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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2021-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-07

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 7

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Mar 31Apr 7Apr 14 →

Receipts

1,539 head

▼ 39 vs last sale 1,578▲ 387 vs year ago 1,152 · +33.6%

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 under 500 lbs. traded steady, while weights over 500 lbs. traded steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Good buyer attendance. Supply moderate with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.99/cwt on 596 head.

Average price

$137.99

596 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$184

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$34.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.17

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	141.23	801	466
Medium and Large 1-2	491	135.22	663	72
Medium and Large 2	474	124.81	591	28
Medium 2	579	106.59	617	30

One grade step is worth $34.64/cwt here — about $184 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 sale596 hd

137.99

—

MO average17 barns · 10,523 hd

145.16

−7.17

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

Every lot

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. 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	178.26/cwt	170.00–187.00	603	12
Steers	—	Medium 2	339	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	478	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	672	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	157.00/cwt	154.00–160.00	584	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	176.85/cwt	170.00–184.00	670	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	178.04/cwt	172.00–182.00	757	30
Steers	—	Medium 2	425	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	574	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	164.25/cwt	161.00–170.00	700	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	671	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	699	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	178.81/cwt	174.00–180.50	867	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	489	165.18/cwt	163.50–167.00	808	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	494	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	835	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	157.07/cwt	154.00–159.00	809	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	167.41/cwt	160.50–175.00	871	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	527	138.28/cwt	138.00–139.00	729	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	151.27/cwt	146.00–156.50	852	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	166.01/cwt	157.50–171.50	955	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	601	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	751	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	925	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	626	170.67/cwt	170.00–173.00	1,068	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	161.64/cwt	150.00–169.00	1,012	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	161.10/cwt	150.50–164.00	1,058	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	679	141.16/cwt	137.00–144.00	958	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	144.96/cwt	136.00–148.50	1,054	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	924	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	135.56/cwt	133.00–141.00	1,061	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,120	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	986	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,247	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	143.24/cwt	140.00–150.00	460	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	368	134.94/cwt	130.00–138.00	497	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	562	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	159.95/cwt	154.00–164.00	621	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	153.89/cwt	146.00–160.00	642	73
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	138.97/cwt	135.00–142.00	599	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	150.74/cwt	146.00–157.00	710	91
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	138.03/cwt	134.00–145.00	668	21
Heifers	—	Medium 2	484	109.23/cwt	107.00–110.00	529	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2	500	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	530	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	117.26/cwt	115.00–120.00	616	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	127.82/cwt	125.00–130.00	674	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	142.88/cwt	135.00–151.50	756	86
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	139.38/cwt	133.50–145.00	806	58
Heifers	—	Medium 2	578	106.79/cwt	105.00–108.00	617	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	589	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	766	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	756	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	132.33/cwt	128.00–135.50	836	59
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	633	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	722	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	130.08/cwt	127.00–131.00	878	9
Heifers	—	Medium 2	680	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	714	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	124.56/cwt	122.00–125.50	893	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	937	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	944	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	804	126.32/cwt	122.50–127.00	1,016	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	891	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,060	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	1,088	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	312	176.67/cwt	176.00–178.00	551	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	334	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	538	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	170.52/cwt	170.00–171.00	646	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	436	170.98/cwt	163.00–184.00	745	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	705	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	156.56/cwt	155.00–162.00	733	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	477	166.99/cwt	159.00–176.00	797	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	153.83/cwt	150.00–156.00	817	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	564	156.36/cwt	154.00–157.50	882	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	149.54/cwt	146.00–153.00	867	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	886	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	146.82/cwt	144.00–150.50	910	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	653	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	914	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	695	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	862	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	718	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,012	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	3

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 Apr 7, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 1,539Last week 1,578Year ago 1,152

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	489	163.50–167.00	165.18
2	—	625	148.00	148.00
21	—	515	154.00–159.00	157.07
12	—	679	137.00–144.00	141.16
9	—	379	170.00–184.00	176.85
16	—	563	146.00–156.50	151.27
12	—	338	170.00–187.00	178.26
16	—	426	161.00–170.00	164.25
6	—	733	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	485	174.00–180.50	178.81
89	—	575	157.50–171.50	166.01
22	—	783	133.00–141.00	135.56
44	—	520	160.50–175.00	167.41
2	—	343	196.00	196.00
5	—	986	126.50	126.50
23	—	626	150.00–169.00	161.64
30	—	425	172.00–182.00	178.04
27	—	657	150.50–164.00	161.10
2	—	868	129.00	129.00
35	—	727	136.00–148.50	144.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	601	125.00	125.00
7	—	527	138.00–139.00	138.28
5	—	433	155.00	155.00
7	—	482	145.00	145.00
6	—	372	154.00–160.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	626	170.00–173.00	170.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	494	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	425	135.00	135.00
5	—	339	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	148.00	148.00
7	—	431	135.00–142.00	138.97
13	—	589	130.00	130.00
2	—	625	121.00	121.00
21	—	484	134.00–145.00	138.03
4	—	793	119.00	119.00
9	—	527	125.00–130.00	127.82
13	—	321	140.00–150.00	143.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	388	154.00–164.00	159.95
86	—	529	135.00–151.50	142.88
10	—	891	119.00	119.00
73	—	417	146.00–160.00	153.89
11	—	717	122.00–125.50	124.56
91	—	471	146.00–157.00	150.74
59	—	632	128.00–135.50	132.33
4	—	934	116.50	116.50
48	—	804	122.50–127.00	126.32
8	—	762	123.00	123.00
58	—	578	133.50–145.00	139.38
9	—	675	127.00–131.00	130.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	633	114.00	114.00
9	—	525	115.00–120.00	117.26
12	—	368	130.00–138.00	134.94
2	—	480	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	500	106.00	106.00
4	—	484	107.00–110.00	109.23
15	—	578	105.00–108.00	106.79
7	—	680	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	468	155.00–162.00	156.56
10	—	580	146.00–153.00	149.54
13	—	531	150.00–156.00	153.83
3	—	785	120.00	120.00
6	—	312	176.00–178.00	176.67
3	—	615	144.00	144.00
6	—	379	170.00–171.00	170.52
2	—	438	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	436	163.00–184.00	170.98
6	—	564	154.00–157.50	156.36
17	—	620	144.00–150.50	146.82
10	—	477	159.00–176.00	166.99
2	—	653	140.00	140.00
2	—	718	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	695	124.00	124.00
8	—	334	161.00	161.00

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.