Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, based on limited comparisons due to few receipts this week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Many unweaned or short weaned calves this week after last week's yearling special sale. Demand was moderate to light.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.24/cwt on 70 head, down $10.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 33 comparable sales and sits −20.87 against this barn's trailing median of $405.12.

Average price

$384.24

▼ 10.45 vs prior sale

70 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,118

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$279

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

$59.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.11

vs MO average

+33.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	395.55	2,185	49
Medium and Large 1-2	540	368.68	1,990	14thin
Medium and Large 2	567	336.22	1,906	7thin

One grade step is worth $59.33/cwt here — about $279 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $360.61, median $405.12 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 sale70 hd

384.24

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MO average8 barns · 551 hd

376.13

+8.11

National average81 barns · 2,697 hd

350.43

+33.81

This barn, trailing median33 sales

405.12

−20.87

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

64 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 1-2	500–550	543	428.66/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,328	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	336.84/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,102	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	407.07/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,754	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	315.12/cwt	302.50–320.00	2,313	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,584	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	338.40/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,491	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	803	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	359	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,651	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	335.36/cwt	335.00–337.50	2,207	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	356.25/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,052	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,180	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	486.44/cwt	480.00–495.00	1,834	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	448.59/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,942	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	424.57/cwt	415.00–445.00	2,174	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,009	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	290.00/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,291	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,331	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	392	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	300	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,290	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	361.98/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,291	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	436.06/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,006	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	395.41/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,882	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	365.89/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,285	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	441.23/cwt	437.50–445.00	1,933	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	642	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,054	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	407	384.10/cwt	360.00–430.00	1,563	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	350.41/cwt	348.00–360.00	2,201	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	402.90/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,135	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	385.55/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,626	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	442.65/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,319	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	463	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	714	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,428	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,111	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	398.93/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,066	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,317	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,355	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,269	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	624	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,059	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,100	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	447.59/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	447.23/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,151	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	352.27/cwt	345.00–367.50	2,321	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	343.03/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,123	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	397.59/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,151	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	528	369.56/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,951	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	378	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	668	318.87/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,130	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	785	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,355	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	344.51/cwt	320.00–375.00	1,819	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,214	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	598	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,033	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,908	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,967	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	388	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,707	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	545	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,098	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	366.70/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,749	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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