Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the best test of 550lb to 650lb steers sold 5.00 to 12.00 higher, and lighter weights sold with an uneven undertone. Heifers sold with a steady to firm undertone based on limited comparisons. Demand was good on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.10/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −42.31 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$413.10

59 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$381

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

$71.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.52

vs MO average

+13.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	423.91	2,325	40
Medium and Large 1-2	537	400.44	2,150	15thin
Medium and Large 2	552	352.50	1,944	4thin

One grade step is worth $71.41/cwt here — about $381 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 sale59 hd

413.10

—

MO average11 barns · 905 hd

413.62

−0.52

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+13.21

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−42.31

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,325	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	421.17/cwt	417.50–425.00	1,937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	566.32/cwt	550.00–570.00	1,778	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	456.88/cwt	447.50–460.00	2,102	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	684	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,651	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	397.63/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,841	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,804	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	435.56/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,282	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	502.45/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,537	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	445.77/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,917	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	416.71/cwt	410.00–432.00	2,542	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	402.19/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,630	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,314	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,402	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	464.54/cwt	462.50–480.00	1,872	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	495.32/cwt	490.00–507.00	1,872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,602	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	411.10/cwt	407.00–415.00	2,339	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	416.41/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,365	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,956	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,007	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,472	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,569	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,981	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,333	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	443.85/cwt	442.00–455.00	2,024	7
Heifers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,080	217.17/cwt	200.00–220.00	2,345	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	329.98/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,963	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,926	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,613	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	773	280.19/cwt	260.00–300.00	2,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	366.64/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,035	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	550	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,173	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	453.76/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	375.84/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,916	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	354.04/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,326	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	847	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	335.62/cwt	325.00–341.00	2,578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	386.30/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,877	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,954	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	424.27/cwt	412.00–430.00	1,748	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	418.48/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,573	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	394.39/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,485	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	433.29/cwt	427.00–437.50	2,080	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	294.87/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,300	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	555	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,192	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	367.68/cwt	362.00–377.50	1,938	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	359.65/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,075	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	480.03/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	404.06/cwt	397.50–420.00	2,125	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,444	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	387.51/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,236	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	395.80/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,125	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	447.48/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,445	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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