Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700lbs sold mostly 15.00 to 25.00 higher, and yearling steers over 700lbs showed gains of 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifers were mostly 15.00 to 30.00 higher. Demand was very good on an active market, with prices that gained back all of last week's losses and then some. Supply was moderate to light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $379.27/cwt on 148 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −76.14 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$379.27

148 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,107

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$31.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.67

vs MO average

+14.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	389.13	2,139	101
Medium and Large 1-2	568	358.08	2,035	47

One grade step is worth $31.05/cwt here — about $104 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 sale148 hd

379.27

—

MO average17 barns · 3,064 hd

363.61

+15.67

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

+14.51

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−76.14

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

85 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	Large 2-3	450–500	456	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,334	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	353.81/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,720	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	387.75/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,001	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	377.39/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,264	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	495	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,535	5
Steers	Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,208	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	2,464	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	422.40/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,428	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	250.61/cwt	247.50–251.00	2,145	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	356.72/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,048	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	355.14/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	283.37/cwt	277.50–300.00	2,023	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	270.86/cwt	267.50–277.50	2,121	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,390	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	430.98/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,646	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,395	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	310.57/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,053	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	333.71/cwt	322.50–355.00	2,212	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	391.89/cwt	380.00–412.50	2,038	22
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,031	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,289	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	382.07/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,170	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	494	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	369.55/cwt	352.50–385.00	1,922	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	411.67/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,708	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	325.61/cwt	312.50–332.50	2,348	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	302.07/cwt	297.50–322.50	2,320	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	345.43/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,145	20
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	372	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,042	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	321.95/cwt	305.00–330.00	2,035	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,416	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	472	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,794	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	440.95/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	395.31/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,894	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	300–350	328	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	689	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,302	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	579	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,403	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,139	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	305.04/cwt	297.50–310.00	2,230	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	418	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,568	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,025	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,016	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,691	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	358.76/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,840	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	389.18/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	308.67/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,904	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	404.14/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,693	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,006	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	369.83/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,786	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	315.00/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,994	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	320.11/cwt	295.00–330.00	1,569	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	323.53/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,883	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	271.24/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	336.73/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,492	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	331.47/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,747	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	305.87/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,783	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	377.27/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,762	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	370.52/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,604	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	246.38/cwt	230.00–255.00	1,892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	230.26/cwt	222.50–245.00	1,524	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	250.21/cwt	235.00–257.50	1,784	8
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	384	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,056	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	319.30/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,817	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	347.73/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,662	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	825	228.82/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,888	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	286.69/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,846	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	502	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,657	3
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	493	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	286.42/cwt	265.00–290.00	2,014	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	412.68/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,005	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,039	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	635	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,949	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	317.58/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,674	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	361.64/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,591	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	371	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,503	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	387.53/cwt	365.00–395.00	1,310	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	383.05/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,800	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	272.02/cwt	252.50–277.50	1,839	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	392.58/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,676	23

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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