Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 700lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 20.00 lower, and heavier weights were not well tested but sold with a steady undertone. Supply was moderate to light with many smaller lots of unweaned or short weaned calves making up the majority of the offering this week. Demand was moderate to light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $357.66/cwt on 132 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −97.76 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$357.66

132 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,934

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$461

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2-3

$90.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.43

vs MO average

−20.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	375.32	1,992	43
Medium and Large 1-2	546	354.33	1,935	75
Medium and Large 2	547	335.67	1,835	10thin
Large 2-3	537	285.00	1,530	4thin

One grade step is worth $90.32/cwt here — about $461 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 sale132 hd

357.66

—

MO average15 barns · 4,890 hd

383.09

−25.43

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−20.39

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−97.76

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

87 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 and Large 1	700–750	723	278.36/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,013	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	316.50/cwt	315.00–318.00	2,060	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	263.68/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,790	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,016	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	316.84/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,812	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	366.95/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,106	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	384.98/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,386	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	409.06/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,379	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	369.25/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,529	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	420.84/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,616	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	342.15/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,077	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	376.27/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,765	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	295.00/cwt	275.00–297.00	2,186	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	354.90/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,491	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	431.82/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,563	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,010	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	338.23/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,755	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,845	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	508	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,905	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	365.63/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,700	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	329.86/cwt	322.50–337.50	2,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	384.01/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,613	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	410.10/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	392	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	382.80/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,792	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	312.51/cwt	310.00–319.00	1,931	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	425.49/cwt	420.00–427.50	1,383	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	364.91/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,934	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	377.47/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,717	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,708	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,366	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	419.55/cwt	412.00–430.00	1,750	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,307	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,417	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,016	3
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	436	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,243	3
Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	537	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,530	4
Steers	Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,290	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,528	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	292.53/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	378.77/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,401	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	392.27/cwt	387.50–397.00	1,859	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	387.15/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,971	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,981	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,230	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	245.00/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	330.62/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,106	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	310.72/cwt	297.50–322.50	1,485	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	291.33/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	347.43/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	340.49/cwt	325.00–352.50	1,621	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	489	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,589	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,922	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	341.48/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	341.11/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	279.84/cwt	265.00–287.50	1,724	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	360.71/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,865	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	350.16/cwt	337.50–355.00	2,013	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	423	362.26/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,532	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	271.68/cwt	255.00–285.00	1,565	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	346.08/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,675	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	414.81/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	392	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,519	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	728	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,711	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,436	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,170	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,895	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	344.97/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	262.48/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,990	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	300.81/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,763	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	582	341.62/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,988	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	316.77/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,964	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	331.72/cwt	322.50–350.00	1,894	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	444.70/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,468	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	332.05/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,733	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	394.19/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,727	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	316.84/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,651	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	383.31/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,568	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,790	6

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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