Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold with a steady to lower undertone based on limited receipts and plainer type calves for much of the offering this week. Rain and thunderstorms in the area contributed to the light run. Demand was moderate to light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $467.73/cwt on 35 head, down $12.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 33 comparable sales and sits +12.32 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$467.73

▼ 12.43 vs prior sale

35 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,514

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

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

$78.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.97

vs MO average

−7.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	496.05	2,607	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	549	454.99	2,499	7thin
Medium and Large 2	554	417.86	2,314	9thin

One grade step is worth $78.20/cwt here — about $294 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale35 hd

467.73

—

MO average15 barns · 2,509 hd

474.70

−6.97

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−7.83

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

+12.32

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

73 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 2	550–600	592	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,398	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	454.92/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,220	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,604	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	485.11/cwt	475.00–500.00	2,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	600.50/cwt	560.00–630.00	1,880	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	480.12/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	993	305.35/cwt	302.00–306.00	3,032	6
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	435	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,483	3
Steers	Large 2	600–650	625	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,219	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	416.39/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,607	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	516.58/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,154	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	500.46/cwt	480.00–515.00	2,432	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	653.96/cwt	620.00–690.00	2,112	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	528.65/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,416	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	356.39/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,723	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	553.53/cwt	540.00–565.00	2,325	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	636	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	425.35/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,646	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	390.24/cwt	390.00–392.50	2,892	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,601	11
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	717	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,309	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	432.40/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,447	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	465	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,232	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,964	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,479	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,323	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	529	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,354	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	436.94/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,495	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	515.83/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,079	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,369	3
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	470	360.00/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,692	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,118	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	389.92/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,009	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	542.56/cwt	500.00–585.00	1,763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	477.08/cwt	475.00–485.00	2,271	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	506.54/cwt	495.00–530.00	1,905	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	467.26/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,948	8
Bulls	Medium 2	400–450	445	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	426.66/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,248	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	586.70/cwt	580.00–590.00	2,276	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	409.95/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	482.56/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,094	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	491.27/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	382	471.53/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,801	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	413.41/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,658	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	410.90/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,539	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	327.02/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,646	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	354.16/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,383	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,122	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,427	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,543	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	341.43/cwt	340.00–350.00	2,646	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	399.56/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,341	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	375.84/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,341	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	612.75/cwt	600.00–625.00	2,286	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	488.35/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,846	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	484	418.36/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,025	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	595	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,172	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	457.83/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,156	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,153	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	344.91/cwt	325.00–350.00	2,777	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,301	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	428.14/cwt	405.00–455.00	2,239	5

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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