Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's light test, steers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher, and the best test of 500lb to 700lb heifers sold 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate to heavy supply, with many groups of attractive quality calves and yearlings in town this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.06/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −75.36 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$380.06

223 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,092

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$290

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

$78.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.89

vs MO average

+1.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	400.50	2,154	119
Medium and Large 1-2	561	365.04	2,049	84
Medium and Large 2	580	321.51	1,865	20

One grade step is worth $78.98/cwt here — about $290 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 sale223 hd

380.06

—

MO average17 barns · 4,676 hd

383.94

−3.89

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+1.27

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−75.36

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

106 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	300–350	312	504.91/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,575	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	424.90/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,436	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,052	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,530	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	368.22/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,268	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	385.32/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,196	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	282.54/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,040	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	356.47/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,836	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	287.93/cwt	270.00–292.50	2,064	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	452.49/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,968	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	479.97/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,829	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	423.87/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,009	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	401.30/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,107	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,688	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	411.99/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,941	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,280	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	484	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,081	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	402.78/cwt	390.00–407.00	2,155	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	264.94/cwt	255.00–275.00	2,067	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,138	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	335.34/cwt	325.00–355.00	2,116	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	661	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,752	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	315.61/cwt	295.00–320.00	2,080	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	347.42/cwt	330.00–351.00	2,293	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	350–400	376	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,767	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	339.83/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,927	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	356.70/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,869	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	416.93/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,914	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	416.62/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,471	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,459	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,315	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	400.49/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,099	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	429.37/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,812	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	408.17/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,931	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	414.91/cwt	402.50–430.00	1,734	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	281.67/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,121	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	364.99/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,274	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,325	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	321.42/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,015	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	326.67/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,172	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,716	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,890	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	519	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,284	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	491	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,755	5
Steers	Large 2	800–850	801	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,051	16
Steers	Large 2	650–700	686	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,887	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	696	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,036	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	356.43/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,490	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	637	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,943	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,784	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	335.65/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,799	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,873	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,223	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	529	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	384	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,709	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	326.12/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	331.52/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	359.96/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,400	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	366.80/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,753	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	270.60/cwt	270.00–271.00	2,251	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	434.83/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,639	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	287.53/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,952	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	309.75/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,958	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	367.50/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,120	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	447	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,833	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	291.87/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,710	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	396.79/cwt	395.00–397.00	1,520	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	307.56/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	379.43/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,601	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	317.98/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,165	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,674	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	330.96/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,744	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	362.49/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,671	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,027	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,229	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	304.85/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,064	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	496	388.30/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,926	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	398.17/cwt	380.00–420.00	1,489	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	404.05/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,939	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	256.29/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,976	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	248.87/cwt	245.00–250.00	2,183	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	414.55/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,389	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	457.93/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,548	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	370.83/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,969	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	430.25/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,867	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	308.03/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,944	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	362.99/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,069	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	320.51/cwt	307.00–330.00	1,804	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	347.41/cwt	338.00–355.00	2,203	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	434	364.63/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,582	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	519	330.29/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,714	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	299.47/cwt	287.50–302.00	2,156	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	284.13/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,907	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	588	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,087	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,818	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,829	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	410	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,497	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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