Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold unevenly from 10.00 lower to 7.00 higher based on a limited test. Demand was moderate to good despite the futures board trending down throughout the day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $475.11/cwt on 48 head, up $7.38 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 33 comparable sales and sits +19.70 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$475.11

▲ 7.38 vs prior sale

48 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,573

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$99

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

$31.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.15

vs MO average

+2.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	497.13	2,642	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	466.05	2,543	34

One grade step is worth $31.08/cwt here — about $99 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale48 hd

475.11

—

MO average18 barns · 1,876 hd

466.96

+8.15

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+2.91

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

+19.70

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

65 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	Large 2	650–700	668	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,204	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	590.26/cwt	570.00–610.00	1,930	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	424.89/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	374.44/cwt	374.00–375.00	2,745	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,021	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,608	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	454.97/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	404.80/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,550	10
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	348	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,611	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	426.35/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,464	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	540.76/cwt	510.00–560.00	2,001	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	373.88/cwt	345.00–392.50	2,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,831	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	667	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,918	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	325.79/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,671	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	934	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	2,433	41
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	728	247.89/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,805	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,168	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	511.32/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,209	24
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	513	356.94/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,831	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	835	251.55/cwt	248.00–262.50	2,100	12
Dairy Steers	Large 3	600–650	634	293.43/cwt	275.00–350.00	1,860	22
Dairy Steers	Medium 3	800–850	810	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,356	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	475.69/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,264	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,604	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,875	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,747	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	503.40/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,129	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	434.96/cwt	430.00–450.00	1,514	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	456.69/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,165	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	485.00/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,255	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	371.51/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,471	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,698	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	343.76/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,977	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	390.22/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,248	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,433	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	429.31/cwt	400.00–445.00	2,074	8
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	353	399.38/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,410	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	510.83/cwt	500.00–530.00	1,951	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,910	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,072	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,862	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	478.04/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,802	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	502.50/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,060	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	548.73/cwt	540.00–550.00	1,838	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	433.70/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,685	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	474.62/cwt	450.00–490.00	2,008	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	555.00/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,665	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	414.61/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,214	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	389.23/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,468	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	502.82/cwt	470.00–515.00	2,403	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	343.72/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,289	8
Steers	Medium 2-3	650–700	661	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,041	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	515.00/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	523.32/cwt	517.50–540.00	2,433	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	543.36/cwt	542.50–550.00	2,309	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	487.70/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,575	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	462.45/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,641	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	476.27/cwt	420.00–500.00	1,738	4

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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