Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mostly 12.00 to 22.00 lower, and lightweight heifers sold with a sharply lower undertone, while heifers over 600lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Many small groups of unweaned and short weaned calves with average or below quality in the offering. Lots of uncertainty and mixed emotions in the markets this week after last Friday's announcement from the President that he plans to import more beef in the coming months to lower in store retail prices, paired with the regularly scheduled USDA cattle on feed report that was bullish and showed placements to be lower than expected. Demand was moderate to light on a light supply.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $382.32/cwt on 51 head, down $34.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 34 comparable sales and sits −66.59 against this barn's trailing median of $448.91.

Average price

$382.32

▼ 34.80 vs prior sale

51 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,091

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$5.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.30

vs MO average

+11.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	386.15	2,186	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	536	380.24	2,039	33

One grade step is worth $5.91/cwt here — about $146 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

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.40, low $370.33, median $448.91 across 34 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 sale51 hd

382.32

—

MO average12 barns · 834 hd

380.02

+2.30

National average153 barns · 5,891 hd

371.00

+11.32

This barn, trailing median34 sales

448.91

−66.59

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

73 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 1-2	800–850	815	264.26/cwt	250.00–277.50	2,154	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,300	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	357.85/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,703	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	326.94/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,007	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	333.33/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	366.77/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,529	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	368	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,435	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	359.68/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,896	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	522	379.12/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,979	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	289.89/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,968	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	354.80/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,058	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	326.52/cwt	312.50–355.00	2,011	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	337.54/cwt	335.00–347.50	2,454	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	476.62/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,797	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	397.50/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,920	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,953	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	459	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,985	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	352.18/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,346	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	443	363.79/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	386.15/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,186	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	310.14/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,948	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	357.46/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,073	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,174	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,458	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,231	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,029	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,669	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	402	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,528	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	318	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,399	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,171	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	454	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,884	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	907	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,268	57
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	670	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,541	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	362.51/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,066	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	642	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,990	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	708	281.73/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,995	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	333.14/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,219	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,637	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	473	344.62/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,630	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	338.47/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,936	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,964	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	346.88/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,852	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	412.14/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	310.25/cwt	300.00–322.50	2,122	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	382.78/cwt	370.00–402.50	2,036	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	340.51/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,631	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	451	382.85/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,727	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,375	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	300.08/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	541	330.73/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	382.66/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	358	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	743	315.58/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,345	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	397.06/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,898	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,260	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	369.62/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,767	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	369.34/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,175	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	362.81/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,239	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,363	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,093	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	375.56/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,667	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	292.51/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,913	4

How this sale compares

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