Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the best test of 500lb to 650lb steers sold 9.00 to 18.00 higher, and heifers were mostly 6.00 to 14.00 higher. Demand was good on a light supply after some much needed rain in the area this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $405.10/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −50.31 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$405.10

30 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,209

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$580

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

$123.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.48

vs MO average

−11.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	433.89	2,347	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	544	392.88	2,139	12thin
Large 2-3	570	310.00	1,767	3thin

One grade step is worth $123.89/cwt here — about $580 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 sale30 hd

405.10

—

MO average14 barns · 1,812 hd

425.58

−20.48

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−11.99

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−50.31

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	388.57/cwt	372.50–395.00	2,425	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,221	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	339.12/cwt	322.50–355.00	2,313	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	434.21/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,867	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	418.61/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,014	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	368.29/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,254	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	409.10/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,115	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	367.42/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,955	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	435	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	347.57/cwt	325.00–351.00	2,753	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	905	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	373.71/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,958	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,711	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	417.20/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,186	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,450	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	444.06/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,340	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	405.38/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,542	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	336.02/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,271	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	368.44/cwt	362.50–377.00	2,561	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,200	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,881	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	382.14/cwt	360.00–390.00	2,205	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,350	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,331	2
Steers	Large 2-3	550–600	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	632	261.55/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,653	7
Steers	Large 2	800–850	813	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,459	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	10
Steers	Large 1-2	1200–1250	1,240	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,976	2
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,048	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,699	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,023	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	698	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,583	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	738	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,066	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	763	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,022	4
Heifers	Large 2-3	550–600	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	3
Steers	Large 2-3	800–850	821	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,360	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	345.20/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,629	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	467.18/cwt	459.00–475.00	2,191	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	375.97/cwt	374.00–377.50	2,696	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	572	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,317	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	302.45/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,359	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	396	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,544	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,988	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	323.07/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	439.98/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	431.74/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,021	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	679	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,098	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	409.80/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	465.67/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,546	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	389.22/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,176	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	363.78/cwt	357.50–367.50	2,605	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	330.37/cwt	327.00–337.00	1,877	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	418.36/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,385	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	304.49/cwt	302.00–307.00	2,308	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	385.44/cwt	367.50–397.50	1,858	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	357.78/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,043	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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