Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 10.00 higher with a few exceptions in the lighter weight classes under 500 lbs were selling up to 20.00 higher on the fancier go to grass type calves. Yearling steers and heifers had a light test to obtain a trend but the ones that did cross the scales were selling steady compared to last weeks bigger supply. Overall even with a light supply, today's market was very active with good demand in all classes.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $438.34/cwt on 74 head, up $12.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 33 comparable sales and sits −17.07 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$438.34

▲ 12.15 vs prior sale

74 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,450

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$561

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$77.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.91

vs MO average

−20.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	447.28	2,492	47
Medium and Large 1-2	547	432.31	2,366	13thin
Large 1-2	584	421.26	2,460	12thin
Medium 2	522	370.00	1,931	2thin

One grade step is worth $77.28/cwt here — about $561 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale74 hd

438.34

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MO average14 barns · 2,719 hd

469.25

−30.91

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

−20.71

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−17.07

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

69 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	450–500	490	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,328	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,543	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	424.96/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,601	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,194	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	480.06/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,848	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,090	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	578.98/cwt	550.00–600.00	2,142	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	406.14/cwt	390.00–420.00	2,327	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	462.33/cwt	442.50–487.50	2,182	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	404.81/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,360	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	489.22/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,148	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,704	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	236	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	1,699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	430.09/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,671	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	524.63/cwt	520.00–550.00	2,266	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,448	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	437.54/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,223	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	481.21/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,069	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,373	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,091	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	629.17/cwt	610.00–660.00	2,101	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	458.42/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,430	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,523	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,918	3
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	522	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,931	2
Steers	Large 2	800–850	807	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,825	3
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	584	421.26/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,460	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	540	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,998	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	499.30/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,192	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,344	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	515.89/cwt	495.00–550.00	1,955	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	479.75/cwt	477.50–485.00	2,293	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	406.23/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,303	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	680	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,448	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	406.29/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,543	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	557.09/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,139	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	513	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,142	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	377.11/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,327	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	391.91/cwt	380.00–420.00	2,414	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,475	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	412.28/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,630	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	441.60/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,142	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,247	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,609	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	427.84/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,293	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	667	363.16/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,422	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	595	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,291	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	542	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,385	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,274	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	351.27/cwt	340.00–357.50	2,297	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	665	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,195	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	565	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,430	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,703	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	436.58/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,545	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,885	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	800–850	810	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	584	359.06/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,097	5

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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