Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700lbs sold 10.00 to 20.00 lower, and steers over 700lbs were 1.00 to 4.00 lower. LIghtweight heifers under 600lbs sold 15.00 to 25.00 lower and heavier weights had little to compare to. Quality was below average for the majority of the offering this week. As the day progressed, demand and prices increased as the futures board trended higher and made up for some losses in the past few days.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.02/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −106.39 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$349.02

83 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,884

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$645

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$113.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.50

vs MO average

−5.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	363.38	1,933	41
Medium and Large 1-2	550	345.86	1,902	34
Medium and Large 2	546	301.79	1,648	6thin
Medium 2	515	250.00	1,288	2thin

One grade step is worth $113.38/cwt here — about $645 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

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 sale83 hd

349.02

—

MO average15 barns · 1,365 hd

344.52

+4.50

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−5.28

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−106.39

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

93 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	650–700	670	313.47/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,100	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,030	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	431	275.39/cwt	235.00–300.00	1,187	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	245.84/cwt	230.00–262.50	2,018	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	370.36/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,863	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,296	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,750	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	358.64/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,998	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	305.61/cwt	302.00–307.00	2,225	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	364.89/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	392	401.62/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,574	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	288.95/cwt	280.00–307.00	1,930	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	282.23/cwt	282.00–285.00	2,204	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	391.23/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,663	20
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	240.88/cwt	230.00–245.00	2,091	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	341.25/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,979	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	361.85/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,722	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	313.65/cwt	302.00–322.50	1,970	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	537	282.58/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	440.02/cwt	432.50–455.00	1,584	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	780	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,599	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	937	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,005	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	466	280.21/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,306	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,886	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	411.80/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,692	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	377	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,056	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	630	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,399	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	512	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,331	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	483	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,763	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,002	203.71/cwt	186.00–210.75	2,041	74
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	856	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,776	41
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	844	201.97/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,705	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,708	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,875	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	397.30/cwt	390.00–417.50	1,514	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,792	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,120	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	349.57/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,832	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	215.06/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	253.32/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,839	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	287.64/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,910	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	313.91/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,604	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	392.05/cwt	370.00–402.50	1,658	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	352.57/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,650	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	248.48/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,819	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	284.51/cwt	272.50–290.00	1,653	20
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	422	287.85/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,215	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	254.07/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,862	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	343.76/cwt	337.00–355.00	1,488	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	365.75/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,152	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	298.97/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,564	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	225.65/cwt	224.00–237.50	1,756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,624	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	291.06/cwt	285.00–297.00	1,810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	377.28/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,456	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	864	222.30/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,921	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	322	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,208	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,655	3
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	597	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,373	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	306.44/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,416	7
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	414	324.66/cwt	322.00–327.50	1,344	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	318.25/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	349.21/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,847	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	241.09/cwt	225.00–248.00	2,187	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	400.89/cwt	387.50–415.00	1,299	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	353.19/cwt	350.00–362.50	1,667	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	345.82/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,442	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	261.92/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,647	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	415.03/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,602	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,244	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	240.54/cwt	227.50–245.00	1,496	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	330.87/cwt	307.50–342.50	1,247	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	337.49/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,610	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	285.32/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	372.57/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,416	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	270.96/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,983	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	264.92/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	295.92/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,678	8
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	450	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,374	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	355.57/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,348	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	296.22/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,271	4

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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