Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, lightweight steers under 600lbs sold steady to 8.00 higher, and yearling steers over 600lbs were mostly 4.00 to 12.00 higher. Heifers under 450lbs sold with a higher undertone and heifers over 450lbs were mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher. A very high quality day with many reputation consignments of weaned and vaccinated yearlings, some nice unweaned calves, and some stand out yearling consignments of 700lb-950lb steers. Demand was very good on a heavy supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $465.71/cwt on 287 head, up $1.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 33 comparable sales and sits +10.30 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$465.71

▲ 1.05 vs prior sale

287 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,549

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$920

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

$200.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.91

vs MO average

−21.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	522	540.92	2,824	50
Medium and Large 1-2	558	463.19	2,586	164
Medium 1-2	519	450.00	2,336	26
Medium and Large 2	558	415.74	2,321	21
Medium 2	546	400.00	2,184	23
Medium 2-3	560	340.00	1,904	3thin

One grade step is worth $200.92/cwt here — about $920 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 sale287 hd

465.71

—

MO average19 barns · 3,359 hd

486.62

−20.91

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

−21.64

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

+10.30

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

106 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 1Unweaned	400–450	436	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,572	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	519	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,336	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	794	381.16/cwt	376.00–387.85	3,026	125
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	465	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,953	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,999	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	689.27/cwt	670.00–695.00	2,151	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	368.85/cwt	366.00–372.50	3,021	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	370.14/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,906	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	379.42/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,523	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	416.64/cwt	402.50–430.00	2,612	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	440.83/cwt	420.00–465.00	2,306	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	627.44/cwt	600.00–650.00	2,039	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	551.09/cwt	525.00–570.00	2,386	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	956	316.84/cwt	315.00–320.00	3,029	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	579.03/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,229	13
Steers	Medium 2-3	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	3
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	546	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,184	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	403.19/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,322	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	527.64/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,517	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	484.79/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,342	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	374.51/cwt	360.00–382.50	2,711	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	494	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,248	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	441	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,117	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	403	463.39/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	359.66/cwt	330.00–361.00	2,895	71
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,441	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	401.70/cwt	387.00–414.00	2,896	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	504.62/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,619	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	3,042	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	422.37/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,800	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	347.13/cwt	346.25–359.00	3,107	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	554.12/cwt	535.00–560.00	2,909	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	658	382.87/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,519	7
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	750	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,858	21
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	649	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,726	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	631.38/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,330	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,175	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	448.88/cwt	435.00–457.50	2,752	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	592	442.21/cwt	437.50–445.00	2,618	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	478.83/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,701	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	595.40/cwt	575.00–610.00	2,483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	306	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	2,111	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	445.87/cwt	432.50–465.00	2,769	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	327.93/cwt	327.00–330.00	3,151	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	566.24/cwt	555.00–590.00	2,701	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,421	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,775	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	347.99/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,644	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	366.50/cwt	366.50–366.50	2,987	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,458	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,554	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	391.51/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,470	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	368.24/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,673	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	516.20/cwt	502.50–540.00	2,524	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	409.67/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,503	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,363	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	460.96/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,572	9
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	495	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,881	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	431.25/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,096	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,670	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,232	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	440.12/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,359	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	425.77/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,410	47
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	321	396.97/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,274	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	359.12/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,090	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	373.82/cwt	355.00–377.50	2,908	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	524.03/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,976	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	441.00/cwt	435.00–445.00	1,940	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	333.34/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,433	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	403.54/cwt	380.00–415.00	2,127	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	377.04/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,028	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	345.77/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,165	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	335.89/cwt	317.50–345.00	2,603	22
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	399.70/cwt	380.00–414.00	2,318	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	332.31/cwt	315.00–337.50	2,695	9
Steers	Medium 2-3	400–450	443	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	326	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,842	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,279	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	445.32/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,556	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	409.87/cwt	395.00–412.00	2,779	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	376.42/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,112	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	512	386.91/cwt	385.00–392.50	1,981	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	627	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,414	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	386.58/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,578	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	341.70/cwt	335.50–345.50	3,130	411
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	465.83/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	520	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	430	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,354	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	353.94/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,403	15
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	444	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,909	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	456	505.96/cwt	495.00–507.50	2,307	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	321	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,862	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	492.86/cwt	490.00–515.00	2,287	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	470.21/cwt	450.00–495.00	1,989	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	375.88/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,349	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	600.70/cwt	580.00–620.00	1,922	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	527.98/cwt	520.00–532.50	2,228	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	496.32/cwt	460.00–500.00	1,767	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	447.31/cwt	425.00–472.50	2,134	72
Heifers	Medium 2-3	350–400	362	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,231	3
Heifers	Medium 2-3	450–500	477	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,670	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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