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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2021-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-14

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 14

● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Apr 7Apr 14Apr 21 →

Receipts

1,986 head

▲ 447 vs last sale 1,539▲ 509 vs year ago 1,477 · +34.5%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A cool spring day greeted a large crowd for this Wednesday feeder sale. Compared to last week, feeder steers traded steady to 4.00 higher with the most advance on weights over 600 lbs.. Feeder heifers traded steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder bulls traded steady to 3.00 higher. In the Holstein steer sale, compared to 3 weeks ago, prices were steady with the exception of 600 lb. - 700 lb. steers that traded 7.00 - 10.00 higher. Supply was 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 $143.70/cwt on 744 head.

Average price

$143.70

744 head · 499 lb average

Value per head Derived

$717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$21.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.79

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	501	148.76	746	473
Medium and Large 1-2	495	136.03	674	235
Medium and Large 2	490	127.29	623	36

One grade step is worth $21.48/cwt here — about $122 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 sale744 hd

143.70

—

MO average17 barns · 11,002 hd

144.49

−0.79

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

Every lot

96 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	202.74/cwt	202.50–203.00	665	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	174.68/cwt	170.00–185.00	580	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	353	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	678	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	161.93/cwt	160.00–164.00	604	2
Steers	—	Medium 2	373	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	560	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	180.68/cwt	172.00–190.00	690	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	401	152.89/cwt	150.00–160.00	613	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	165.14/cwt	161.00–169.00	712	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	180.67/cwt	176.00–186.00	786	34
Steers	—	Medium 2	449	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	629	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	172.26/cwt	170.00–176.00	798	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	163.90/cwt	160.00–166.00	767	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	484	157.45/cwt	155.00–161.00	762	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	153.92/cwt	146.00–159.00	747	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	154.95/cwt	146.00–160.00	803	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	168.54/cwt	162.00–175.00	903	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	539	142.53/cwt	140.00–145.00	768	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	568	143.02/cwt	140.00–144.00	812	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	167.26/cwt	162.00–174.00	953	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	153.49/cwt	148.00–159.50	881	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	604	173.40/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,047	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	625	144.51/cwt	140.00–150.00	903	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	164.41/cwt	153.00–169.00	1,051	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	158.35/cwt	151.50–167.00	1,063	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	140.77/cwt	138.00–145.00	954	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	133.40/cwt	130.00–135.00	904	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	151.38/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,096	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	734	131.52/cwt	130.00–134.00	965	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	130.51/cwt	129.00–132.00	985	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,068	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	794	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	858	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	795	119.98/cwt	119.00–125.00	954	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	804	142.25/cwt	142.25–142.25	1,144	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	132.40/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,087	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	120.38/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,093	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,043	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,199	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,064	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,192	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	293	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	445	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	305	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	418	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	156.69/cwt	154.00–159.00	522	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	146.46/cwt	140.00–153.00	491	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	160.49/cwt	156.00–163.00	584	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	133.21/cwt	130.00–138.00	498	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	145.12/cwt	136.00–152.00	547	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	159.75/cwt	147.00–161.00	658	183
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	140.43/cwt	135.00–145.00	605	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	467	129.42/cwt	128.00–130.00	604	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	152.30/cwt	146.00–157.00	716	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	138.74/cwt	134.00–145.00	665	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	498	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	623	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	131.91/cwt	125.00–135.00	679	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	146.53/cwt	136.00–155.00	756	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	140.73/cwt	136.00–153.00	787	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	559	129.68/cwt	125.00–133.00	725	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	122.00/cwt	120.00–124.00	691	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	135.63/cwt	128.00–138.25	841	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	123.56/cwt	120.00–125.00	770	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	658	127.07/cwt	120.00–132.00	836	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	129.99/cwt	127.00–136.50	885	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	125.47/cwt	122.00–129.00	895	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	716	119.93/cwt	118.00–120.50	859	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	123.00/cwt	122.00–124.00	927	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	763	117.02/cwt	116.50–118.00	893	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	119.34/cwt	118.50–121.00	932	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	119.64/cwt	110.00–121.00	971	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	311	172.55/cwt	169.00–176.00	537	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	176.17/cwt	173.00–182.00	684	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	419	166.27/cwt	158.00–176.00	697	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	427	151.54/cwt	145.00–156.00	647	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	160.96/cwt	155.00–166.00	692	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	161.76/cwt	157.00–167.00	755	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	161.36/cwt	157.00–166.00	755	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	483	150.21/cwt	148.00–153.00	726	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	523	158.98/cwt	158.00–160.00	831	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	148.14/cwt	144.00–152.00	796	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	151.68/cwt	144.00–155.00	874	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	590	158.98/cwt	157.00–161.00	938	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	619	151.31/cwt	148.00–158.00	937	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	142.06/cwt	135.00–145.00	889	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	133.48/cwt	127.00–140.00	897	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	970	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	922	109.20/cwt	108.00–109.50	1,007	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers14 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	291	103.33/cwt	100.00–110.00	301	12
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	320	104.57/cwt	90.00–115.00	335	12
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	373	108.52/cwt	90.00–119.00	405	31
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	423	90.69/cwt	60.00–115.00	384	29
Dairy Steers	—	Small and Medium 3-4	423	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	275	10
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	472	106.83/cwt	100.00–112.00	504	23
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	518	110.43/cwt	99.00–115.00	572	11
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	576	95.84/cwt	75.00–107.00	552	23
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	622	91.18/cwt	80.00–98.00	567	30
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	743	93.04/cwt	83.00–94.00	691	11
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	790	93.17/cwt	87.00–95.00	736	20
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	809	91.50/cwt	75.00–94.50	740	10
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	872	87.91/cwt	87.00–91.00	767	13
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	914	88.17/cwt	80.00–91.00	806	26

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 14, 2021

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

Receipts 1,986Last week 1,539Year ago 1,477

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	412	147.00–161.00	159.75
45	—	620	128.00–138.25	135.63
9	—	333	154.00–159.00	156.69
27	—	681	127.00–136.50	129.99
61	—	470	146.00–157.00	152.30
8	—	364	156.00–163.00	160.49
94	—	559	136.00–153.00	140.73
6	—	713	122.00–129.00	125.47
4	—	754	122.00–124.00	123.00
28	—	516	136.00–155.00	146.53
8	—	812	110.00–121.00	119.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	623	120.00–125.00	123.56
4	—	335	140.00–153.00	146.46
45	—	431	135.00–145.00	140.43
36	—	377	136.00–152.00	145.12
12	—	559	125.00–133.00	129.68
56	—	479	134.00–145.00	138.74
6	—	781	118.50–121.00	119.34
5	—	293	152.00	152.00
32	—	515	125.00–135.00	131.91
13	—	716	118.00–120.50	119.93
12	—	658	120.00–132.00	127.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	763	116.50–118.00	117.02
10	—	467	128.00–130.00	129.42
4	—	305	137.00	137.00
9	—	566	120.00–124.00	122.00
5	—	374	130.00–138.00	133.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	498	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	724	135.00–152.00	151.38
3	—	353	192.00	192.00
34	—	435	176.00–186.00	180.67
3	—	1,043	115.00	115.00
3	—	908	118.00–125.00	120.38
46	—	570	162.00–174.00	167.26
38	—	463	170.00–176.00	172.26
34	—	639	153.00–169.00	164.41
2	—	328	202.50–203.00	202.74
3	—	768	139.00	139.00
30	—	536	162.00–175.00	168.54
29	—	671	151.50–167.00	158.35
5	—	821	126.00–134.00	132.40
4	—	1,064	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	484	155.00–161.00	157.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	332	170.00–185.00	174.68
21	—	382	172.00–190.00	180.68
22	—	678	138.00–145.00	140.77
4	—	755	129.00–132.00	130.51
16	—	431	161.00–169.00	165.14
35	—	518	146.00–160.00	154.95
36	—	574	148.00–159.50	153.49
31	—	468	160.00–166.00	163.90
14	—	625	140.00–150.00	144.51
13	—	734	130.00–134.00	131.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	604	173.00–174.00	173.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	804	142.25	142.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	449	140.00	140.00
4	—	794	108.00	108.00
2	—	373	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	678	130.00–135.00	133.40
4	—	568	140.00–144.00	143.02
4	—	539	140.00–145.00	142.53
2	—	373	160.00–164.00	161.93
8	—	795	119.00–125.00	119.98
8	—	401	150.00–160.00	152.89
23	—	485	146.00–159.00	153.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	822	118.00	118.00
5	—	626	135.00–145.00	142.06
15	—	672	127.00–140.00	133.48
22	—	537	144.00–152.00	148.14
7	—	467	157.00–167.00	161.76
25	—	576	144.00–155.00	151.68
15	—	388	173.00–182.00	176.17
10	—	430	155.00–166.00	160.96
9	—	311	169.00–176.00	172.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	158.00–160.00	158.98
11	—	619	148.00–158.00	151.31
6	—	468	157.00–166.00	161.36
5	—	419	158.00–176.00	166.27
2	—	590	157.00–161.00	158.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	148.00–153.00	150.21
5	—	922	108.00–109.50	109.20
7	—	427	145.00–156.00	151.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	423	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	872	87.00–91.00	87.91
12	—	320	90.00–115.00	104.57
12	—	291	100.00–110.00	103.33
11	—	743	83.00–94.00	93.04
11	—	518	99.00–115.00	110.43
10	—	809	75.00–94.50	91.50
23	—	576	75.00–107.00	95.84
23	—	472	100.00–112.00	106.83
20	—	790	87.00–95.00	93.17
31	—	373	90.00–119.00	108.52
30	—	622	80.00–98.00	91.18
29	—	423	60.00–115.00	90.69
26	—	914	80.00–91.00	88.17

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.