Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold from 10.00 lower to 6.00 higher based on limited comparisons last week. Heifers also saw an uneven range of 5.00 higher to 8.00 lower. Many factors added to a large range of prices today, including a large drop in the feeder futures board yesterday, and today being a yearling special sale with many high quality sets of weaned and vaccinated cattle in town. The high quality cattle brought steady to higher prices, and the short or unweaned calves and plain conditioned cattle reflected the down futures board. Vaccinations and weaning are becoming even more important to bidders as fall weather swings begin in the area. Demand was good on a heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $416.18/cwt on 277 head. That ranks 4 of 33 comparable sales and sits −39.24 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$416.18

277 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,279

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$819

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$145.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.71

vs MO average

+2.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	450.11	2,381	109
Medium and Large 1-2	560	400.98	2,245	142
Medium and Large 2	567	363.69	2,063	23
Medium 2-3	512	305.00	1,562	3thin

One grade step is worth $145.11/cwt here — about $819 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 sale277 hd

416.18

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MO average17 barns · 2,952 hd

424.88

−8.71

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

+2.66

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−39.24

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

111 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 1-2	400–450	421	403.74/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,700	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	388.11/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,816	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	371.84/cwt	369.00–377.50	2,692	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	376.98/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,507	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	534.53/cwt	532.50–535.00	1,988	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,280	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	383.03/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,980	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	306.94/cwt	300.00–316.00	2,342	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	478.33/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,650	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	430.93/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,797	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	356.12/cwt	348.00–366.00	2,393	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	300.14/cwt	267.50–305.00	2,680	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	326.73/cwt	307.00–330.00	2,330	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	393.49/cwt	380.00–417.50	2,294	87
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	403.73/cwt	370.00–420.00	1,675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	720	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,628	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	349.97/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,733	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,731	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	308.81/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,202	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	596	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,071	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	346.52/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,273	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,409	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	423.18/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	391	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,505	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	447.85/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,679	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	434.52/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,825	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	407.19/cwt	395.00–432.50	1,547	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	339.95/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,091	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,657	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	375.20/cwt	356.00–385.00	2,364	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	365.29/cwt	359.00–371.00	2,773	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	355.53/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,870	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	352.11/cwt	340.00–367.50	2,025	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	361.59/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,412	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,757	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	420.30/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,950	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	382.89/cwt	372.00–390.50	1,991	70
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	410.82/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,029	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	376.81/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,163	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	381.12/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,180	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	566.09/cwt	540.00–585.00	1,783	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	496.90/cwt	485.00–510.00	2,107	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	417.86/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,110	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	463.97/cwt	445.00–475.00	2,348	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	425.62/cwt	418.00–442.50	2,443	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	488.02/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,264	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	399.09/cwt	392.50–416.00	2,538	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	354.23/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,869	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,555	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	744	273.48/cwt	262.50–274.00	2,035	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	639	268.28/cwt	267.00–274.00	1,714	15
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	912	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,335	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	419	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,288	7
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	610	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,330	5
Steers	Large 1-2Value Added	1000–1050	1,030	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,905	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	468	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,381	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	669	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,800	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	779	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,111	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	816	260.59/cwt	244.00–267.50	2,126	33
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	579	284.55/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,648	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	524	276.56/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,449	3
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	377	336.23/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,268	9
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	404	306.69/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	364	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,274	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	519	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,765	4
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	400–450	413	254.85/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,053	4
Steers	Medium 2-3	300–350	336	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,058	4
Steers	Medium 2-3	500–550	512	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,562	3
Steers	Medium 2-3	600–650	627	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,787	3
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	450–500	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	2
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	318	340.45/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,083	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,335	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,322	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,994	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	556	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,307	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,453	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	295.07/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	374.15/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,411	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	317.23/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,967	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	399.15/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,848	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	333.89/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,107	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	377.72/cwt	362.50–387.50	2,383	42
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	347.86/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,185	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	377.11/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,637	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	536	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,876	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	412.82/cwt	400.00–440.00	2,159	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	301.43/cwt	270.00–305.00	2,481	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	744	364.37/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,711	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,931	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,076	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	372.36/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,635	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	433.94/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,074	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	633	363.82/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,303	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	683	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,049	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	330.55/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,934	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,360	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	342.02/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,768	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	376.70/cwt	375.00–377.50	2,185	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	498.44/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,655	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,805	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	339.30/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,642	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	279.13/cwt	270.00–287.50	1,985	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	362.85/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	354.67/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,068	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	380.61/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,048	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	328.73/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	330.62/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,215	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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