Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher, and heifers were 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Despite the downpours outside the barn, supply was moderate and demand was good for the high quality calves and yearlings on offer today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.52/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −88.89 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$366.52

73 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,017

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$418

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$69.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.77

vs MO average

−12.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	384.58	2,109	41
Medium and Large 1-2	564	355.72	2,007	18thin
Medium and Large 2	528	353.34	1,866	3thin
Large 1-2	553	345.00	1,908	2thin
Large 2	537	315.00	1,691	9thin

One grade step is worth $69.58/cwt here — about $418 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale73 hd

366.52

—

MO average16 barns · 5,035 hd

382.29

−15.77

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−12.06

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−88.89

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

89 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	500–550	538	365.38/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,966	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,452	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	431.94/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	795	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,226	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	375.15/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,579	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	903	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,131	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	408.93/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,730	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	377.03/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,783	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,306	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	447.96/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	342.65/cwt	332.50–350.00	2,138	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	241.81/cwt	225.00–255.00	2,138	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	274.88/cwt	265.00–285.00	2,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	744	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,425	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	314.27/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,146	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	316.92/cwt	310.00–322.50	2,123	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	459	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	513	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,642	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	353.99/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,198	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	358.88/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,074	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	419.32/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,950	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	345.70/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,970	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	341.99/cwt	332.50–346.00	2,302	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,176	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	404.05/cwt	392.50–415.00	1,907	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	331.50/cwt	331.50–331.50	2,251	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	430.53/cwt	430.00–431.00	1,550	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	377.40/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	371.16/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,715	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	312.50/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,203	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	392.03/cwt	385.00–402.50	2,042	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,398	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	380.43/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,020	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	389.79/cwt	382.50–397.50	1,629	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	357.34/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,830	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	325.58/cwt	315.00–335.00	2,006	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	448.82/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,692	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,119	7
Steers	Large 3	650–700	683	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,708	7
Steers	Large 2	500–550	504	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,714	4
Steers	Large 2	550–600	563	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,661	5
Steers	Large 2	600–650	623	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,791	2
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	553	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,908	2
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	236.72/cwt	236.00–237.00	2,386	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,829	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,409	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,960	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	380.15/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,152	22
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	418	316.27/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,322	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	327.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,601	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	386.97/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,455	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	279.99/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,786	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	367.57/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,720	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,316	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	469.73/cwt	465.00–505.00	1,597	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,556	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	353.34/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	341.86/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	363.34/cwt	362.50–365.00	1,417	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	289.86/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,241	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	348.18/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,006	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	286.26/cwt	285.00–287.50	2,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	336.55/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	289.94/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,670	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	307.19/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,852	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	219.88/cwt	205.00–235.00	2,040	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	299.40/cwt	290.00–305.00	2,003	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	341.18/cwt	327.50–347.50	2,115	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	301.27/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	390.91/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,884	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	350.21/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,692	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	328.78/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,703	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	255.26/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	306.28/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,202	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	369	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,596	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	409.64/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,720	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	315.88/cwt	305.00–322.50	1,804	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	318.62/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,183	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,641	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	280.02/cwt	275.00–285.00	2,207	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,984	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	392.43/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	397.25/cwt	380.00–417.50	1,486	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	370.80/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,006	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,773	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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