Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, based on very limited receipts this week and last, steers and heifers sold with a steady undertone. After weeks of feeder cattle futures trending down, with a sharp down on Monday, the past two days have shown a small amount of recovery in the board. The extreme heat of July is keeping all sales in the area very light. Demand was light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $430.14/cwt on 34 head, up $21.12 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 7 of 33 comparable sales and sits −25.27 against this barn's trailing median of $455.41.

Average price

$430.14

▲ 21.12 vs prior sale

34 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,344

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

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

$92.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.03

vs MO average

+30.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	442.41	2,360	24
Medium and Large 1-2	566	422.44	2,390	7thin
Medium and Large 2	590	350.00	2,065	3thin

One grade step is worth $92.41/cwt here — about $295 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 sale34 hd

430.14

—

MO average10 barns · 556 hd

428.11

+2.03

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

+30.85

This barn, trailing median33 sales

455.41

−25.27

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

42 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,262	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,367	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	644	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,479	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	452	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,011	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,898	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,213	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	355.03/cwt	350.00–390.00	2,311	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,432	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	401.52/cwt	400.00–407.50	2,453	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,440	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	449.78/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,312	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,256	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,927	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,107	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	349.89/cwt	335.00–365.00	2,362	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,311	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	436.03/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,202	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	336.86/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,439	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	500	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	477.38/cwt	470.00–485.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	311.41/cwt	302.50–320.00	2,554	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	451.63/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,874	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	316.77/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,176	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	421.28/cwt	407.50–430.00	1,955	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	380.85/cwt	367.50–390.00	2,224	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	382.71/cwt	370.00–400.00	2,407	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	354.98/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,520	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	429.81/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,235	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	403.83/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,092	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	336.25/cwt	335.00–337.50	2,740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	606	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,121	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,102	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	389	497.57/cwt	475.00–505.00	1,936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	419.49/cwt	417.50–420.00	2,450	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	466.37/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,211	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,065	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,755	3

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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