Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, receipts were too light for an adequate price comparison for most weights, but steers and heifers sold with a steady to weaker undertone. Demand was moderate to light on a light supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $267.37/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −137.75 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$267.37

32 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,447

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$837

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

$178.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.83

vs MO average

−37.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	308.09	1,605	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	544	285.89	1,555	9thin
Medium and Large 2	540	265.52	1,434	5thin
Small and Medium 2-3	591	130.00	768	5thin

One grade step is worth $178.09/cwt here — about $837 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale32 hd

267.37

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MO average16 barns · 3,251 hd

305.20

−37.83

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−37.65

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−137.75

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

58 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	500–550	545	326.67/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	284.66/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,941	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	401.63/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	314.11/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,812	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,930	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	307.49/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,427	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	275.22/cwt	265.00–286.00	1,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	348.99/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	418.87/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,558	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	402.92/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,034	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	390.54/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,675	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	495	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	332.67/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,447	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	276.29/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,583	2
Steers	Large 2	800–850	846	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	363.39/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,755	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	632	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,264	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,835	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	394.81/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	341.22/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,573	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	325.87/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,734	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,566	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,749	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,671	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	371.51/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,330	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	308.09/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,605	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,307	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,795	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	314.85/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,769	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	242.48/cwt	229.00–249.00	1,787	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	281.12/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,605	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,762	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,721	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	330.90/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,568	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	289.70/cwt	277.50–302.50	1,512	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	262.54/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	333.47/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,864	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	340.54/cwt	337.50–347.50	1,400	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	263.13/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,631	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,391	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,371	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	393.75/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,252	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	270.42/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,698	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,325	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	251.92/cwt	242.50–265.00	1,708	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	430.18/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,368	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	308.24/cwt	305.00–318.00	2,031	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	373.47/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	320.45/cwt	312.50–327.50	1,535	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	591	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	768	5

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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