Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-11-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, receipts were too light this Thanksgiving holiday week for an adequate price comparison, but steers and heifers sold with a steady to firm undertone, and sold with good demand from buyers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $262.83/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −142.28 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$262.83

44 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

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

$50.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.45

vs MO average

−18.07 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	273.55	1,454	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	536	261.27	1,402	26
Medium and Large 2	510	222.77	1,136	3thin

One grade step is worth $50.78/cwt here — about $318 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $360.61, median $405.12 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 sale44 hd

262.83

—

MO average12 barns · 2,173 hd

273.29

−10.45

National average40 barns · 6,153 hd

280.90

−18.07

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−142.28

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

58 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	600–650	645	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,954	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	270.56/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,383	4
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	313	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	293.46/cwt	281.00–297.50	1,517	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	288.49/cwt	286.00–305.00	1,659	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	273.92/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,438	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	994	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	336.63/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	328.21/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	295.86/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,444	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	317.06/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,141	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	605	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,137	4
Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	538	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,076	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	366.92/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,387	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	266.51/cwt	265.00–268.00	1,612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	219.29/cwt	215.00–228.00	1,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	253.61/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,730	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,335	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	545	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,104	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	735	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,313	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	224.00/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,631	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	246.70/cwt	244.00–260.00	1,643	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	269.97/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,110	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,125	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	346.92/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,343	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	245.86/cwt	245.00–246.00	1,684	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	286.91/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	181.54/cwt	175.00–188.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	226.77/cwt	222.00–234.00	1,515	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,229	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	262.93/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	283.03/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,483	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	320.20/cwt	313.00–340.00	1,185	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	248.33/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,227	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	262.48/cwt	257.50–265.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	248.07/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,516	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	331.77/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,072	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	265.59/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,389	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	380.12/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,182	4
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	375	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	881	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	233.62/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,481	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	222.77/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,136	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	240.71/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	315.02/cwt	310.00–317.00	1,651	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	246.37/cwt	230.00–257.50	1,439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,061	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	256.66/cwt	250.00–260.00	2,025	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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