Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-02-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 7.00 to 12.00 lower. Lightweight heifers under 450lbs sold with a steady undertone, and heavier weights over 450lbs sold 8.00 to 15.00 lower. Quality this week was much less attractive than last week's sale for the majority of the offering, with many unweaned or short weaned calves in town. Demand was moderate to light on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $276.91/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −128.20 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$276.91

161 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,522

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$96

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

$43.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.53

vs MO average

−21.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	289.01	1,525	41
Medium and Large 1-2	557	275.41	1,533	109
Medium and Large 2	542	247.37	1,342	6thin
Medium 1-2	581	246.00	1,429	5thin

One grade step is worth $43.01/cwt here — about $96 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

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 sale161 hd

276.91

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MO average18 barns · 3,997 hd

300.45

−23.53

National average192 barns · 21,303 hd

298.86

−21.95

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−128.20

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

85 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	550–600	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,330	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	274.13/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,587	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	292.47/cwt	290.00–298.00	1,904	26
Heifers	Medium 2-3	450–500	475	213.21/cwt	205.00–225.00	1,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	337.12/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,760	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	498	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,631	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	312.47/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	337.42/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,620	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	529	269.46/cwt	267.50–272.50	1,425	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	271.95/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,977	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	328.81/cwt	324.00–341.00	1,851	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	363.54/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,694	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	426.42/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,356	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	354.88/cwt	345.00–362.00	1,526	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	379.70/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	251.32/cwt	246.00–261.00	1,980	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	276.31/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,846	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	251.55/cwt	249.00–254.00	2,216	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	403.15/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	302.44/cwt	302.00–304.00	1,917	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	290.46/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,836	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	371.39/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,441	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	309.34/cwt	301.00–317.00	1,769	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	261.12/cwt	249.00–266.00	1,885	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	477	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,097	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	831	244.11/cwt	231.00–250.00	2,029	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,628	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,702	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	388.58/cwt	372.50–400.00	1,298	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	243.75/cwt	238.00–248.00	2,147	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	824	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,533	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	327.72/cwt	312.50–330.00	1,721	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	280.55/cwt	270.00–291.00	1,411	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,652	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	309	363.35/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,123	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	292.48/cwt	287.00–309.00	1,802	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,942	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	322.52/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,387	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	352.68/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,531	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,669	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	276.20/cwt	259.00–285.00	1,754	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,991	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	296.36/cwt	284.00–310.00	1,713	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,859	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	549	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,674	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	509	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,705	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	245.50/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,753	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	509	279.41/cwt	279.00–280.00	1,422	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	236.82/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,475	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	249.81/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,326	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	326.31/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,573	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	295.53/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,563	22
Bulls	Medium 2-3	550–600	565	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	356.51/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,369	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	354.19/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,165	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	339.22/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,421	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	315	344.26/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,084	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	325.57/cwt	322.50–327.50	1,377	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	290.18/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	215.50/cwt	215.50–215.50	1,830	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	292.46/cwt	260.00–299.00	1,296	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	280.40/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,287	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	322.01/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,265	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	201.31/cwt	192.50–210.00	1,570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	232.50/cwt	232.00–233.00	1,774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,417	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	248.20/cwt	237.00–253.00	1,660	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	240.18/cwt	240.00–242.50	1,905	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	231.93/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,684	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	318.90/cwt	307.50–327.50	1,477	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	259.43/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,621	31
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	581	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	300.28/cwt	292.50–308.00	1,447	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,738	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	278.78/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,472	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	272.05/cwt	268.00–284.00	1,668	18

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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