Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves sold steady to 5.00 higher, and heifers were mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.88/cwt on 191 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −92.54 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$362.88

191 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$471

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$75.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.53

vs MO average

−18.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	390.00	2,079	47
Medium and Large 1-2	561	362.98	2,037	106
Medium and Large 2	551	331.85	1,830	32
Medium 2	512	314.06	1,608	6thin

One grade step is worth $75.94/cwt here — about $471 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 sale191 hd

362.88

—

MO average18 barns · 3,146 hd

393.41

−30.53

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

−18.13

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−92.54

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	600–650	615	335.93/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,066	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	429.07/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,746	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	887	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,218	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	348.99/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	321.90/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,825	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	356.21/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,681	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	779	280.12/cwt	265.00–285.00	2,182	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	291.46/cwt	275.00–300.00	2,238	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	400.91/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,868	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	388.29/cwt	365.00–397.50	1,864	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	454.92/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,497	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	271.61/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	409.76/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	495.87/cwt	470.00–510.00	1,636	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,714	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,991	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	347.03/cwt	343.00–350.00	2,280	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	287.54/cwt	280.00–297.50	2,122	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	696	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,130	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	573	354.72/cwt	352.50–360.00	2,033	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	333.02/cwt	322.50–345.00	2,095	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	592	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,072	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	503	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,811	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	422.94/cwt	417.00–430.00	1,772	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	383.38/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,944	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	391.41/cwt	385.00–397.00	2,067	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	355.75/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,252	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,077	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	460.08/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	373.19/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,146	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	422.96/cwt	412.50–437.50	1,958	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	465.27/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,703	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	354.41/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,992	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	435.14/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,610	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	402.95/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,668	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	350.37/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,829	13
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	588	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,617	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	465	305.53/cwt	290.00–312.50	1,421	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	419	299.83/cwt	295.00–310.00	1,256	6
Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	594	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,544	4
Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	485	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,079	2
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,068	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,563	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	525	272.62/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,431	6
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	512	314.06/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,608	6
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	428	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,445	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	813	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,870	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	543	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	371.26/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,719	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,778	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,250	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,270	2
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	348.87/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,308	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	274.10/cwt	267.50–295.00	1,886	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	341.13/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,808	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	348.33/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	519	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,076	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	352.24/cwt	342.50–375.00	1,670	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	330.61/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,613	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	367.50/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	324.65/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,876	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	435.51/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,703	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	281.26/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	278.01/cwt	272.50–300.00	1,860	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	377.05/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,614	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	307.39/cwt	297.50–315.00	1,924	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	250.91/cwt	236.00–253.00	2,246	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	375.01/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,976	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	323.83/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,134	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	330.16/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,707	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	358.08/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,070	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	437.21/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,661	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	807	252.64/cwt	237.50–257.00	2,039	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	321.52/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	503	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	307.68/cwt	292.50–319.00	2,231	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	421.83/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,379	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	353.33/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,904	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	325.84/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,043	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	280.02/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,759	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	343.35/cwt	330.00–352.50	2,191	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	406.42/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,731	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	295.02/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,693	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	307.70/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,609	10

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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