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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2021-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-24

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Mar 24

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Mar 17Mar 24Mar 31 →

Receipts

1,575 head

▲ 746 vs last sale 829▲ 502 vs year ago 1,073 · +46.8%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Nov 2, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded 3.00 - 8.00 higher, with feeder heifers trading 3.00 - 6.00 higher. A special holstein steer sale saw a lot of 54 head weighing 901 lbs. trading at 91.00. Muddy conditions caused many producers unable to move cattle. Supply was moderate with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.69/cwt on 444 head.

Average price

$155.69

444 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$342

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$28.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.10

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	158.02	994	344
Medium and Large 1-2	541	151.45	820	60
Medium and Large 2	452	150.12	679	24
Medium 2	502	129.81	652	16thin

One grade step is worth $28.21/cwt here — about $342 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale444 hd

155.69

—

MO average18 barns · 10,553 hd

154.59

+1.10

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

88 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	293	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	481	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	194.99/cwt	194.00–196.00	636	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	177.07/cwt	165.00–183.00	678	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	398	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	617	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	697	4
Steers	—	Medium 2	411	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	551	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	189.69/cwt	181.00–197.00	804	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	442	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	663	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	181.25/cwt	172.00–184.00	845	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	471	153.31/cwt	147.00–156.00	722	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	492	158.43/cwt	158.00–160.00	779	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	501	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	701	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	173.10/cwt	169.00–177.00	891	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	523	185.81/cwt	173.00–191.00	972	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	154.27/cwt	148.00–158.00	832	13
Steers	—	Medium 2	540	129.67/cwt	129.00–132.00	700	9
Steers	—	Medium 2	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	165.02/cwt	152.00–168.50	951	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	145.75/cwt	145.00–147.00	848	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	607	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	962	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	153.97/cwt	148.00–157.00	958	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	134.25/cwt	134.00–135.00	855	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	641	159.25/cwt	159.25–159.25	1,021	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	148.44/cwt	145.00–151.00	1,012	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	122.97/cwt	120.00–126.00	874	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	142.70/cwt	131.00–145.00	1,022	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	735	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,121	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	131.06/cwt	129.00–134.00	1,018	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	128.69/cwt	127.00–130.00	1,063	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,143	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	313	162.55/cwt	150.00–168.00	509	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	344	146.56/cwt	145.00–149.00	504	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	143.66/cwt	139.00–146.00	556	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	586	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	138.55/cwt	135.00–142.00	582	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	148.36/cwt	148.00–149.00	648	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	136.59/cwt	130.00–143.00	643	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	146.41/cwt	146.00–147.00	704	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	139.73/cwt	130.00–145.50	727	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	699	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	571	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	825	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	136.47/cwt	130.00–143.50	789	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	592	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	852	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	601	143.25/cwt	143.25–143.25	861	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	131.45/cwt	125.00–137.00	823	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	129.45/cwt	126.00–131.50	860	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	684	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	913	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	122.77/cwt	120.00–128.50	890	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	112.50/cwt	111.00–114.00	837	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	114.90/cwt	114.00–115.50	869	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	878	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	913	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,040	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 2	303	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	364	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	333	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	533	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	340	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	615	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	371	179.28/cwt	179.00–180.00	665	11
Bulls	—	Medium 2	403	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	556	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	429	161.95/cwt	160.50–163.00	695	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	146.96/cwt	145.00–150.00	633	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	153.32/cwt	151.00–159.00	668	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	452	162.90/cwt	159.00–165.50	736	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	153.00/cwt	151.00–155.00	741	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	490	144.36/cwt	140.00–148.00	707	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	500	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	720	2
Bulls	—	Medium 2	505	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	631	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	527	152.91/cwt	150.00–155.00	806	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	144.74/cwt	144.00–145.00	812	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	614	152.91/cwt	151.00–154.50	939	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	129.89/cwt	126.00–137.00	818	17
Bulls	—	Medium 2	648	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	778	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	904	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	708	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	864	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	788	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	977	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	998	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	908	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers14 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	328	105.88/cwt	100.00–110.00	347	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	374	106.38/cwt	100.00–113.00	398	20
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	442	106.24/cwt	93.00–109.00	470	8
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	477	105.92/cwt	99.00–110.50	505	31
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	526	104.94/cwt	100.00–107.00	552	20
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	571	93.08/cwt	80.00–97.50	531	13
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	637	73.18/cwt	50.00–86.50	466	16
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	688	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	585	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	736	85.28/cwt	70.00–90.00	628	20
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	823	92.94/cwt	75.00–93.75	765	42
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	860	89.39/cwt	81.50–93.25	769	32
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	901	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	820	54
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	961	80.17/cwt	75.00–100.00	770	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,145	76.50/cwt	76.50–76.50	876	4

This sale against other markets

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Wed Mar 24, 2021

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Receipts 1,575Last week 829Year ago 1,073

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	716	131.00–145.00	142.70
4	—	326	194.00–196.00	194.99
30	—	622	148.00–157.00	153.97
28	—	515	169.00–177.00	173.10
26	—	777	129.00–134.00	131.06
8	—	869	131.50	131.50
7	—	826	127.00–130.00	128.69
73	—	576	152.00–168.50	165.02
35	—	682	145.00–151.00	148.44
15	—	466	172.00–184.00	181.25
15	—	424	181.00–197.00	189.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	492	158.00–160.00	158.43
12	—	582	145.00–147.00	145.75
6	—	711	120.00–126.00	122.97
13	—	539	148.00–158.00	154.27
4	—	411	169.00–170.00	169.50
8	—	637	134.00–135.00	134.25
8	—	383	165.00–183.00	177.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	523	173.00–191.00	185.81
8	—	607	158.50	158.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	735	152.50	152.50
24	—	641	159.25	159.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	540	129.00–132.00	129.67
5	—	411	134.00	134.00
2	—	560	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	501	140.00	140.00
3	—	442	150.00	150.00
3	—	398	155.00	155.00
2	—	293	164.00	164.00
9	—	471	147.00–156.00	153.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	437	148.00–149.00	148.36
17	—	664	126.00–131.50	129.45
53	—	520	130.00–145.50	139.73
3	—	388	151.00	151.00
9	—	725	120.00–128.50	122.77
12	—	481	146.00–147.00	146.41
50	—	578	130.00–143.50	136.47
37	—	626	125.00–137.00	131.45
13	—	313	150.00–168.00	162.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	420	135.00–142.00	138.55
74	—	471	130.00–143.00	136.59
10	—	344	145.00–149.00	146.56
6	—	387	139.00–146.00	143.66
4	—	568	123.00	123.00
4	—	744	111.00–114.00	112.50
2	—	878	104.00	104.00
2	—	1,040	100.00	100.00
5	—	756	114.00–115.50	114.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	601	143.25	143.25
12	—	571	144.50	144.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	684	133.50	133.50
28	—	592	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	788	124.00	124.00
5	—	452	159.00–165.50	162.90
11	—	371	179.00–180.00	179.28
11	—	614	151.00–154.50	152.91
2	—	340	181.00	181.00
2	—	708	122.00	122.00
14	—	527	150.00–155.00	152.91
12	—	429	160.50–163.00	161.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	484	151.00–155.00	153.00
17	—	630	126.00–137.00	129.89
2	—	500	144.00	144.00
2	—	690	131.00	131.00
8	—	561	144.00–145.00	144.74
7	—	436	151.00–159.00	153.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	505	125.00	125.00
2	—	403	138.00	138.00
3	—	648	120.00	120.00
3	—	303	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	490	140.00–148.00	144.36
5	—	431	145.00–150.00	146.96
4	—	998	91.00	91.00
2	—	333	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	736	70.00–90.00	85.28
20	—	526	100.00–107.00	104.94
13	—	571	80.00–97.50	93.08
8	—	442	93.00–109.00	106.24
6	—	688	85.00	85.00
5	—	961	75.00–100.00	80.17
20	—	374	100.00–113.00	106.38
16	—	637	50.00–86.50	73.18
32	—	860	81.50–93.25	89.39
31	—	477	99.00–110.50	105.92
54	—	901	91.00	91.00
42	—	823	75.00–93.75	92.94
5	—	328	100.00–110.00	105.88
4	—	1,145	76.50	76.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.