Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder cattle auction two weeks ago, steers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher with spots up to 16.00 higher. Heifers under 550lbs were steady to 6.00 higher, and heavier weights sold with a sharply higher undertone. Dairy steers sold with a sharply higher undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.03/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −66.09 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$339.03

153 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

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

$39.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.12

vs MO average

−2.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	354.88	1,963	52
Medium and Large 1-2	555	336.22	1,864	75
Medium and Large 2	560	315.44	1,765	26

One grade step is worth $39.44/cwt here — about $198 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $360.61, median $405.12 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 sale153 hd

339.03

—

MO average11 barns · 2,653 hd

357.15

−18.12

National average157 barns · 9,726 hd

341.53

−2.50

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−66.09

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

96 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 1Unweaned	350–400	381	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,667	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,844	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	348.15/cwt	337.50–360.00	2,312	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	361.51/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,241	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	447.81/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,693	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	438.39/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,868	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	339.92/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,118	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	303.57/cwt	297.50–305.00	2,161	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	327.36/cwt	315.00–332.00	2,138	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,862	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	427	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,644	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,892	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	410.67/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,803	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	331.99/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,929	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	385.89/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,852	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	365.93/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,903	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	362.44/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,070	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	409.60/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,368	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	387.15/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,657	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	343.05/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,750	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	356.63/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,701	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	281.64/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,174	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	325.33/cwt	310.00–332.00	2,014	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	321.79/cwt	315.00–324.00	2,452	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	337.13/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,030	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	337.07/cwt	325.00–338.00	2,390	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	389.95/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,203	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	419.96/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,936	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	475.90/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,509	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	348.19/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,033	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	350.22/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,343	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	364.22/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,883	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	375.01/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,733	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	396.38/cwt	387.50–410.00	2,018	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,288	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	387.49/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,027	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,318	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	377.47/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,140	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	406	411.31/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,670	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,715	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,078	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,641	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,015	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,436	2
Heifers	Large 2-3	300–350	341	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	963	9
Steers	Large 2-3	350–400	353	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,041	6
Steers	Large 2	700–750	702	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,952	3
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	812	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,306	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	553	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,604	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	670	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,769	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	394	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,182	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	827	256.85/cwt	245.00–262.50	2,124	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	979	251.75/cwt	251.75–251.75	2,465	53
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	740	260.47/cwt	256.00–285.00	1,927	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,665	2
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	450–500	493	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	986	8
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	425	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,432	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	638	285.14/cwt	282.50–287.50	1,819	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	936	240.95/cwt	235.00–260.00	2,255	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	312.10/cwt	297.00–313.00	1,791	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	322.94/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,702	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	519	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,718	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	756	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,442	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,258	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	352.86/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,383	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	377.50/cwt	367.50–387.50	1,491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,116	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	291.02/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,868	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	362.71/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,552	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	323.92/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,148	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	310.12/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,146	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	388.89/cwt	380.00–397.00	1,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,157	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	389.30/cwt	385.00–407.00	1,837	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	350.18/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,238	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	381.92/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,978	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	277.51/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,414	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	416.84/cwt	412.00–418.00	1,759	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	301.27/cwt	295.00–312.50	2,326	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	462	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,733	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,079	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	629	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,202	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	430.41/cwt	417.50–432.50	1,679	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	373.58/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,107	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	306.84/cwt	295.00–317.00	2,231	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,023	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	596	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,056	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	362.55/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	376.08/cwt	373.00–380.00	1,813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,046	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	772	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,142	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	329.63/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,609	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	3

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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