Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, receipts were too light for an adequate price comparison. Demand was moderate and supply was very light due to severe storms in the area yesterday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $315.22/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −89.89 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$315.22

34 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$10.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.46

vs MO average

−14.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	320.40	1,732	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	536	310.05	1,661	17thin

One grade step is worth $10.35/cwt here — about $70 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

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 sale34 hd

315.22

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MO average17 barns · 3,498 hd

335.68

−20.46

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

−14.12

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−89.89

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

49 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
Heifers	Medium 2-3	350–400	385	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	963	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	415.06/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,984	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,149	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,090	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,928	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	432.16/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,824	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	624	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,418	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,998	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	393.24/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,131	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	325.83/cwt	320.00–331.00	1,658	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,192	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,869	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	301.05/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,677	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,785	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	280.15/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	312.03/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,735	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	393.56/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,113	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	306.90/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,940	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	362.46/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,102	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	297.65/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,887	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	295.89/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,985	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	333.28/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,060	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,552	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,022	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	379.17/cwt	370.00–392.50	1,433	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	342.49/cwt	337.50–352.50	1,459	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	262.50/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,851	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,057	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	373.40/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	335.32/cwt	327.50–337.50	1,579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,069	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,268	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	380.40/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,792	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,331	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	313.80/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,654	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	318.66/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,555	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,381	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.

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