Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the steer and heifer calves under 500 lbs. sold with a sharply lower undertone. Steers over 500 lbs. sold steady to 5.00 lower. Heifers over 500 lbs. sold 5.00 to 12.00 higher. The demand was moderate and supply was moderate to light. The quality was less attractive this week and sold in smaller packages.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $418.87/cwt on 134 head, down $5.75 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 33 comparable sales and sits +13.76 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$418.87

▼ 5.75 vs prior sale

134 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,272

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$91.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.32

vs MO average

−4.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	452.13	2,421	52
Medium and Large 1-2	535	423.23	2,265	44
Medium and Large 2	525	407.63	2,140	6thin
Medium 2	567	360.94	2,045	32

One grade step is worth $91.20/cwt here — about $376 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $360.61, median $405.12 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 sale134 hd

418.87

—

MO average19 barns · 2,243 hd

426.19

−7.32

National average175 barns · 10,886 hd

423.19

−4.32

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

+13.76

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

87 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 1-2	350–400	367	551.69/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,025	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	537.74/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,302	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	452.69/cwt	432.50–465.00	2,598	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	613.41/cwt	590.00–620.00	1,951	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	476	448.28/cwt	430.00–465.00	2,134	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	607	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	969	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,391	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	484.89/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,223	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	423	445.70/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,885	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	480.59/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,494	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	525.62/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,276	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	328.35/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,699	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	368.46/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,856	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,465	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,882	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,331	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	534	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,483	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	437.93/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,562	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,496	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	407.63/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,371	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	402.33/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,700	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	418.42/cwt	407.50–427.50	2,615	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	442	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	411.69/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,523	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,122	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	502	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	411.17/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,401	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	461.39/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,173	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	314	557.53/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	431.72/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,848	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	410.89/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,964	12
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	446	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,829	8
Heifers	Medium 2-3Unweaned	450–500	469	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,407	4
Bulls	Medium 2	450–500	473	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,608	3
Bulls	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,019	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,802	4
Bulls	Large 1-2	600–650	607	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,458	6
Heifers	Large 2	450–500	490	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,846	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,618	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	667	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	3,102	10
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	538	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,018	17
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	599	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,067	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	417.43/cwt	407.50–420.00	3,026	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	515.88/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,724	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	391.64/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,491	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	413.99/cwt	405.00–418.00	2,828	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	474.50/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,496	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	421.79/cwt	407.50–430.00	2,366	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	426	555.46/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,366	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,095	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,739	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	487.68/cwt	487.50–490.00	2,829	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	524.30/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,511	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,706	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	413.53/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,547	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	562.36/cwt	560.00–570.00	2,413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	537.16/cwt	535.00–540.00	1,982	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	425.30/cwt	415.00–427.50	2,399	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,675	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,764	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	513.50/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,480	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	375.43/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,756	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	475.97/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,771	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	477.50/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,173	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,266	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	499.13/cwt	480.00–510.00	2,426	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	425.81/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,227	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	392.85/cwt	390.00–397.50	2,679	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	909	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	378.77/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,704	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	468.27/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,435	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	438.62/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,272	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	465.39/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,187	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	565	437.04/cwt	435.00–439.00	2,469	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	387.55/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,275	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	463.83/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,976	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	381.03/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,355	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	386.81/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,766	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,768	2

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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