Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, receipts were too light for a true price comparison, but steer and heifer calves sold with a mostly steady undertone. Demand was light with a week full of 100 degree weather in the area.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $350.10/cwt on 20 head, up $12.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 34 comparable sales and sits −51.09 against this barn's trailing median of $401.19.

Average price

$350.10

▲ 12.73 vs prior sale

20 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,910

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$376

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

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.10

vs MO average

+18.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	370.00	2,062	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	539	339.01	1,828	8thin
Medium and Large 2	527	320.00	1,686	3thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $376 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $337.37, median $401.19 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 sale20 hd

350.10

—

MO average12 barns · 729 hd

349.00

+1.10

National average157 barns · 5,611 hd

331.52

+18.58

This barn, trailing median34 sales

401.19

−51.09

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

50 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	750–800	752	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,369	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	361.18/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,694	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	416.32/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,015	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	269.89/cwt	265.00–275.00	2,208	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,079	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	361.67/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,174	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	377.42/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,630	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	458.60/cwt	440.00–480.00	1,481	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,189	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	357.52/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,938	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	417.50/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	370	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,517	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	543	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	314.66/cwt	305.00–317.50	2,130	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	426.70/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,754	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	462.78/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,689	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	323	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,389	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	355	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	542	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,978	3
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	350–400	372	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,544	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	681	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	363	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	317.80/cwt	305.00–321.00	2,272	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,418	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	375.00/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,789	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	343.14/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,138	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	336.16/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,953	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	350.02/cwt	335.00–365.00	1,988	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	346.55/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,941	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	382	425.42/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,625	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	336.10/cwt	327.50–345.00	1,966	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	334.95/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	344.94/cwt	330.00–350.00	1,587	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	429.69/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	394	341.34/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,345	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	394.80/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,473	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	337.51/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,686	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,068	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,143	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,774	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,663	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	320.47/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,493	3

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

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