Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, lightweight steers under 550lbs sold mostly 15.00 to 35.00 higher, and heavier weights sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Heifers were mostly steady to 7.00 higher. The first run of holstein steers for over a month brought in high quality steers and active bidding. Demand was very good for all classes in the offering on another heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $461.32/cwt on 207 head, up $13.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 33 comparable sales and sits +5.90 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$461.32

▲ 13.55 vs prior sale

207 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$596

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$129.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.59

vs MO average

−10.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	496.56	2,625	90
Medium and Large 1-2	561	443.07	2,484	97
Medium and Large 2	533	407.01	2,169	12thin
Medium 2	552	367.50	2,030	8thin

One grade step is worth $129.06/cwt here — about $596 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 sale207 hd

461.32

—

MO average21 barns · 6,655 hd

461.91

−0.59

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−10.66

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

+5.90

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

103 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 1Value Added	750–800	753	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	581.61/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,135	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	429.28/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,528	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	380.92/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,697	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,898	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	550.65/cwt	530.00–570.00	1,707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	691	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,729	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	405.01/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,665	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	513.87/cwt	500.00–550.00	2,626	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	361.72/cwt	335.00–372.50	2,669	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	482.10/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,276	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	858	327.57/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	420.16/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,655	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	353.87/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,718	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	460.95/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,397	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	379.78/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,590	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,338	2
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	520	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	499.27/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,857	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	817	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,778	8
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	563	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,055	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	501	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,904	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	507.98/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,184	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	462.64/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,563	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	409	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,025	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	528	455.92/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,407	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	428.95/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,595	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,458	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	950–1000	990	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,327	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	542	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,575	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	350–400	392	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,176	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	632	302.66/cwt	299.00–311.00	1,913	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	490.74/cwt	487.50–505.00	2,635	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	560	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,422	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	482	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,567	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	505.39/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,396	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1100–1150	1,137	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,558	3
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	500–550	543	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,005	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	734	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,217	61
Dairy Steers	Large 3	750–800	777	278.84/cwt	277.50–280.00	2,167	19
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	834	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,344	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	599	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,797	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	653	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,005	74
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,322	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,622	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	539	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,291	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,534	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	341.71/cwt	320.00–355.00	2,467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	526.61/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,017	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,040	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,886	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	496.71/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,116	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	436.62/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,301	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,285	7
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	460	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,725	2
Bulls	Medium 2	550–600	558	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	419.07/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,372	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	369.13/cwt	342.50–378.00	2,429	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	461.34/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,795	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,373	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	368.44/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,336	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	312.50/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,234	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	448.19/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,147	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	979	274.09/cwt	270.00–282.50	2,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	279.36/cwt	270.00–297.50	2,296	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	360.74/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,934	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	382.29/cwt	350.00–395.00	1,862	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	409	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,759	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	725	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,211	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	395.24/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,063	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	367.54/cwt	365.00–368.00	2,834	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	580.01/cwt	570.00–590.00	1,914	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	549.11/cwt	530.00–570.00	2,350	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	381.04/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,183	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,480	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,155	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,118	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	429	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,845	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	674	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,123	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	474	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	415.89/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,967	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	612	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,081	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	370.73/cwt	370.00–371.00	2,332	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	316.79/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,509	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	512.37/cwt	500.00–520.00	1,599	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	424.23/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,231	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	430.68/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,813	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,595	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	851	287.50/cwt	282.50–290.00	2,447	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	457.33/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,523	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	347.86/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,178	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	371.97/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,117	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	442.83/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,687	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	404.97/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,252	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	388.67/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,691	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	326.56/cwt	315.00–340.00	2,224	22

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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