Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 600lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 12.00 higher, and steers over 600lbs sold with a steady to weaker undertone based on limited comparisons on heavier weights with last weeks high quality yearling special. Heifers under 550lbs sold mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher and heavier weights sold with a steady undertone. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $499.99/cwt on 107 head, down $2.41 from the prior sale. That ranks 33 of 33 comparable sales and sits +44.57 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$499.99

▼ 2.41 vs prior sale

107 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,009

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$158.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.31

vs MO average

+11.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	523.17	2,848	73
Medium and Large 1-2	557	481.34	2,680	20
Medium and Large 2	538	431.43	2,320	7thin
Large 2-3	532	400.00	2,128	3thin
Medium 2	504	365.00	1,840	4thin

One grade step is worth $158.17/cwt here — about $1,009 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 sale107 hd

499.99

—

MO average18 barns · 3,772 hd

499.67

+0.31

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

+11.64

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

+44.57

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

88 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	474	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,204	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	368	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,914	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	814	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,686	5
Steers	Large 2-3	500–550	532	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,128	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	393.93/cwt	365.00–405.00	2,785	5
Steers	Large 2	400–450	448	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	565.78/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,320	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,310	4
Steers	Large 2	650–700	680	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	424.04/cwt	420.00–440.00	3,032	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	509.71/cwt	503.00–525.00	2,870	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,326	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	599.09/cwt	590.00–625.00	1,959	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	459.48/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,642	4
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	422	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,216	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	449.62/cwt	442.50–455.00	2,747	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	526.06/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,225	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	581.21/cwt	570.00–610.00	2,243	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	539.35/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,600	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,926	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	558.92/cwt	555.00–570.00	2,588	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	543.22/cwt	542.00–545.00	2,515	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	516.39/cwt	500.00–527.50	2,716	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	415.90/cwt	407.50–435.00	2,620	19
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,029	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,231	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	534.22/cwt	527.50–540.00	2,837	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,271	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	596	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,608	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	425.05/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,903	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	367	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,220	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,878	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	418	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,195	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	727	329.68/cwt	327.00–330.50	2,397	156
Dairy Steers	Large 3	800–850	813	316.69/cwt	280.00–319.50	2,575	72
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,834	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	421	509.22/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,144	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	382	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,120	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	537.00/cwt	525.00–540.00	2,519	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	698	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,583	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,784	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	506.65/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,133	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,967	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	457.46/cwt	450.00–477.50	2,548	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	415.31/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,517	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,478	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	537.84/cwt	537.50–540.00	2,603	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	422.94/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,789	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	444.95/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,180	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,355	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	532.46/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,231	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	683	303.08/cwt	275.00–310.00	2,070	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	401.49/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,441	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	548.81/cwt	540.00–555.00	1,822	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	526.33/cwt	515.00–545.00	1,984	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	498.34/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,696	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	373.31/cwt	340.00–382.50	2,576	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	488.82/cwt	485.00–500.00	1,823	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	859	329.21/cwt	325.00–337.50	2,828	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	389.75/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,604	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	467.93/cwt	450.00–477.50	2,382	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	368.58/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,112	14
Heifers	Medium 2-3	350–400	390	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	473.94/cwt	465.00–510.00	2,308	10
Steers	Large 2-3	400–450	412	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	728	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,475	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	350–400	374	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	468.24/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,219	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	663.33/cwt	650.00–670.00	2,123	6
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	504	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,840	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	348	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,949	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	451	481.00/cwt	478.00–483.00	2,169	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	435.96/cwt	422.50–445.00	2,306	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	480.14/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,103	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	431	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,875	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	437	470.11/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,054	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,495	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	383.02/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,409	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	606	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,348	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,107	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	407.19/cwt	392.50–417.50	2,109	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	407.84/cwt	400.00–420.00	2,357	6

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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