 2-3	561	196.00	1,100	10thin

One grade step is worth $111.69/cwt here — about $546 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 sale484 hd

291.28

—

MO average16 barns · 3,183 hd

295.73

−4.45

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−17.98

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−164.13

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

93 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	550–600	582	252.06/cwt	251.00–254.00	1,467	11
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	388	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,067	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	343.72/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,303	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	326.51/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,381	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	277.36/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,603	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,079	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	293.35/cwt	284.00–307.50	1,666	68
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	495	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,337	9
Steers	Medium 2-3	550–600	561	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,100	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	267.83/cwt	252.50–276.00	1,719	343
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	318.31/cwt	299.00–325.00	1,652	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	259.04/cwt	249.00–268.50	2,127	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	237.51/cwt	225.00–243.50	1,969	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,276	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	296.89/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,143	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	314.12/cwt	308.00–320.00	1,523	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	255.59/cwt	255.00–256.00	1,825	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,192	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	282.03/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,568	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	280.96/cwt	271.00–292.50	1,329	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	307.34/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,331	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	240.98/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	277.76/cwt	277.00–282.00	1,747	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	254.22/cwt	249.00–256.00	1,937	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	461	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,438	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	324.49/cwt	322.50–325.00	1,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	775	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	236.90/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,578	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	251.55/cwt	248.00–259.00	1,462	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	225.62/cwt	220.00–227.50	1,767	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	637	254.27/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,620	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	584	257.82/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,506	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	304.00/cwt	303.00–305.00	1,587	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	288.94/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,531	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	301.11/cwt	290.00–308.00	1,412	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	262.16/cwt	253.00–271.00	1,376	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	489	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,433	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	661	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	329.03/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,102	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	232.49/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,590	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	261.17/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,382	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,418	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	254.03/cwt	242.00–265.00	1,578	13
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	500–550	525	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	722	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,629	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	225.26/cwt	215.00–230.00	1,613	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	246.34/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,648	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	238.68/cwt	232.00–242.25	1,745	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,955	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	251.91/cwt	246.00–264.00	1,587	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	288.54/cwt	281.00–299.00	1,394	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	237.38/cwt	228.00–240.25	1,806	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	234.13/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,576	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	217.50/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,792	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	309.25/cwt	294.00–313.00	1,296	24
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	293.33/cwt	290.00–295.00	983	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	678	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,587	13
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,008	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	270.08/cwt	266.00–279.00	1,407	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	329.24/cwt	312.50–335.00	1,070	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	256.85/cwt	247.00–264.00	1,333	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,241	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	311.10/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,148	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	236.88/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,495	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,327	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	258.84/cwt	245.00–267.50	1,268	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	258.69/cwt	245.00–266.00	1,757	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	260.60/cwt	255.00–265.00	2,022	83
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	741	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,853	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	241.10/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,148	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	244.25/cwt	244.00–245.00	1,419	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	735	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,551	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	4
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,035	213.50/cwt	213.50–213.50	2,210	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	247.00/cwt	242.25–254.00	1,771	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	278.88/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,188	28
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	554	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,391	5
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	390	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	991	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,665	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	354.19/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,102	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	276.55/cwt	268.00–286.00	1,831	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	287.01/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,076	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	773	224.40/cwt	213.00–227.50	1,735	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	225.69/cwt	222.50–227.00	1,887	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	269.37/cwt	261.00–275.00	1,269	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	251.02/cwt	245.00–261.00	1,436	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	236.89/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,405	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	260.67/cwt	256.00–277.50	1,512	89

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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