Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 8.00 lower. Many groups of unweaned calves in town today, but many of which were high quality. Demand was very good on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $417.73/cwt on 85 head, down $3.96 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 33 comparable sales and sits +12.61 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$417.73

▼ 3.96 vs prior sale

85 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$40.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.98

vs MO average

−4.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	430.89	2,354	48
Medium and Large 1-2	542	402.31	2,181	32
Medium and Large 2	517	390.00	2,016	5thin

One grade step is worth $40.89/cwt here — about $338 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

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 sale85 hd

417.73

—

MO average18 barns · 2,584 hd

428.71

−10.98

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−4.44

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

+12.61

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

93 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	650–700	678	434.79/cwt	420.00–442.50	2,948	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	553.75/cwt	550.00–557.50	2,630	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	530.53/cwt	530.00–531.00	2,753	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	406.35/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	568	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,726	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	386	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,104	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	577.54/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,172	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	685.65/cwt	660.00–690.00	2,160	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	495.98/cwt	495.00–505.00	2,777	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	562.44/cwt	560.00–575.00	2,182	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	320	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	559.48/cwt	555.00–570.00	2,406	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	335	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,010	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,554	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,189	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	472	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	596	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,503	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	532.94/cwt	530.00–540.00	2,510	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,413	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,224	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	413	559.59/cwt	540.00–567.50	2,311	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	517.99/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,440	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,652	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	448.08/cwt	442.50–465.00	2,352	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	425.81/cwt	412.50–440.00	2,414	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	432.00/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,773	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	525.45/cwt	515.00–540.00	2,743	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	539.80/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,526	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	381.61/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	3,162	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	415.84/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,520	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	626.60/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,149	3
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	413	409.70/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	3,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	414.99/cwt	405.00–420.00	3,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	577.19/cwt	570.00–590.00	2,424	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	512.34/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,710	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	443.01/cwt	430.00–450.00	2,773	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,208	2
Steers	Medium 2-3	550–600	599	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,097	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	523.35/cwt	520.00–527.50	2,758	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	658	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	3,060	2
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	448	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,702	8
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	467	349.96/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,634	6
Heifers	Medium 2	300–350	310	389.85/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,450	2
Steers	Medium 2	350–400	398	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,572	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	529.38/cwt	515.00–545.00	2,536	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	514.17/cwt	470.00–535.00	2,221	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	428.69/cwt	422.00–435.00	2,101	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	356	525.78/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,872	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	464.70/cwt	455.00–480.00	2,179	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	438.04/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,923	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	509.94/cwt	505.00–512.50	2,096	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,664	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	525.10/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	438.98/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,586	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,099	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	409.57/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,986	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	517	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,016	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	507.14/cwt	485.00–515.00	2,586	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	329.96/cwt	322.50–345.00	2,607	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	532.07/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,224	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	583.34/cwt	560.00–610.00	1,890	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	551.31/cwt	540.00–570.00	2,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	382.49/cwt	380.00–387.50	2,517	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	377.44/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	419	488.54/cwt	480.00–507.50	2,047	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	490.65/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,296	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,933	13
Steers	Medium 2-3	450–500	492	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,918	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	390.59/cwt	380.00–402.50	2,269	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	465.86/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,966	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	422	460.18/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,942	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	452.35/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,610	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	550.82/cwt	540.00–555.00	2,435	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,677	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	497.68/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,851	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,153	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	560	381.73/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,253	11
Heifers	Medium 2-3	400–450	438	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	446.87/cwt	440.00–465.00	2,141	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	411.73/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,137	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	897	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	347.69/cwt	345.00–352.50	2,409	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	532.98/cwt	520.00–545.00	1,785	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	398.87/cwt	387.50–407.50	2,509	28

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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