Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 12.00 higher. Despite lighter receipts compared to last week's yearling special, demand was very good for the high quality calves in town.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $429.81/cwt on 110 head. That ranks 6 of 33 comparable sales and sits −25.60 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$429.81

110 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,346

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

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

$60.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.11

vs MO average

−14.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	443.27	2,423	60
Medium and Large 1-2	540	425.55	2,299	36
Medium and Large 2	557	383.10	2,135	14thin

One grade step is worth $60.18/cwt here — about $288 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale110 hd

429.81

—

MO average20 barns · 3,797 hd

430.92

−1.11

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−14.29

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−25.60

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 2	400–450	430	378.97/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	399.95/cwt	390.00–420.00	1,964	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,211	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	426.91/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,369	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	432.80/cwt	420.00–449.00	2,264	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,154	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	406.69/cwt	402.00–417.00	2,379	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	512.85/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,841	10
Steers	Large 2-3	600–650	630	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,197	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	432.45/cwt	427.00–460.00	2,119	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	373.71/cwt	360.00–392.50	2,381	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,496	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	322.78/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,305	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	516	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,961	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,356	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	432	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,901	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,318	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	435.04/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,332	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	558	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,148	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	660	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	507.68/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,396	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	463.35/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	316.51/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,595	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	295.78/cwt	280.00–312.00	2,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	422.11/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,009	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,909	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	457.39/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,935	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	411.20/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,752	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	461.27/cwt	450.00–477.50	2,408	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	435.89/cwt	433.00–460.00	2,445	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	439.92/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,834	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	351.67/cwt	300.00–385.00	2,015	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	302.06/cwt	295.00–315.00	2,166	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,337	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	386.33/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,800	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,538	3
Bulls	Medium 2-3	400–450	404	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,071	4
Bulls	Medium 2	350–400	361	294.05/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,062	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,775	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	353.81/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,352	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	352.16/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,602	7
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	455	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,985	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	354.89/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,356	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	392.51/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,284	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	317.67/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,827	4
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	508	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,101	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,093	5
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	485	279.73/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,357	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	339.93/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,802	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,565	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	450.18/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	348.31/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,177	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	416.83/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,517	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	362.55/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,255	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	407.49/cwt	385.00–417.00	1,952	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	338.84/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,423	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,571	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	370.02/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,202	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	463.13/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,341	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	371.26/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,001	13
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	362	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,086	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	403.71/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,119	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	359.35/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,415	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	401.76/cwt	397.50–405.00	2,439	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,500	2

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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