Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, the steers under 600 lbs. sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher with spots up to 20.00 higher. The heavier weight steers had too few comparisons but sold with sharply higher undertones. The heifers also sold with sharply higher undertones, compared to the light test from last week. The quality was more attractive as this was a special yearling sale and there were 8 full loads on offer. The supply was heavy with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $502.40/cwt on 255 head, up $21.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 33 comparable sales and sits +46.99 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$502.40

▲ 21.45 vs prior sale

255 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,728

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$379

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

$96.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.81

vs MO average

+11.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	509.89	2,753	216
Medium and Large 1-2	554	479.77	2,658	28
Medium and Large 2	575	412.92	2,374	11thin

One grade step is worth $96.97/cwt here — about $379 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 sale255 hd

502.40

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MO average17 barns · 2,174 hd

496.59

+5.81

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

+11.57

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

+46.99

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

85 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 1-2Unweaned	500–550	539	488.56/cwt	485.00–500.00	2,633	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	396.31/cwt	385.00–412.50	2,287	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	498.14/cwt	490.00–510.00	2,406	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	312	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,872	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	388.01/cwt	377.50–415.00	2,670	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,600	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	533.05/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,020	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	383.61/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,720	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	466.07/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,689	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	445.32/cwt	442.50–447.50	2,160	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,062	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,080	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	480.29/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,108	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	393	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,240	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	426.50/cwt	417.50–445.00	2,320	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	525.86/cwt	500.00–540.00	2,324	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	361.37/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,425	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	455.09/cwt	444.50–470.00	2,216	107
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,810	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	383.50/cwt	360.00–392.50	2,431	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,610	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	350.86/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,768	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	502	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,096	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	430.52/cwt	405.00–450.00	1,993	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,430	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	449.77/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,925	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	481	477.32/cwt	470.00–480.00	2,296	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,158	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,836	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,236	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	399.01/cwt	345.00–430.00	2,346	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	614	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	421.15/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,996	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,620	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	470.50/cwt	455.00–482.50	2,691	21
Steers	Large 2	400–450	437	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,748	3
Steers	Large 2	850–900	895	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,417	3
Dairy Steers	Large 3	850–900	850	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	2,384	62
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	708	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,124	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	459.22/cwt	450.00–472.50	2,402	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	458.47/cwt	445.00–472.50	2,870	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	503.98/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,721	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	535.24/cwt	515.00–540.00	2,601	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	702	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,913	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,423	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	436.68/cwt	420.00–440.00	3,114	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	352.03/cwt	340.00–361.50	3,059	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,914	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	551.69/cwt	530.00–565.00	2,604	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	362.16/cwt	352.00–371.00	2,955	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	343.19/cwt	338.00–344.50	3,137	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	380.27/cwt	377.50–382.50	2,955	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	567.69/cwt	550.00–580.00	2,379	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,309	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	527.16/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,356	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,337	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,035	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,781	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	497.82/cwt	485.00–511.00	2,818	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	487.37/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,754	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	340	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,836	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	473.17/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,271	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	309	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,978	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	424.24/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,652	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	594.45/cwt	580.00–610.00	2,229	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,563	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	436.18/cwt	427.50–445.00	2,286	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,058	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	451.70/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,787	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,366	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	450.69/cwt	435.00–462.50	2,758	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,700	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	522.05/cwt	500.00–542.50	2,725	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	543.71/cwt	540.00–545.00	2,333	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	337	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,157	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	537.18/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,052	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,736	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	502.95/cwt	490.00–520.00	2,117	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	440.94/cwt	430.00–447.50	2,460	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	424.94/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,915	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	482.99/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,980	17

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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