Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slim comparisons to the last sale a week ago with steers and heifers trading with a lower undertone. Very light run this week with the trade area experiencing a mid summer heat wave. Demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $376.51/cwt on 74 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −78.90 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$376.51

74 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$20.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.02

vs MO average

+0.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	381.54	2,128	56
Medium and Large 1-2	560	360.86	2,022	18thin

One grade step is worth $20.69/cwt here — about $106 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 sale74 hd

376.51

—

MO average12 barns · 977 hd

390.54

−14.02

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+0.77

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−78.90

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

36 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
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	483	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,835	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	727	211.75/cwt	211.00–213.00	1,539	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	873	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,183	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	968	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,449	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	559	274.61/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,535	34
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	810	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,236	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,977	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,477	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	386.20/cwt	375.00–404.00	1,989	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	379.34/cwt	360.00–391.00	2,193	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,697	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,066	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	315.18/cwt	312.00–320.00	1,566	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	321.23/cwt	320.00–322.50	2,506	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	338.08/cwt	320.00–347.50	2,238	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	358.03/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,048	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	329.70/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,850	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	394.15/cwt	390.00–407.00	1,427	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	337.03/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,641	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	314.58/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,976	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,883	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,478	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,822	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	343.20/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,341	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	317.30/cwt	305.00–322.50	2,104	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	384	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,133	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	429	302.85/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,299	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	609	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,949	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,631	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,834	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	331.65/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,874	9

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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