Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher with spots up to 12.00 higher. Heifers under 500lbs sold with a weak undertone, and heifers over 500lbs were mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher. This was a value added calf and yearling sale, so many more lots of weaned and vaccinated cattle were on offer than last week. Demand was good on a moderate to heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.16/cwt on 296 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −89.25 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$366.16

296 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,053

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

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

$54.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.21

vs MO average

−7.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	383.53	2,183	152
Medium and Large 1-2	552	351.78	1,942	119
Medium and Large 2	551	329.03	1,814	25

One grade step is worth $54.50/cwt here — about $370 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 sale296 hd

366.16

—

MO average9 barns · 1,725 hd

384.37

−18.21

National average120 barns · 5,578 hd

374.14

−7.98

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−89.25

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

91 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	348.53/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,990	41
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	310.44/cwt	297.00–317.00	1,956	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,369	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	579	335.45/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,942	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,637	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	323.02/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,912	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	294.78/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,990	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	274.95/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,966	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	391.80/cwt	382.00–400.00	2,077	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	251.09/cwt	232.50–260.00	2,069	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	360.10/cwt	342.00–365.00	2,218	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	242.49/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,279	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,485	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,909	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	318.38/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,260	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	351.65/cwt	342.50–360.00	1,892	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,082	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	376.95/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	379.60/cwt	363.00–389.00	2,232	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	305.46/cwt	295.00–309.00	2,355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	440.17/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,400	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	335.32/cwt	326.00–342.00	2,216	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	471.75/cwt	460.00–490.00	1,486	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,629	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	361.63/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,656	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,513	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	394.77/cwt	382.50–405.00	1,915	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	319.13/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,969	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	422.85/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,713	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	328.80/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,868	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	396.03/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,457	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	326.23/cwt	325.00–327.50	1,983	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	438.92/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,598	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	341.25/cwt	332.50–347.00	1,781	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,058	17
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	563	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,576	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	934	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,031	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	723	246.38/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,781	22
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	955	238.22/cwt	218.00–244.00	2,275	76
Steers	Large 2	950–1000	988	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,445	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	818	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,820	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	323.99/cwt	314.00–330.00	1,840	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	523	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,752	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	654	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,191	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,810	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	418	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,348	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	350–400	394	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,399	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	264.52/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,746	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	286.37/cwt	282.50–304.00	1,647	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	330.09/cwt	322.50–335.00	1,888	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	462	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,802	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,100	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	703	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,758	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	721	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	349.54/cwt	347.50–357.50	1,699	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	328.05/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,745	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	334.72/cwt	320.00–347.50	1,413	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	652	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,858	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	282.04/cwt	277.50–286.50	2,189	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,695	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	678	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,095	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	318.32/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,827	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	280.81/cwt	280.00–282.50	1,935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	386.71/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,408	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	271.20/cwt	268.00–277.50	1,969	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	361.58/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,895	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	357.91/cwt	347.50–367.50	1,535	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	346.96/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,662	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	324.88/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,715	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	252.67/cwt	247.50–258.00	1,966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	322.65/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,013	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	260.92/cwt	255.00–270.00	2,317	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	391.90/cwt	380.00–397.00	1,720	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,444	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	408.54/cwt	395.00–425.00	1,544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	371.85/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,774	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	580	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	312.95/cwt	295.00–318.50	2,116	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	951	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,463	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	299.09/cwt	293.00–308.00	2,186	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	275.46/cwt	271.00–278.00	2,281	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	308.55/cwt	307.00–310.00	1,928	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,738	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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