Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Demand was good with a moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $308.06/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −97.06 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$308.06

119 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$36.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.49

vs MO average

−6.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	321.94	1,705	69
Medium and Large 1-2	580	289.12	1,676	40
Medium and Large 2	567	288.75	1,636	8thin
Large 2	578	285.00	1,647	2thin

One grade step is worth $36.94/cwt here — about $57 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 sale119 hd

308.06

—

MO average16 barns · 2,846 hd

317.55

−9.49

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−6.52

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−97.06

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

88 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	600–650	624	336.46/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,100	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	284.09/cwt	280.00–284.50	2,358	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	316.43/cwt	306.00–327.00	2,139	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	309.63/cwt	307.00–310.00	2,239	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	826	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,748	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	381.54/cwt	362.50–390.00	1,812	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	395.02/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,616	7
Steers	Large 1-2	950–1000	971	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,233	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,856	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,624	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,562	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	294.62/cwt	270.00–307.00	1,535	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,321	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	304.90/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,893	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,071	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	383.06/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,643	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	289.42/cwt	283.00–295.00	1,679	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	351.37/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,701	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	322.55/cwt	316.00–355.00	1,716	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	312.32/cwt	307.00–320.00	1,802	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	263.05/cwt	262.00–264.00	2,070	25
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	578	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	386	381.75/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,474	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	400.38/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,874	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	381.62/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,977	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,250	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,718	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	497	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	656	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,722	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	379	359.07/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,361	19
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	428	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	365.83/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,147	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	374.75/cwt	372.50–377.50	1,555	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,949	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,117	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	340.47/cwt	322.50–350.00	1,961	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	363.49/cwt	355.00–377.50	1,708	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	493	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,775	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	368	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,490	3
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	535	271.63/cwt	255.00–276.00	1,453	10
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	319	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	973	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	307	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	379	432.36/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,639	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,795	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	547	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,819	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	275.28/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,905	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	386.48/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,592	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,641	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,981	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	294.32/cwt	287.50–295.00	1,943	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	325.09/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,671	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	846	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,925	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	279.36/cwt	277.50–285.00	2,000	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	356.07/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,495	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	296.32/cwt	295.00–312.00	1,819	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	356.21/cwt	337.50–370.00	1,685	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	336.51/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,659	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	347.39/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,317	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,377	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	311	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	386.07/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,475	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	280.61/cwt	277.50–290.00	1,945	8
Heifers	Large 2	650–700	673	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,722	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	285.07/cwt	278.00–295.00	1,793	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,131	2
Heifers	Large 2	1000–1050	1,018	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,934	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	579	288.51/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,670	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	433	346.32/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,500	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	298.12/cwt	280.00–322.50	1,324	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,647	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	300	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	442.31/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,464	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	418.72/cwt	400.00–427.00	1,738	9

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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