Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, lightweight steers under 500lbs sold with a higher undertone, and steers over 500lbs sold mostly steady to 8.00 lower. Heifers sold unevenly steady from 5.00 lower to 7.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $364.90/cwt on 143 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −90.51 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$364.90

143 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$41.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.98

vs MO average

−9.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	374.76	2,116	75
Medium and Large 1-2	551	357.64	1,970	58
Medium and Large 2	552	333.11	1,837	10thin

One grade step is worth $41.65/cwt here — about $279 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 sale143 hd

364.90

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MO average14 barns · 2,159 hd

367.88

−2.98

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−9.12

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−90.51

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

107 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	450–500	463	409.93/cwt	407.50–420.00	1,898	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,047	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	478.66/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,546	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	302.82/cwt	290.00–308.00	2,338	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	446.80/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,702	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	338.76/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,094	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	384.41/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,668	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,204	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	353.76/cwt	340.00–362.50	2,027	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,307	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	381.83/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,840	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	320.06/cwt	307.50–327.50	2,151	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	263.42/cwt	250.00–275.00	2,197	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	411.71/cwt	410.00–412.50	1,581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	337.88/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,743	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	271.86/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	268.29/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,114	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	324.59/cwt	322.50–335.00	2,077	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	308.22/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	985	233.00/cwt	225.00–241.00	2,295	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	361.91/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,940	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	374.98/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,466	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	377.41/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	418.38/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,356	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	331.21/cwt	327.50–332.50	2,203	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	408	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	375.07/cwt	365.00–379.00	2,198	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	419.07/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,748	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	380.79/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,041	18
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	865	227.74/cwt	210.00–234.75	1,970	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,346	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	501	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,863	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,051	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	515	292.35/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,506	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,046	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	436	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,297	17
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	355	302.60/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,074	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	553	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,477	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	762	238.50/cwt	226.00–242.00	1,817	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	608	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,961	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	819	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,794	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	930	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,888	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	956	197.71/cwt	195.00–210.00	1,890	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	626	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,490	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	371.77/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,811	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,791	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	599	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,947	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,792	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,943	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,947	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	357.40/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	387.16/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,432	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	238.94/cwt	235.00–245.00	2,122	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	337.15/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,918	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	308.67/cwt	300.00–317.50	2,090	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	399.20/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,665	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,296	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	246.74/cwt	237.50–260.00	1,999	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	339.46/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,904	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	413.50/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,728	5
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	475	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,164	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	325.17/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,545	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	344.28/cwt	320.00–357.50	1,505	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	288.73/cwt	272.50–295.00	1,790	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	314.46/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,972	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	856	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,072	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	384.94/cwt	360.00–392.50	1,420	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	351.70/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,657	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	393.61/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,330	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,491	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	358.26/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,738	6
Steers	Large 3	350–400	363	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,125	3
Steers	Large 3	900–950	942	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,120	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	533	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,759	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	328.33/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,927	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,685	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	317.67/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,795	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	260.01/cwt	240.00–265.00	2,015	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	375.01/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,036	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	286.20/cwt	280.00–287.50	2,023	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,717	11
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	567	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,786	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	366.49/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,569	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	507	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	430.20/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,415	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	460	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	298.71/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	272.21/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,807	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	322.22/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,717	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,075	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	336.57/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,760	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	3

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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