Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 lower with spots 20.00 lower based on limited comparisons to last week's sale. Supply was light with many unweaned or short weaned calves in town. Demand was moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.85/cwt on 75 head, down $20.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 33 comparable sales and sits −4.56 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$450.85

▼ 20.68 vs prior sale

75 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$663

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$117.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.40

vs MO average

+11.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	482.67	2,634	32
Medium and Large 1-2	560	434.60	2,432	35
Medium and Large 2	575	404.60	2,325	6thin
Medium 2	540	365.00	1,971	2thin

One grade step is worth $117.67/cwt here — about $663 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 sale75 hd

450.85

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MO average14 barns · 1,775 hd

458.25

−7.40

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

+11.70

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−4.56

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

85 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 1-2	700–750	729	318.25/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,320	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	421.20/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,018	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	420.23/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,202	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,449	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,845	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	468.17/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,552	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	438.58/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,829	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	437.68/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,280	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	297.99/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,607	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	340.05/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,302	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	363.32/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	669	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,241	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	417.89/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,424	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,343	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	515.21/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,908	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	474.28/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,661	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	344.62/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,516	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	538	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,421	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	479.54/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,004	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,808	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	419.35/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,374	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	440.90/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,257	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	381.40/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,964	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,231	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	516.62/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,537	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	374.99/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,284	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	517.19/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,162	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,930	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	489.19/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,612	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	421.30/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,604	15
Steers	Medium 2	500–550	540	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,971	2
Heifers	Medium 2	400–450	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	3
Steers	Large 2-3	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	2
Steers	Large 2-3	800–850	806	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,257	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	714	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,856	9
Heifers	Large 2-3	400–450	433	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,429	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,028	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,084	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,137	2
Steers	Medium 2-3	300–350	323	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,324	3
Steers	Medium 2-3	450–500	469	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,407	4
Bulls	Medium 2-3	450–500	490	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	422.94/cwt	417.50–435.00	1,586	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	356.31/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,027	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	393.17/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,860	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,535	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	318.35/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,340	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	367.84/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,942	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	441.38/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,871	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,105	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	398.13/cwt	397.50–400.00	2,361	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	434.36/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,133	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	652	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,054	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	536	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,023	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	374.43/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,516	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	390	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	481	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,309	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	558.70/cwt	535.00–595.00	1,799	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	417.53/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,246	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	352.83/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,523	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	424.11/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,362	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	446	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	479.42/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,253	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	448.51/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,350	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	575	339.91/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,954	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	401.00/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,474	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	343.08/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,614	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	465.99/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,036	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	595	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,529	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	458.68/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,743	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	372.93/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,126	17

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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