Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold unevenly with steers selling 4.00 lower to 6.00 higher and heifers selling from 7.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Supply was moderate to light after last week's large calf and yearling special and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.11/cwt on 108 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −86.30 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$369.11

108 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,975

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$265

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

$63.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.85

vs MO average

+0.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	387.32	2,042	63
Medium and Large 1-2	545	357.88	1,949	26
Medium and Large 2	548	324.09	1,777	19thin

One grade step is worth $63.23/cwt here — about $265 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

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 sale108 hd

369.11

—

MO average17 barns · 2,571 hd

368.27

+0.85

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

+0.10

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−86.30

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

77 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	500–550	529	345.67/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,829	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	400.51/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	396.70/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,722	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	601	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,344	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	371.06/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,904	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,118	5
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	463	314.95/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,458	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	345.12/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,143	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	352.04/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,655	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	311.20/cwt	290.00–314.50	2,113	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	254.84/cwt	247.50–255.25	2,327	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,271	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	320.68/cwt	310.00–327.50	1,998	9
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,032	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,219	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	294.42/cwt	292.50–297.50	1,693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	289.11/cwt	272.50–293.00	2,073	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,210	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	380.82/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,809	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	344.71/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,986	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	385.94/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,165	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	421.44/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,357	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	440.37/cwt	435.00–447.50	1,383	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	321.83/cwt	312.00–330.00	2,131	11
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	754	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,092	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	434.07/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,797	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,048	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	464	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,694	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	413.54/cwt	405.00–417.50	1,911	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	464.94/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,753	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	373.23/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,903	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	344	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,436	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	576	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,045	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	455	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	454	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,657	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,404	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	405.42/cwt	405.00–407.50	1,573	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,135	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	398.10/cwt	395.00–417.50	1,875	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,662	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,696	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	283.57/cwt	275.00–302.50	1,466	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	345.27/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,833	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,200	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	396.20/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,636	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	296.78/cwt	285.00–302.50	1,816	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	381.95/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,734	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	347.86/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,117	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	359.48/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,736	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	276.60/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,737	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	311.72/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,515	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	328.43/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,396	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	269.16/cwt	267.50–270.00	1,771	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	318.56/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,650	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	388.33/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,270	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	360.09/cwt	347.50–375.00	1,541	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	365.90/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,390	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	298.88/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,728	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,927	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,725	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	344.48/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,292	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	453	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	321.70/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,843	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,605	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	340.48/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,781	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	390.28/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,998	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	333.74/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,579	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	412	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	372	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,246	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	491	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,620	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	333	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,199	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	424.17/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,620	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	399.48/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,442	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,375	2

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →