Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-01-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder cattle sale 3 weeks ago, steers under 500lbs sold with a sharply higher undertone, and steers over 500lbs and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 20.00 higher. A very impressive, high quality run this week for the first feeder sale of the year at the SLMC. This sale was a yearling special sale, and debuted the first program value added cattle on the new silver and gold value added programs offered through the SLMC. Demand was very good on a heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.52/cwt on 338 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −125.89 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$329.52

338 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$313

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

$51.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.20

vs MO average

−12.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	337.76	1,852	230
Medium and Large 1-2	543	314.63	1,708	98
Medium and Large 2	538	286.03	1,539	10thin

One grade step is worth $51.73/cwt here — about $313 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 sale338 hd

329.52

—

MO average10 barns · 3,473 hd

325.32

+4.20

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

−12.56

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−125.89

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	336.41/cwt	325.00–361.00	1,581	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	750	251.55/cwt	251.50–252.00	1,887	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,905	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	830	264.07/cwt	259.00–266.50	2,192	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	348.77/cwt	330.00–376.00	1,845	105
Steers	Medium 2	850–900	880	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	235.03/cwt	230.00–237.00	2,207	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	807	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	662	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,900	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	624	312.30/cwt	303.50–319.00	1,949	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	318.15/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,721	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	263.82/cwt	263.00–265.00	2,153	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	296.29/cwt	282.00–307.50	2,006	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	253.88/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,978	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	249.70/cwt	239.00–254.00	2,020	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	306.08/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	301.68/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,901	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	397.86/cwt	377.50–420.00	1,667	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	274.85/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,965	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	359.38/cwt	340.00–381.00	1,678	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	286.03/cwt	265.00–294.00	1,539	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,219	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	607	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,015	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	321.50/cwt	305.00–336.00	1,852	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,302	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	535	217.28/cwt	205.00–224.00	1,162	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	592	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,154	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	723	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,374	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	334.62/cwt	327.50–362.50	1,392	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	288.85/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,687	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,708	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	498	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,135	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	600	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,080	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	773	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,585	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	507	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,678	21
Steers	Large 1Value Added	800–850	837	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,185	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	388	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,401	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	892	188.35/cwt	168.00–191.00	1,680	42
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	421	234.58/cwt	232.50–235.00	988	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	309.50/cwt	309.50–309.50	1,804	43
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	525	253.63/cwt	252.00–257.00	1,332	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,018	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	278.25/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,731	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,415	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,713	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,777	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	325.26/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,285	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	289.46/cwt	276.00–302.50	1,248	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	909	215.88/cwt	210.00–219.00	1,962	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	233.28/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,855	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	319.98/cwt	302.50–339.00	1,533	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	309.86/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,115	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	227.09/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,646	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	280.73/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,485	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	260.05/cwt	254.00–267.00	1,636	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	333.68/cwt	330.00–334.00	1,131	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	287.22/cwt	277.50–296.00	1,623	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	320.02/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,286	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	244.57/cwt	239.00–247.50	1,409	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	554	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	1,476	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,701	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	268.42/cwt	260.50–272.00	1,812	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	262.84/cwt	258.00–267.50	1,874	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	244.83/cwt	236.00–254.00	1,895	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	595	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,667	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	544	278.42/cwt	277.50–278.50	1,515	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	309.19/cwt	293.00–320.00	1,605	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	455	313.75/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,428	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	459	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,584	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	425	333.45/cwt	330.00–339.00	1,417	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	271.85/cwt	255.00–290.00	1,147	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	293.76/cwt	277.00–297.50	1,425	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	319.02/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,053	2
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	375	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	273.78/cwt	266.00–280.00	2,111	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	412.22/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,344	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,712	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	271.82/cwt	267.50–275.00	1,587	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	251.06/cwt	241.00–262.50	1,685	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	279.10/cwt	261.00–287.00	1,892	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	282.18/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,769	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	252.73/cwt	250.00–255.00	2,173	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,364	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	718	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,741	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	729	256.93/cwt	252.50–262.00	1,873	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	232.57/cwt	225.00–240.00	2,033	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	263.10/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,921	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	388.38/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,530	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	390.93/cwt	382.50–400.00	1,497	3
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,084	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,472	8

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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