Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550lbs sold with a weaker undertone, and steers over 550lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifers sold unevenly steady from 7.00 lower to 5.00 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 $296.05/cwt on 125 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −159.36 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$296.05

125 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

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

$60.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.65

vs MO average

−30.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	311.02	1,715	61
Medium and Large 1-2	553	289.05	1,598	52
Medium and Large 2	576	250.25	1,441	12thin

One grade step is worth $60.78/cwt here — about $274 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

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 sale125 hd

296.05

—

MO average16 barns · 2,858 hd

314.70

−18.65

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−30.58

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−159.36

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

86 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	573	262.14/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,502	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	316.20/cwt	307.50–327.00	1,670	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	312.37/cwt	299.00–320.00	1,790	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	232.35/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,287	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	267.56/cwt	256.00–271.50	1,932	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	364.28/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,377	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	342.74/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,436	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	384.40/cwt	375.00–402.50	1,219	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,381	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,008	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	279.08/cwt	270.50–281.50	1,901	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	233.50/cwt	230.00–252.00	1,819	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	242.09/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,775	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	282.19/cwt	278.00–287.50	1,741	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,033	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	282.45/cwt	270.00–293.00	1,627	30
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	600	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,434	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	337.02/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,257	6
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	458	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,145	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	302.65/cwt	290.00–309.50	1,540	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	314.02/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,473	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	270.01/cwt	257.50–277.00	1,674	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	840	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,058	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	246.75/cwt	227.50–255.00	1,461	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	263.35/cwt	257.00–268.50	1,804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	341.96/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,152	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	260.73/cwt	252.50–277.50	1,374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	800–850	803	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	542	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,572	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	266.32/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,249	4
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	302	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	680	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	927	185.98/cwt	181.00–191.00	1,724	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	246.97/cwt	225.00–257.50	1,665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	853	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,281	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,867	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,556	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	235.58/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,694	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	317.47/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,502	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,836	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	290.55/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,505	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	279.85/cwt	261.00–292.00	1,511	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	216.45/cwt	206.00–219.00	1,786	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,755	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	257.61/cwt	248.00–267.50	1,466	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,728	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	282.09/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,608	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,281	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	315.73/cwt	314.00–317.50	1,399	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	284.85/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,242	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	307.91/cwt	293.00–320.00	1,456	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	269.61/cwt	268.00–277.50	1,513	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	315.52/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,202	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	455	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,110	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	515	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,811	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	230.07/cwt	220.00–235.50	1,553	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	239.73/cwt	226.00–248.00	1,484	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	261.34/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,145	3
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	423	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	909	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	300.32/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,102	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	258.67/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,614	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	275.04/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,306	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,171	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	397	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,102	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,254	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	961	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	261.85/cwt	252.50–272.00	1,377	11
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	473	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	981	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	232.65/cwt	222.20–243.00	1,252	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	329.15/cwt	325.00–332.00	1,560	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,732	12
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	515	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	850	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	223.01/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,619	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,452	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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