Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold unevenly steady from 5.00 higher to 10.00 lower after last week's impressive wean vac special sale. Heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 13.00 higher. Demand was very good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.17/cwt on 111 head, up $14.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 33 comparable sales and sits +24.75 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$480.17

▲ 14.45 vs prior sale

111 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,686

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$611

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

$72.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.58

vs MO average

−6.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	492.77	2,774	66
Medium and Large 1	560	486.53	2,724	16thin
Medium and Large 2	553	450.04	2,491	27
Medium 2	515	420.00	2,163	2thin

One grade step is worth $72.77/cwt here — about $611 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 sale111 hd

480.17

—

MO average19 barns · 2,754 hd

486.75

−6.58

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

−6.85

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

+24.75

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

98 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	650–700	664	431.06/cwt	415.00–434.00	2,862	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	426.76/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,467	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	508.78/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,330	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	565.43/cwt	560.00–580.00	2,380	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,532	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	372.49/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,727	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	415.19/cwt	395.00–435.00	2,574	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	762	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,522	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	525.34/cwt	500.00–527.50	2,858	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	468.77/cwt	460.00–474.00	2,705	38
Steers	Large 2-3	750–800	798	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,354	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	338.74/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	410.44/cwt	406.00–414.00	2,926	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	929	318.01/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,954	12
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	464	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,274	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	504.27/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,168	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	482.44/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,306	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	387.58/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,213	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,449	6
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	515	420.00/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,163	2
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	470	421.22/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,980	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	616.60/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,244	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	412.89/cwt	407.50–415.00	2,783	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,409	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	663	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,453	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	369.08/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,838	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	552.52/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,354	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	481	502.96/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,419	5
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	352	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,006	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	475	334.15/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,587	21
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	529	330.35/cwt	285.00–350.00	1,748	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	703.69/cwt	670.00–720.00	2,196	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	570.94/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,152	10
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	658	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,040	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	585	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,931	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	823	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,099	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	748	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,244	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	630	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,340	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	862	260.21/cwt	258.00–265.00	2,243	26
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	612	337.67/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,067	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,734	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	623	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,710	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	544	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,530	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	444.74/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,602	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,673	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	467	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,405	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,296	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	403.94/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,306	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	423.35/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,570	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	359.96/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,786	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	362.90/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,689	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,123	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	524.82/cwt	510.00–540.00	2,241	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	430.85/cwt	375.00–440.00	2,012	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	511.22/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,224	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,124	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,130	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	511.07/cwt	500.00–535.00	2,422	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	470.75/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,443	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	512.27/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,716	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	479.75/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,293	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,770	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	433.67/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,502	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	459.53/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	368.81/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,150	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	330.80/cwt	310.00–337.50	2,597	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	415.45/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,397	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	343.93/cwt	330.00–365.00	2,511	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	382.38/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,535	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	416.43/cwt	385.00–455.00	1,799	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	369.87/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	584.53/cwt	570.00–600.00	1,911	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	402.79/cwt	385.00–409.00	2,489	53
Heifers	Large 2-3	750–800	760	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,356	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	626	331.73/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,077	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	370.94/cwt	360.00–380.00	2,307	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	535.62/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,057	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	514.97/cwt	510.00–530.00	2,147	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	360	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,872	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	360.03/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,419	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	550.83/cwt	530.00–600.00	2,066	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	537.01/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,212	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	433.98/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,764	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	331	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,986	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	417.15/cwt	408.00–445.00	2,236	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,880	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	506.46/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,340	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	465.00/cwt	455.00–472.50	2,409	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	475.11/cwt	465.00–477.50	2,504	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	476.50/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,707	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	434.06/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,431	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	538.58/cwt	530.00–545.00	2,612	29

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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