Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, based on a limited test, steers under 600lbs sold with a lower undertone, and steers over 600lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifers were mostly 5.00 to 12.00 lower. Quality was much less attractive than last week, with many unweaned or short weaned calves and bulls that had not yet been steered out. Demand was moderate on a moderate to light supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $344.74/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −60.38 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$344.74

106 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$32.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.54

vs MO average

−14.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	357.78	1,936	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	544	347.31	1,889	76
Medium and Large 2	531	330.97	1,756	17thin
Medium 2	537	325.00	1,745	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.78/cwt here — about $190 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $360.61, median $405.12 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 sale106 hd

344.74

—

MO average14 barns · 1,527 hd

370.28

−25.54

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−14.92

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−60.38

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

88 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	550–600	562	349.21/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,963	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	396.68/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,662	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	340.88/cwt	325.00–347.50	2,335	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	336.84/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,294	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	313.99/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	435.16/cwt	412.50–450.00	1,419	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	300.04/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,589	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	326.91/cwt	307.00–330.00	2,347	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	383.39/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,001	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	463.47/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,516	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	421.92/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,806	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	429.04/cwt	410.00–440.00	1,639	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	381.36/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,861	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	586	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,154	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	365.03/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,942	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	459	371.80/cwt	367.50–375.00	1,707	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	336.82/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,957	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	379.63/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,145	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,219	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	395.65/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,457	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	405.50/cwt	405.00–407.00	2,295	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	378.02/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,510	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	522.14/cwt	505.00–540.00	1,598	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	992	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,414	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	370.48/cwt	355.00–377.50	2,538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	413.28/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,756	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,918	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	405.48/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,833	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	459.69/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	426.69/cwt	422.50–435.00	2,308	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	416.45/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,170	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,387	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	321.10/cwt	315.00–327.50	2,633	6
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	537	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,745	4
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	401	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,383	4
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	384	366.24/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,406	7
Bulls	Medium 2	300–350	333	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,315	4
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	2
Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	600	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,620	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,956	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,231	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	547	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,942	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,333	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,890	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,303	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	387.98/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,443	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	333.58/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,725	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	380.61/cwt	375.00–387.50	1,857	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	342.84/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,618	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	382.94/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,226	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	559	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,068	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	405.06/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,924	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,103	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,203	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	384.79/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,163	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	404.46/cwt	390.00–417.00	2,107	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	750–800	770	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,163	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	322.50/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,854	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	398.72/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,300	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	645	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,290	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	322.56/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	385.63/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,404	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	305.36/cwt	300.00–308.00	2,418	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	437.79/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,703	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	346.65/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,666	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	374.35/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,321	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	354.17/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,359	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	416.24/cwt	407.00–440.00	1,594	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	357.40/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	441.76/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,010	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,536	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,778	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	430.06/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	298.43/cwt	295.00–302.00	2,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	349.83/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,833	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	377.45/cwt	367.50–390.00	1,831	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	350.39/cwt	345.00–357.50	2,190	16

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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