Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-01-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Springfield Livestock started 2026 off with a bang on this special Friday value added sale. No recent value added sale for comparison, but compared to the last regular feeder cattle sale 2 weeks ago, lightweight steers and heifers under 450lbs sold with sharply higher undertones, and steers and heifers over 450lbs sold 15.00 to 40.00 higher. Demand was very good with an extremely active bidder and buyer base in the barn, and supply was heavy with more receipts than expected on offer.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $455.41/cwt on 469 head, up $25.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 33 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$455.41

▲ 25.60 vs prior sale

469 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,525

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$577

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

$73.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.51

vs MO average

+3.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	473.63	2,628	262
Medium and Large 1-2	557	434.49	2,420	194
Medium and Large 2	512	400.47	2,050	13thin

One grade step is worth $73.16/cwt here — about $577 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale469 hd

455.41

—

MO average5 barns · 2,415 hd

448.90

+6.51

National average24 barns · 3,960 hd

452.16

+3.25

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

+0.00

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

69 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,622	2
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	455	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,661	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	418.08/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,982	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	431.09/cwt	410.00–437.50	1,892	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	924	310.50/cwt	310.50–310.50	2,869	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	421.99/cwt	413.00–442.50	2,646	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	385.41/cwt	375.00–395.75	2,767	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	348.41/cwt	340.00–349.00	2,707	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	545.60/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,041	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,819	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	731	367.81/cwt	350.00–375.50	2,689	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	338.56/cwt	331.00–345.00	2,742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	381.54/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,537	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	368.76/cwt	362.50–375.50	2,832	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	861	324.06/cwt	321.00–327.00	2,790	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	522.55/cwt	500.00–542.00	2,456	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	390.90/cwt	368.50–412.00	2,463	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	402.66/cwt	389.00–427.00	2,686	399
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	404	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,616	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	478.13/cwt	465.00–520.00	2,066	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	574.91/cwt	560.00–620.00	2,052	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	566.93/cwt	540.00–587.50	2,500	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	400.47/cwt	400.00–402.00	2,050	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,535	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,373	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	451.08/cwt	442.00–460.00	2,603	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,849	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	466.20/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,154	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	344	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,514	17
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	464	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,647	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	363.95/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,267	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	425.27/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,050	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	504	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,507	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,352	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	622	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,855	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	422.33/cwt	395.00–440.00	2,445	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	983	291.88/cwt	290.00–315.00	2,869	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	487.27/cwt	477.50–500.00	2,095	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	356.25/cwt	356.25–356.25	2,957	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	451.62/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,978	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	450.41/cwt	420.00–467.50	2,378	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	349.93/cwt	337.50–353.00	3,086	535
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	639.00/cwt	615.00–645.00	1,949	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	343.22/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,636	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	542.63/cwt	520.00–555.00	1,812	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,715	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	788	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,821	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	489.95/cwt	471.00–505.00	2,636	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	412.48/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,749	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	346.90/cwt	340.00–352.50	1,974	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	469.05/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,190	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	812	315.08/cwt	301.00–319.00	2,558	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	330.02/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,350	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	388.47/cwt	377.50–402.00	2,389	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	346.91/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,362	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	333.18/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,056	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	341.35/cwt	341.00–342.00	2,437	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	406.68/cwt	394.00–422.50	2,351	194
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	381.04/cwt	370.00–392.00	2,195	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,303	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	455.32/cwt	445.00–480.00	1,748	9
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	499	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,821	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	432.22/cwt	415.00–455.00	2,286	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	376.09/cwt	362.50–386.00	2,482	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	398.84/cwt	380.00–414.00	2,114	52

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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