Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher based on a lighter test this week due to warm summer

temperatures in the area. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.05/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −59.37 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$396.05

80 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,196

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$72.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.87

vs MO average

+6.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	405.42	2,218	53
Medium and Large 1-2	571	381.25	2,178	25
Medium and Large 2	535	332.64	1,780	2thin

One grade step is worth $72.78/cwt here — about $439 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale80 hd

396.05

—

MO average12 barns · 2,058 hd

413.92

−17.87

National average145 barns · 8,057 hd

390.02

+6.03

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−59.37

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

67 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	650–700	652	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	376.77/cwt	355.00–387.50	1,748	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,662	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	587	375.63/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,205	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	359.96/cwt	357.50–367.50	2,455	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	397.83/cwt	395.00–412.50	1,914	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	361.50/cwt	342.50–380.00	2,046	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,671	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	398.73/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,281	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	386.70/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,007	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,777	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	402.57/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,711	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	334.99/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,147	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	359.24/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,918	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	506.28/cwt	495.00–510.00	1,554	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	464.79/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,003	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	364.73/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,035	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	418.52/cwt	417.50–420.00	1,913	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,630	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	448.38/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,933	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	432.94/cwt	420.00–441.00	2,091	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	348.13/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,218	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	433.28/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	455.93/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,523	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	408.69/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,182	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	501	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,079	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,280	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,027	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,627	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	763	273.91/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,090	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	339.14/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,062	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	332.64/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,780	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	310.85/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,949	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	387.48/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,050	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	334.62/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	294.97/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,463	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	335.00/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,345	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	493	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,947	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	687	292.49/cwt	287.00–310.00	2,009	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	379.24/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,385	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,464	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	566	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,080	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	353.87/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,367	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	342.80/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,999	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	549	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,141	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	398.57/cwt	390.00–402.00	1,925	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	331.28/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,054	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	395.42/cwt	380.00–412.00	1,511	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	436.66/cwt	432.50–445.00	1,830	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	387.51/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,259	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	385.46/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,089	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	329.25/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,255	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	317.47/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,476	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	363.69/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,280	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	326.68/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	353	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	446.20/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	329.61/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,383	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	291.45/cwt	290.00–297.00	2,361	5

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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