Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few receipts this Thanksgiving holiday week for an adequate price comparison. Demand light on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.15/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 33 comparable sales and sits −149.26 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$306.15

23 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,282

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 3

$247.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−65.36

vs MO average

−92.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	531	372.05	1,976	13thin
Medium and Large 2	539	315.96	1,703	5thin
Small and Medium 3	555	125.00	694	5thin

One grade step is worth $247.05/cwt here — about $1,282 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 sale23 hd

306.15

—

MO average14 barns · 1,736 hd

371.51

−65.36

National average33 barns · 4,299 hd

398.67

−92.52

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−149.26

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

28 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	600–650	617	345.80/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,134	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	314.28/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,282	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	383.01/cwt	360.00–387.50	1,957	9
Steers	Small and Medium 3	550–600	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	447.64/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,464	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	424.88/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,827	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	399.12/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,852	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	309.94/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	262.47/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	871	286.50/cwt	280.00–300.00	2,495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,564	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	329.94/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	363.44/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,301	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	323.41/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,727	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	347.39/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,001	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,102	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,072	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	400–450	440	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,078	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	490	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,176	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	680	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,462	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	374	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	991	4
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	2

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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