Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 700lbs sold mostly 10.00 to 20.00 higher with spots up to 25.00 higher, and steers over 700lbs sold with a higher undertone based on limited comparisons from last week. Heifers were mostly 8.00 to 16.00 higher with spots up to 22.00 higher. A load of 63 holstein steers weighing 855lbs commanded an impressive price of $300/cwt. Today's sale brought in many top consignments of high quality yearlings and calves. Demand was very good with a very active market on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $412.92/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −42.49 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$412.92

161 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,265

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$40.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.95

vs MO average

+25.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	420.82	2,313	125
Medium and Large 1-2	546	386.41	2,112	31
Large 2	536	380.00	2,037	5thin

One grade step is worth $40.82/cwt here — about $276 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 sale161 hd

412.92

—

MO average14 barns · 1,469 hd

416.87

−3.95

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

+25.43

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−42.49

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

100 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	398.26/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,107	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	376.14/cwt	362.50–377.50	2,110	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	374.78/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,361	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	384.60/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,550	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	460.10/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	421.52/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	399.85/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,535	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,872	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	348.80/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,759	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	616	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,618	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	374.05/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,158	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	756	323.99/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,449	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	376.33/cwt	360.00–382.50	2,766	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	408.26/cwt	397.50–422.50	2,364	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	497.93/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	274.85/cwt	273.00–282.50	2,295	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	349.32/cwt	330.00–357.50	2,337	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	411.45/cwt	390.00–417.00	1,823	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	670	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	353	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	422.12/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,246	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	369.92/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,005	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	359.65/cwt	335.00–367.50	2,428	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	388.13/cwt	375.00–392.50	1,890	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	338.78/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,473	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,795	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,440	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	328.11/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,855	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	404.29/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,916	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	371.84/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,521	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	431.22/cwt	425.00–436.00	1,841	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	437.71/cwt	425.00–442.00	2,241	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	467.54/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,249	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,445	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,255	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,066	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	398.69/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,257	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	317.11/cwt	306.00–324.00	3,025	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,044	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,035	9
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	450–500	494	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,704	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	455.89/cwt	450.00–457.50	1,696	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,436	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	632	294.60/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,862	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	470	315.18/cwt	305.00–327.50	1,481	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	514	313.76/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,613	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	372	341.41/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,270	18
Steers	Large 2	500–550	536	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,037	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,783	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	907	277.73/cwt	270.50–285.00	2,519	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	666	304.75/cwt	296.00–308.00	2,030	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	753	285.56/cwt	265.00–292.50	2,150	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	860	297.31/cwt	283.00–300.00	2,557	75
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,001	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,678	43
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,675	2
Heifers	Medium 2Unweaned	450–500	474	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,469	7
Heifers	Medium 2	650–700	687	264.04/cwt	255.00–282.00	1,814	3
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	488	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,732	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	588	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,132	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	812	266.80/cwt	258.00–281.00	2,166	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	314.98/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,899	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	437	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,119	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	715	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,538	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	544	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,111	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,047	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,848	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	312.81/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,090	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,718	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	728	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,468	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	411.72/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,956	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	360.09/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	347.12/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,145	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	340.89/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,352	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	447.55/cwt	435.00–452.50	1,947	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	434.28/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,115	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,584	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	398.33/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,107	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	357.19/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,282	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	351.41/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,179	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	332.15/cwt	327.50–335.00	2,574	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	809	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,645	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	971	305.50/cwt	305.50–305.50	2,966	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	459.88/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,991	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	400.97/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,105	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	439.15/cwt	435.00–447.50	1,660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	378.18/cwt	367.50–385.00	2,352	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	292.63/cwt	285.00–297.50	2,423	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,343	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,817	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	302.98/cwt	292.50–310.00	2,330	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,120	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	372.10/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,091	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	358.49/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,040	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	464.93/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,767	2

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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