Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers under 600lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 10.00 lower. The offering this week consisted of mostly calves, some weaned but mostly unweaned or short weaned. Feeder cattle futures traded lower today, after a downturn at the end of last week and some brief recovery at the beginning of this week. Demand was moderate to light on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $413.08/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −42.33 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$413.08

98 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,296

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$330

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

$52.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.17

vs MO average

−45.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	426.17	2,401	45
Medium and Large 1-2	548	409.50	2,244	42
Medium and Large 2	555	373.19	2,071	11thin

One grade step is worth $52.98/cwt here — about $330 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 sale98 hd

413.08

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MO average18 barns · 2,272 hd

431.25

−18.17

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−45.06

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−42.33

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

76 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	500–550	519	411.22/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,134	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	391.05/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,865	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	368.36/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,923	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	415	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,598	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,153	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	453.20/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,826	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	392.69/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,211	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	689	354.46/cwt	342.50–367.50	2,442	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,583	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,693	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,237	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	404.17/cwt	380.00–414.00	2,530	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	430.75/cwt	427.50–435.00	2,309	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	498.50/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,859	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	384.99/cwt	382.50–387.50	2,791	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,664	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	521.99/cwt	505.00–535.00	1,681	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	426.01/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,738	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,841	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	472.45/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,994	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	426.80/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,505	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	452.73/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,087	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	407.05/cwt	400.00–417.50	1,897	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	378.56/cwt	340.00–385.00	2,699	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,606	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	392.60/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,446	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	418.44/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,188	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	483	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,304	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,038	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,491	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	642	284.37/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,826	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	678	279.43/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,895	16
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	597	259.93/cwt	240.00–300.00	1,552	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	377.14/cwt	375.00–381.00	1,931	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,150	2
Bulls	Medium 2	500–550	518	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,813	4
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	550–600	595	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,190	2
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	534	285.19/cwt	260.00–305.00	1,523	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,565	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	388.04/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,284	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,077	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	418.64/cwt	412.00–425.00	2,432	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,143	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,710	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	333.08/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,889	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,190	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	495	425.05/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	468.66/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,575	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,252	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	649	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,207	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	353.98/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	324.15/cwt	322.50–325.00	2,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,725	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	413.03/cwt	400.00–417.00	2,363	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	375.69/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,532	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	431.86/cwt	417.50–440.00	2,047	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	377.87/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,022	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	365.00/cwt	355.00–380.00	2,154	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	316.64/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	425.24/cwt	417.50–435.00	1,578	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	355.56/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,183	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,483	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	534	362.56/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,936	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	748	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,441	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	357.14/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,046	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	412.25/cwt	407.00–417.50	1,740	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	431.34/cwt	420.00–435.00	1,372	4

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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