Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-12-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, lightweight steer calves under 550lbs sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher, and steers over 550lbs sold mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $304.50/cwt on 174 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −150.91 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$304.50

174 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$437

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

$100.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.18

vs MO average

−19.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	317.47	1,722	108
Medium and Large 1-2	543	288.67	1,569	58
Medium and Large 2	536	260.50	1,396	5thin
Large 2-3	592	217.00	1,285	3thin

One grade step is worth $100.47/cwt here — about $437 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 sale174 hd

304.50

—

MO average18 barns · 5,310 hd

317.68

−13.18

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−19.85

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−150.91

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

98 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 1-2Unweaned	700–750	728	244.77/cwt	244.50–245.00	1,782	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	962	214.15/cwt	214.00–215.00	2,060	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	243.98/cwt	235.00–252.50	1,391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	692	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,716	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,630	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,674	2
Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	592	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,285	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	235.01/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,925	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	296.92/cwt	283.00–308.00	1,556	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	296.03/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,291	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,487	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	338.50/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,249	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	252.19/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,813	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	262.02/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,926	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	236.66/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,813	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	249.24/cwt	228.00–252.00	1,600	9
Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	480	206.51/cwt	206.00–207.50	991	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	324.30/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,356	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	276.98/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,582	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	299.36/cwt	291.00–310.00	1,709	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	281.73/cwt	275.00–294.00	1,766	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	681	235.99/cwt	233.00–245.00	1,607	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	311.48/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,473	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	339.88/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,111	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	649	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,726	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	534	195.48/cwt	186.00–209.00	1,044	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	483	206.47/cwt	200.00–213.00	997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	271.51/cwt	271.00–272.50	1,393	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	632	196.05/cwt	190.00–199.50	1,239	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	888	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	1,647	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,040	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,695	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	728	187.66/cwt	184.00–198.00	1,366	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	285.64/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,351	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	207.52/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,671	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	788	195.64/cwt	189.00–198.00	1,542	61
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1150–1200	1,194	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,612	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	382	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	863	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	439	204.56/cwt	202.00–222.50	898	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	931	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,666	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	680	181.45/cwt	178.00–185.00	1,234	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	827	185.43/cwt	175.00–192.50	1,534	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	582	206.59/cwt	185.00–211.00	1,202	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	277.36/cwt	270.00–292.50	1,456	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	306.78/cwt	285.00–325.00	1,279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	260.72/cwt	256.00–275.00	1,723	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	234.58/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,687	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,379	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,155	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	271.37/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,574	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	191.76/cwt	191.00–194.00	1,659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	223.26/cwt	215.00–232.50	1,612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	314.78/cwt	300.00–327.50	1,479	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,533	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	291.72/cwt	279.00–298.50	1,552	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	276.53/cwt	268.00–295.00	1,322	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	250.31/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,665	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	267.43/cwt	256.00–275.00	1,425	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	299.44/cwt	282.50–320.00	1,473	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	272.36/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,542	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,034	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	257.60/cwt	252.00–265.00	1,479	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	239.28/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,491	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	325.89/cwt	312.50–332.00	1,382	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	236.64/cwt	234.00–238.00	1,806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	321.67/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,219	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	257.89/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,558	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	858	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	307.58/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	237.87/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,686	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	274.87/cwt	273.00–275.50	1,806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	255.05/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,454	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,355	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	272.50/cwt	264.00–282.00	1,717	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	267.06/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,800	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	373.31/cwt	365.00–379.00	1,370	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	340.58/cwt	337.50–342.50	1,625	5
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	537	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	972	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	216.33/cwt	210.00–222.50	1,337	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,999	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	379.77/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,253	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	251.88/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,604	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	214.33/cwt	213.00–215.00	1,790	3
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	428	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	277.71/cwt	274.50–279.00	1,458	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	323.35/cwt	308.00–330.00	1,733	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	666	218.40/cwt	213.00–221.00	1,455	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	245.77/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,293	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	295.69/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,103	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	231.53/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,540	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	250.82/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,216	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	196.21/cwt	188.00–205.00	1,428	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	283.74/cwt	271.00–307.00	1,220	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	192.59/cwt	184.00–201.00	1,887	2

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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