Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 25.00 to 40.00 lower, and heifers were 20.00 to 30.00 lower. The feeder futures board was up today after multiple days in the red and a couple limit down days over the past week. Demand was light on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $377.48/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −77.94 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$377.48

59 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$275

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

$38.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.11

vs MO average

−52.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	387.71	2,146	31
Medium and Large 1-2	552	369.86	2,042	23
Medium and Large 2	536	349.05	1,871	5thin

One grade step is worth $38.66/cwt here — about $275 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 sale59 hd

377.48

—

MO average16 barns · 2,184 hd

383.59

−6.11

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−52.24

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−77.94

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

74 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	500–550	518	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,917	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,410	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	417.95/cwt	402.00–425.00	1,772	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	343.62/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,320	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	327.46/cwt	322.00–350.00	1,903	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	367.41/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,109	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,074	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	368.21/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,786	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,614	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,279	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	371.35/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,593	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	695	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	396.11/cwt	395.00–397.00	1,351	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,540	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	356.27/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,052	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	328.55/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,211	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	830	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,407	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,132	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,074	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	399.23/cwt	392.50–412.00	1,717	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	433.16/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	413.98/cwt	412.00–415.00	1,925	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	378.07/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,144	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	382.31/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,770	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	479.70/cwt	460.00–482.00	1,626	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,434	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	363.87/cwt	358.00–371.00	2,463	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,332	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,166	7
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	469	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,430	5
Heifers	Medium 2-3	300–350	324	266.05/cwt	250.00–270.00	862	15
Steers	Medium 2-3	300–350	332	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	896	4
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	455	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,502	3
Heifers	Large 2	500–550	523	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,828	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	664	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,258	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	465	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,916	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	399	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	552	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,042	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,995	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	358.58/cwt	352.50–370.00	1,187	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	322.44/cwt	317.00–327.50	1,673	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	325.34/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,269	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	324.96/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,015	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	292.47/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,000	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,212	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	314.91/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,364	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,792	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	493	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,849	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,087	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	329.89/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,517	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	348.14/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,172	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	349.05/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,871	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	404.67/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,918	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	697	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,126	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	488	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,952	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	337.80/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,804	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,548	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	632	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,991	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	347.15/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,315	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	566	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,939	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	374.44/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,913	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	610	331.02/cwt	325.00–333.00	2,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	461.08/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,531	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	315.76/cwt	307.00–327.50	2,157	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	423.77/cwt	415.00–427.50	1,602	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	357.44/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	316.77/cwt	316.00–317.50	2,591	2

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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