Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600lbs sold mostly steady, 600lb to 750lb steers sold 8.00 to 10.00 higher on multiple groups of attractive quality yearlings, and steers over 750lbs were not well tested. Heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good for the majority of the offering, even with the futures board trending down for the day, and supply was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.34/cwt on 165 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −135.07 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$320.34

165 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$54.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.18

vs MO average

−28.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	337.55	1,795	52
Medium and Large 1-2	548	314.37	1,724	106
Medium and Large 2	572	282.80	1,616	7thin

One grade step is worth $54.75/cwt here — about $179 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 sale165 hd

320.34

—

MO average17 barns · 4,494 hd

339.51

−19.18

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−28.32

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−135.07

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

87 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 1-2	750–800	784	232.47/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,823	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	253.88/cwt	248.00–267.00	1,820	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	283.67/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,393	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	287.93/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,517	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	286.48/cwt	275.50–296.50	2,091	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	305.52/cwt	287.50–312.50	1,766	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	287.33/cwt	275.00–297.50	1,802	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	295.51/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,152	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	684	239.60/cwt	238.00–242.50	1,639	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	429.95/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,479	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	326.44/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,815	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	956	243.70/cwt	237.00–246.00	2,330	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	344.19/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,804	34
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	718	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,903	6
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	823	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	280.49/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	358.80/cwt	345.00–385.00	1,521	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	276.94/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,867	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	321.77/cwt	300.00–326.00	1,966	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	305.69/cwt	295.00–316.00	2,112	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	265.04/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	288.59/cwt	285.00–292.50	1,509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	318.96/cwt	307.50–322.50	1,515	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	244.18/cwt	241.00–245.00	2,124	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,214	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	330.03/cwt	322.00–345.00	1,568	26
Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	635	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,276	2
Steers	Large 2-3	800–850	801	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,282	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	260.23/cwt	250.00–266.00	2,004	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	392.24/cwt	382.50–395.00	1,628	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	322.90/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,679	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,779	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	301.49/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,085	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	333.20/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,449	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	265.26/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,775	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,854	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	294.57/cwt	282.50–312.00	1,676	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	366.70/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,584	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	298.61/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,884	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	250.84/cwt	244.00–260.00	1,781	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,198	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,741	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	265.41/cwt	265.00–267.50	1,895	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,670	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	274.90/cwt	265.00–283.00	1,570	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	335.07/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,380	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	272.79/cwt	260.00–277.50	1,716	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	869	217.45/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,890	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	240.73/cwt	230.00–252.50	1,883	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	276.63/cwt	262.50–277.50	1,848	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	837	218.57/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,829	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	264.48/cwt	260.00–268.00	1,669	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	335.27/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,566	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	301.04/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,008	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	338.72/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,097	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	282.98/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,723	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	307.53/cwt	297.50–312.50	1,565	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	382.46/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,450	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	414.61/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,526	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	324.05/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,167	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	317.46/cwt	311.00–320.00	1,489	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	358.03/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,171	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,120	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	691	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,814	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	238.18/cwt	225.00–247.00	1,724	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	356.79/cwt	342.50–367.50	1,359	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	336.25/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,553	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	300.84/cwt	282.50–307.50	1,546	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	450	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	297.50/cwt	287.50–302.50	1,684	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	321.52/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,363	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	250.72/cwt	242.00–259.00	1,715	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	904	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,627	5
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	707	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,821	75
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	925	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,007	5

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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