Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550lbs sold steady to 5.00 higher and steers over 500lbs sold steady to 12.00 lower. Heifers sold unevenly from 3.00 higher to 12.00 lower. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply of mostly short weaned calves after last week's wean-vac yearling special sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $395.28/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −60.13 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$395.28

86 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,183

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$730

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

$113.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.16

vs MO average

−14.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	423.08	2,302	42
Medium and Large 1-2	551	384.65	2,120	29
Medium and Large 2	594	345.00	2,049	12thin
Medium 1-2	507	310.00	1,572	3thin

One grade step is worth $113.08/cwt here — about $730 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 sale86 hd

395.28

—

MO average17 barns · 2,928 hd

391.12

+4.16

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−14.80

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−60.13

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	414.12/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,008	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	718	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,369	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,040	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	369.81/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,579	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	329.90/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	358.79/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,690	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	854	267.49/cwt	265.00–280.00	2,284	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	430.48/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,812	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,198	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	329.62/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,846	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	457	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,942	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	333.40/cwt	332.50–337.00	2,687	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	353.69/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,676	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	768	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,496	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	328.19/cwt	315.00–345.00	2,205	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	397.91/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,600	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	431.27/cwt	410.00–442.50	2,307	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,453	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	317.44/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,952	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,180	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	367.86/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,258	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	598	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,183	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	445.41/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,505	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	378.22/cwt	365.00–380.00	2,417	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	433.69/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,626	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	368.99/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,159	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	342.55/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,504	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	479.89/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	452.56/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	337.64/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,945	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	409.76/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,291	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	345.75/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,642	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,680	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,000	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,795	2
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	565	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,582	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	481	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,780	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	507	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,572	3
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,814	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	441	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,852	13
Steers	Large 2	600–650	615	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,968	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	377.98/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,746	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	479.67/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,794	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	453.53/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,887	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,997	4
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	459	281.03/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,290	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	338.33/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	269.41/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,845	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,747	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	458.46/cwt	445.00–470.00	1,907	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,298	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	802	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,165	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,744	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	872	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,180	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	594	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,049	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	324.99/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,966	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	438.94/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	346.79/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,498	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	361.84/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,733	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	364.74/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,382	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	313.52/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,662	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	460	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,449	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	317.52/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	394	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,517	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	517	335.69/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,736	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	312.50/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,794	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	330	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,353	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	404.02/cwt	402.50–405.00	2,117	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	627	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,975	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	281.67/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,169	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	316.00/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,082	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	381.33/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,666	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	681	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,907	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,831	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	312.47/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,953	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	345.14/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,333	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	286.82/cwt	280.00–287.50	2,042	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	399.78/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,471	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	439.32/cwt	425.00–442.50	1,889	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,740	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	351.93/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,207	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	340.07/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,796	35

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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