Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold unevenly steady, from 7.00 lower to 12.00 higher. The best comparison of 400lb-600lb heifers sold mostly 12.00 to 25.00 higher. Many groups of unweaned calves this week, but mostly good quality with attractive condition that created good demand on a moderate supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.92/cwt on 165 head, down $10.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 29 of 33 comparable sales and sits +29.50 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$484.92

▼ 10.03 vs prior sale

165 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$781

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$120.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.55

vs MO average

−2.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	500.29	2,726	56
Medium and Large 1-2	550	482.44	2,652	96
Medium and Large 2	559	454.07	2,536	10thin
Medium 2	512	380.00	1,946	3thin

One grade step is worth $120.29/cwt here — about $781 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

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 sale165 hd

484.92

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MO average20 barns · 4,459 hd

497.47

−12.55

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−2.63

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

+29.50

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

91 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 1Unweaned	550–600	565	479.71/cwt	470.00–482.50	2,710	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	365.02/cwt	360.00–372.50	2,986	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	515.79/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,661	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	430.19/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,646	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	398.00/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,734	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	603.40/cwt	575.00–620.00	2,287	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,030	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	481.30/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	552.00/cwt	530.00–565.00	2,352	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	387.04/cwt	386.00–390.00	2,748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	462.20/cwt	445.00–480.00	2,635	41
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	410	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	409.62/cwt	406.00–430.00	2,794	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	435.92/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,524	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	401.65/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	514.93/cwt	505.00–525.00	2,250	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	538.78/cwt	520.00–555.00	2,500	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,499	2
Steers	Medium 2-3	350–400	382	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,184	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	606.68/cwt	590.00–650.00	2,020	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	446.32/cwt	442.50–455.00	2,736	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	526	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	588.01/cwt	570.00–600.00	2,428	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	725.86/cwt	710.00–740.00	2,214	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	529.09/cwt	525.00–540.00	2,725	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,401	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	607	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,686	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	558.21/cwt	552.50–570.00	2,540	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	387	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,341	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	643	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,668	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	537.17/cwt	525.00–552.50	2,621	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	453.26/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,633	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	309	715.00/cwt	715.00–715.00	2,209	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	479	521.20/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,497	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,620	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	583.68/cwt	575.00–595.00	2,271	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	436.93/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,744	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	431	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,457	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	488.27/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,612	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,621	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,607	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	376.85/cwt	372.50–395.00	2,612	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	341.66/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,767	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,801	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	547.51/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,579	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	414.17/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,208	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	491.25/cwt	470.00–510.00	2,618	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	550.29/cwt	545.00–562.50	2,322	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	615.38/cwt	605.00–625.00	1,988	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,349	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	430.16/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,478	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	545.03/cwt	535.00–555.00	2,022	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,648	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	430.19/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,035	9
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	355	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,669	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	474.77/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,994	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	581.07/cwt	570.00–605.00	1,894	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	382.05/cwt	380.00–405.00	2,686	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	470.87/cwt	455.00–490.00	2,646	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	362.01/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,436	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	514.87/cwt	502.50–540.00	2,235	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	403.72/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,309	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	468	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,387	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,944	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,488	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	371.71/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,305	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	594.83/cwt	590.00–600.00	2,219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	322.48/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,696	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	400.70/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,324	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	437.33/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,523	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	301	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,866	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	497.47/cwt	490.00–500.00	2,293	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	404.93/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	467.07/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,242	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	410	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,866	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	465.02/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,437	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	522	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,245	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	424	477.68/cwt	465.00–515.00	2,025	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	390	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,087	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	449.85/cwt	445.00–480.00	2,627	23
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	512	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,946	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	479.74/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,260	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	510.07/cwt	495.00–520.00	2,428	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	701	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	637.51/cwt	625.00–680.00	2,257	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	477.82/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,709	13

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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