Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 700lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 12.00 higher with spots up to 20.00 higher, and steers and heifers over 700lbs sold with a firm undertone based on limited comparisons. This week's offering included some high quality groups of weaned and vaccinated calves and yearlings that created very good demand on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $421.10/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −34.31 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$421.10

109 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,302

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$167

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

$49.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.37

vs MO average

−47.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	431.01	2,306	55
Medium and Large 1-2	558	416.18	2,322	46
Medium and Large 2	561	381.28	2,139	8thin

One grade step is worth $49.73/cwt here — about $167 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 sale109 hd

421.10

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MO average17 barns · 1,967 hd

432.47

−11.37

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−47.94

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−34.31

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

78 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	600–650	616	365.83/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,254	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	349.02/cwt	337.50–356.00	2,331	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	377.38/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,136	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,729	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	635	379.96/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,413	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	401.76/cwt	365.00–415.00	1,945	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	413.54/cwt	400.00–416.00	2,692	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	362.04/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,248	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,145	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	3,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	464.40/cwt	457.50–470.00	2,220	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,586	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,913	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	414.20/cwt	407.00–417.00	2,618	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	436.75/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,245	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	377.59/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,334	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	405.50/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,088	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	485.95/cwt	470.00–505.00	1,988	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	416.26/cwt	410.00–427.00	1,931	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	419.13/cwt	412.00–425.00	2,397	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,852	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,058	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	437.47/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,571	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,838	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,520	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,951	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,260	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,321	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,357	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	492	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,057	12
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	468	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,825	11
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,022	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,143	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	350.07/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,069	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	346.18/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,672	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	355.08/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,861	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	364.97/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	387.31/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,762	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	502	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,033	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	376.70/cwt	375.00–377.50	2,177	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,339	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,450	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,978	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	420.93/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,717	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,592	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,625	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	387.79/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,869	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	484.62/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	941	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,842	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	342.85/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,842	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	512	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	467	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,798	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,153	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	391.60/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,829	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	461.66/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,031	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	370.30/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,714	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	393.66/cwt	380.00–397.00	2,413	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	401.25/cwt	390.00–412.00	2,335	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	431.11/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,302	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	381.95/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,017	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	395.43/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	462.56/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,744	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	358.22/cwt	348.00–365.00	2,748	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	368.77/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	433.44/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,055	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	359.45/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,448	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	401.90/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,728	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	363.42/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,577	3

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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