Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 10.00 to 15.00 higher based on a very light test this week due to extreme summer temperatures in the area. Demand was good for the healthy, slick haired, high quality calves that made it to town today despite the weather.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $387.33/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −68.08 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$387.33

32 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$17.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.75

vs MO average

+5.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	393.95	2,146	20
Medium and Large 1-2	547	376.30	2,058	12thin

One grade step is worth $17.66/cwt here — about $88 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale32 hd

387.33

—

MO average9 barns · 648 hd

408.08

−20.75

National average143 barns · 4,821 hd

381.68

+5.65

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−68.08

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

56 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	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	364.19/cwt	347.50–367.00	2,619	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	350.69/cwt	345.00–352.50	2,174	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	465.97/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,654	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	376.11/cwt	370.00–377.50	1,459	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	381.54/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	369.97/cwt	368.00–380.00	2,471	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	407.38/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	1,931	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	425.01/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,441	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	353.12/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,995	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	400.19/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,861	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	402.84/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,143	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	393.77/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,807	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	442.89/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,918	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	413.58/cwt	407.00–420.00	1,592	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	486.63/cwt	480.00–490.00	1,494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,439	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	417.02/cwt	412.50–427.50	1,968	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	372.47/cwt	360.00–382.50	1,914	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,363	3
Steers	Small and Medium 3	650–700	675	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	380.62/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,147	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	389.02/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,420	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	427.85/cwt	427.50–430.00	1,823	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,682	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	653	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	328.67/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,430	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	331.27/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,729	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	397.07/cwt	380.00–407.00	1,850	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,041	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	349.74/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,864	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	353.74/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,391	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	376.53/cwt	350.00–382.00	1,736	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	404.31/cwt	400.00–412.50	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	338.46/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,567	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	798	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	290.06/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,495	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,557	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	310.63/cwt	300.00–314.00	2,572	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	348.70/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,942	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	385.07/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,037	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	449.40/cwt	430.00–470.00	1,505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,729	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	424.94/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	317.60/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	367.52/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,076	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	294.69/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	372.08/cwt	352.50–377.50	2,273	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	427.48/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,552	2

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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