Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher, and heifers were 10.00 to 25.00 higher. Quality was very attractive, with many groups of long weaned calves and yearlings, and high quality unweaned calves that still easily found new homes. The market was very active with many bidders and buyers eager to fill loads throughout the day. Supply was heavy and demand was very good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $342.99/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −112.42 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$342.99

176 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$318

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$80.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.50

vs MO average

−15.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	350.92	1,916	97
Medium and Large 1-2	550	341.70	1,878	66
Medium and Large 2	587	296.43	1,740	10thin
Medium 2	592	270.00	1,598	3thin

One grade step is worth $80.92/cwt here — about $318 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 sale176 hd

342.99

—

MO average16 barns · 2,874 hd

356.49

−13.50

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−15.68

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−112.42

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

126 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 2	400–450	438	333.83/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	306	337.55/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,033	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	347.61/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	271.47/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,811	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	268.99/cwt	258.00–275.00	2,047	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	421.39/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,357	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	387.16/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,684	7
Steers	Large 2	800–850	813	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	316.99/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	341.55/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,776	23
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	301	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,084	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	264.02/cwt	248.00–270.00	2,199	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	368.76/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,733	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	275.67/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,990	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	305.17/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,907	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	342.35/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,938	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	408.33/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,760	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	307.48/cwt	287.50–317.00	2,211	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,142	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,187	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	256.00/cwt	255.00–257.00	2,304	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	422	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,572	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	358.75/cwt	355.00–362.50	2,048	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	317.02/cwt	305.00–327.50	2,143	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	331.10/cwt	317.50–344.00	2,020	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	399.12/cwt	385.00–407.00	1,828	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	293.48/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,013	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	459.56/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,517	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	350.89/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,554	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	381	368.26/cwt	362.50–375.00	1,403	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,732	2
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	592	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	400.84/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,555	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	344	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,417	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	417	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	649	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,025	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	296.43/cwt	290.00–318.00	1,740	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	789	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,150	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	506	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,771	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	592	331.41/cwt	330.00–332.50	1,962	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	400.12/cwt	390.00–409.00	1,717	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	690	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,242	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	969	203.58/cwt	185.00–208.00	1,973	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1250–1300	1,268	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	2,308	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,098	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,141	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	574	218.51/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,254	27
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	721	218.15/cwt	206.00–223.00	1,573	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	631	203.19/cwt	185.00–222.00	1,282	28
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	864	210.51/cwt	207.00–210.75	1,819	31
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	454	293.91/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,334	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	815	205.35/cwt	198.00–206.50	1,674	30
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	374	281.56/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,053	5
Heifers	Large 2	700–750	728	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,492	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	536	259.94/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,393	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,802	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	331.41/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,548	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,711	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,838	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	552	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,794	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	438.73/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	337.51/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,755	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	322.00/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,984	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	356.92/cwt	331.00–370.00	2,063	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	313.81/cwt	300.00–327.50	2,103	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	380.52/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,640	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	324.31/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,832	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	289.43/cwt	265.00–297.50	1,925	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	400.11/cwt	392.50–420.00	1,748	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,935	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	382.59/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,794	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	225.00/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,913	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	270.83/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,733	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	285.20/cwt	265.00–297.50	1,666	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	357.86/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,714	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	303.57/cwt	292.50–310.00	1,852	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	255.12/cwt	246.00–262.50	1,857	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	364.56/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,713	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	282.90/cwt	272.00–295.00	1,881	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	325.55/cwt	313.00–335.00	1,696	58
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	258.37/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,977	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	387.48/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,321	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	383.19/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,602	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	379.58/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,427	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	276.44/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,985	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,998	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	371.34/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,233	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	337.03/cwt	320.00–349.00	1,611	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	713	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,718	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	426.02/cwt	422.50–435.00	1,598	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	362.07/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,865	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	216.42/cwt	207.50–225.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	465	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,569	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,830	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	267.76/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,561	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	318.26/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,346	8
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	695	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	319.07/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,222	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	262.74/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	299.68/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,441	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,499	3
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	305	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	296.06/cwt	285.00–307.00	1,581	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	239.71/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,757	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	230.48/cwt	226.50–237.00	1,871	18
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	392	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,078	5
Heifers	Large 2	800–850	848	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,611	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	279.21/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,706	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	223.56/cwt	217.00–227.50	2,052	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	348.03/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,298	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	240.90/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,879	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	347.38/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,522	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	340.00/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,139	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	246.05/cwt	238.00–265.00	1,885	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	295.07/cwt	287.50–302.00	1,835	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	310.20/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,793	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	254.19/cwt	239.00–260.00	1,723	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	287.19/cwt	280.00–302.50	1,651	28

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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