Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 lower, and the best test of 500lb to 650lb heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Quality this week consisted of many short weaned and plain type calves. Demand was moderate to light on the plain calves on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.34/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 2 of 33 comparable sales and sits −44.07 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$411.34

63 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,290

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$51.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.33

vs MO average

−34.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	430.57	2,362	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	556	411.31	2,288	39
Medium and Large 2	572	379.42	2,171	9thin

One grade step is worth $51.15/cwt here — about $192 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale63 hd

411.34

—

MO average19 barns · 1,646 hd

422.67

−11.33

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−34.51

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−44.07

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

87 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	350–400	375	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	322.49/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	364.64/cwt	357.50–385.00	2,429	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	406.01/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,282	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	392.11/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,619	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	356.35/cwt	330.00–370.00	2,227	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	348.39/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	407.19/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,955	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	988	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,618	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	438.92/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	357.34/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,037	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	426.88/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,011	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	403.29/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,339	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	327.50/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,217	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	387.57/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,465	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	341.75/cwt	335.00–362.50	2,092	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,167	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	334.41/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,796	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	337.61/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,475	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	313.79/cwt	305.00–317.50	2,322	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	272.53/cwt	270.00–280.00	2,385	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,927	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	399.24/cwt	390.00–402.00	2,092	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	437.52/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,043	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	321	449.70/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,444	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	374.81/cwt	355.00–382.00	1,739	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	396.60/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,872	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	413.85/cwt	412.50–415.00	1,577	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,225	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	424.93/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,844	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	383.08/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,973	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	395.02/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,872	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,360	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	738	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,103	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	367	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,101	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	570	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,653	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	688	315.21/cwt	290.00–319.00	2,169	85
Bulls	Large 2-3	400–450	411	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,233	4
Steers	Large 2	800–850	805	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,214	2
Bulls	Medium 2-3	350–400	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	5
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	391	316.76/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,239	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	954	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,480	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	889	286.04/cwt	265.00–287.50	2,543	46
Heifers	Large 2-3	500–550	515	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,391	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	789	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,249	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	430.85/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,452	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	461.11/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,923	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,184	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,390	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,730	7
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	400–450	424	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	933	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	338.02/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,420	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	500–550	514	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,568	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	400.35/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	618	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	392.50/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,256	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,681	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	388.92/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,859	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	325.46/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,246	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,238	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,336	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,451	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	375.26/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,910	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,560	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	303.60/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,080	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,944	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	369.13/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,252	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	377.14/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,599	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	399.59/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	377.39/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,936	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	305.04/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,175	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	507	341.71/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,732	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	412.36/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,365	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	332.37/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	348.29/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,348	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	417.51/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,246	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	353.42/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,379	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	560	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,072	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	353.29/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,180	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	324.90/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,680	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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