Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers under 550lbs sold with a lower undertone, and steers over 550lbs sold mostly 4.00 to 13.00 lower. Heifers sold mostly 6.00 to 15.00 lower with some spots sharply lower. Supply was moderate with a majority of unweaned or short weaned calves on offer, many of which were of average or below quality. Demand was moderate to light with many buyers taking advantage of a break in the weather and staying out in the hay field this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $414.43/cwt on 180 head, down $19.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 33 comparable sales and sits −40.98 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$414.43

▼ 19.82 vs prior sale

180 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,259

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$517

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$68.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−51.48

vs MO average

−44.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	427.24	2,372	60
Medium and Large 1-2	541	413.92	2,240	104
Medium and Large 2	554	383.55	2,123	7thin
Medium 2	517	358.90	1,856	9thin

One grade step is worth $68.34/cwt here — about $517 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 sale180 hd

414.43

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MO average19 barns · 4,492 hd

465.91

−51.48

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

−44.76

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−40.98

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

101 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 1Unweaned	400–450	445	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	392.18/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,188	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	418.79/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,546	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	547.18/cwt	510.00–570.00	1,795	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	435.41/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,016	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	361.79/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,272	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	353.26/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,413	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	404.39/cwt	400.00–406.00	2,734	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	448.81/cwt	440.00–462.50	2,091	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	432.85/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,303	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	336.31/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,270	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	414.45/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,134	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	396.32/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,687	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	455.14/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,971	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	465.62/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,797	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	409	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,004	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	374.17/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,028	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	395.55/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,452	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	414.63/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,015	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	365.17/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,089	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	476.82/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,602	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	415.30/cwt	415.00–417.50	2,180	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	352.77/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,187	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	722	308.43/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,227	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	412.08/cwt	390.00–417.50	2,336	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,034	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	409.15/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,569	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	392.45/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	597.31/cwt	590.00–605.00	1,959	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,934	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	486.06/cwt	485.50–495.00	2,105	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	526.61/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,091	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,318	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	402.84/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,095	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	434.80/cwt	430.00–436.00	1,978	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	461.49/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	376.28/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,660	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	474.78/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,208	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	423.80/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,424	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,180	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,620	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	375.96/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,530	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,313	3
Steers	Medium 2	450–500	452	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,718	2
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	517	358.90/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,856	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	475	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,924	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	425	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,636	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,013	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,887	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	726	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,352	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	439.24/cwt	425.00–447.50	2,324	11
Steers	Medium 2-3	400–450	437	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,486	3
Steers	Medium 2	300–350	312	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,248	3
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	422	370.32/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,563	3
Heifers	Medium 2	500–550	502	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,506	2
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	482	334.32/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,611	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	337.46/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,937	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	509	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,151	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	383	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,030	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,017	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	385.63/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,063	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	416.57/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,412	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	373.16/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,754	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	393.71/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,087	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	410.25/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,764	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	433.05/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,788	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	466.83/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,045	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,729	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	465	442.24/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,056	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	423.63/cwt	400.00–437.50	2,093	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,326	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	371.17/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,468	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,764	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	798	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,554	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	499	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,846	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	612	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	435.77/cwt	425.00–455.00	1,904	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	559	375.87/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,101	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	572	340.85/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,950	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	376.71/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,019	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	489	400.79/cwt	397.50–410.00	1,960	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	683	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,544	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	353.41/cwt	330.00–370.00	2,502	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	472.32/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,003	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	398	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,791	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	572	398.93/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,282	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	662	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	722	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,599	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	286.08/cwt	272.50–300.00	2,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,978	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	444	422.55/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,876	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,870	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	503.79/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,970	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,814	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	348.28/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,476	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	421.02/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,181	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	352.51/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,728	4

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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