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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2021-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 27

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Oct 20Oct 27Nov 3 →

Receipts

1,108 head

▼ 267 vs last sale 1,375▲ 419 vs year ago 689 · +60.8%

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 steady to 2.00 lower on a lighter test. Feeder heifers traded 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Supply and demand were both moderate for all classes of feeder cattle.

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 $139.19/cwt on 280 head.

Average price

$139.19

280 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$760

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$284

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

$19.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.84

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	142.93	807	168
Large 1-2	435	142.00	618	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	532	134.19	714	97
Medium and Large 2	424	123.38	524	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.56/cwt here — about $284 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 sale280 hd

139.19

—

MO average16 barns · 5,985 hd

145.03

−5.84

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

Every lot

72 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	398	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	478	6
Steers	—	Large 1-2	403	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	592	4
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	413	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	599	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	417	175.19/cwt	170.00–180.00	731	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	157.41/cwt	150.00–168.00	678	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	162.48/cwt	159.00–175.00	773	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	151.85/cwt	149.00–158.00	733	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	158.70/cwt	154.00–160.50	805	7
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	513	130.07/cwt	125.00–135.00	667	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	530	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	745	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	534	150.34/cwt	145.00–154.00	803	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	155.81/cwt	155.00–157.00	865	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	576	122.62/cwt	120.00–133.00	706	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	147.67/cwt	137.00–153.50	854	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	835	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	154.79/cwt	154.00–156.00	949	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	143.14/cwt	139.00–153.00	892	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	974	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	143.99/cwt	140.00–147.00	1,042	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	155.06/cwt	147.00–159.00	1,151	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	137.01/cwt	130.00–146.00	1,059	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,178	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	802	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,255	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	150.06/cwt	138.00–152.00	1,248	7
Steers	—	Large 1-2	991	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,333	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	160.07/cwt	159.00–161.00	522	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	332	137.52/cwt	130.00–141.00	457	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	377	122.68/cwt	110.00–128.00	463	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	565	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	135.65/cwt	135.00–137.00	525	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	147.37/cwt	146.00–151.00	638	19
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	435	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	618	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	620	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	144.63/cwt	140.50–146.50	684	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	136.09/cwt	130.00–138.00	651	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	135.03/cwt	130.00–139.00	709	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	139.07/cwt	138.00–143.00	738	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	669	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	132.62/cwt	130.00–136.00	745	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	143.91/cwt	137.00–146.00	829	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	584	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	759	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	138.81/cwt	132.00–143.00	858	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	129.69/cwt	125.00–132.00	812	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	129.47/cwt	124.00–137.00	862	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	143.77/cwt	143.00–145.00	981	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	714	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	992	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	922	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	717	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,054	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,076	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	129.49/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,084	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	323	123.74/cwt	120.00–134.00	400	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	404	128.00/cwt	125.00–129.00	517	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	413	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	681	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	150.62/cwt	142.00–155.00	640	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	167.82/cwt	164.00–171.00	792	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	147.22/cwt	143.00–158.00	726	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	139.74/cwt	137.00–146.00	743	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	542	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	851	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	136.64/cwt	131.00–139.00	777	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	583	141.06/cwt	140.00–144.00	822	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	137.13/cwt	131.00–139.00	856	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	661	144.49/cwt	142.00–147.00	955	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	128.46/cwt	120.00–135.00	871	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	832	113.21/cwt	110.00–118.00	942	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	442	96.01/cwt	93.00–100.00	424	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	524	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	498	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	619	84.07/cwt	78.50–90.00	520	16
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	686	91.13/cwt	75.00–97.50	625	20
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	706	93.49/cwt	92.00–94.50	660	10
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	835	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	777	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	878	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	834	20
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	907	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	816	14

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 Oct 27, 2021

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

Receipts 1,108Last week 1,375Year ago 689

Compared to last week, feeder steers traded steady to 2.00 lower on a lighter test. Feeder heifers traded 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Supply and demand were both moderate for all classes of feeder cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	431	150.00–168.00	157.41
10	—	483	149.00–158.00	151.85
3	—	773	130.00–146.00	137.01
32	—	623	139.00–153.00	143.14
20	—	724	140.00–147.00	143.99
15	—	578	137.00–153.50	147.67
36	—	534	145.00–154.00	150.34
4	—	672	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	398	120.00	120.00
5	—	576	120.00–133.00	122.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	832	138.00–152.00	150.06
7	—	507	154.00–160.50	158.70
5	—	555	155.00–157.00	155.81
18	—	742	147.00–159.00	155.06
10	—	476	159.00–175.00	162.48
3	—	775	152.00	152.00
5	—	417	170.00–180.00	175.19
24	—	613	154.00–156.00	154.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	513	125.00–135.00	130.07
8	—	413	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	530	140.50	140.50
4	—	991	134.50	134.50
4	—	403	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	592	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	802	156.50	156.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	835	93.00	93.00
4	—	524	95.00	95.00
20	—	878	95.00	95.00
20	—	686	75.00–97.50	91.13
16	—	619	78.50–90.00	84.07
14	—	907	90.00	90.00
10	—	706	92.00–94.50	93.49
7	—	442	93.00–100.00	96.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	832	110.00–118.00	113.21
3	—	425	142.00–155.00	150.62
18	—	624	131.00–139.00	137.13
10	—	678	120.00–135.00	128.46
8	—	532	137.00–146.00	139.74
7	—	493	143.00–158.00	147.22
24	—	569	131.00–139.00	136.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	413	165.00	165.00
11	—	583	140.00–144.00	141.06
5	—	542	157.00	157.00
12	—	472	164.00–171.00	167.82
4	—	661	142.00–147.00	144.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	404	125.00–129.00	128.00
4	—	323	120.00–134.00	123.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	535	125.00	125.00
7	—	377	110.00–128.00	122.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	837	128.00–131.00	129.49
4	—	715	129.00	129.00
4	—	666	124.00–137.00	129.47
27	—	525	130.00–139.00	135.03
20	—	478	130.00–138.00	136.09
13	—	626	125.00–132.00	129.69
3	—	387	135.00–137.00	135.65
9	—	332	130.00–141.00	137.52
8	—	562	130.00–136.00	132.62
5	—	440	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	717	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	387	146.00	146.00
26	—	531	138.00–143.00	139.07
7	—	714	139.00	139.00
5	—	766	140.50	140.50
22	—	473	140.50–146.50	144.63
19	—	618	132.00–143.00	138.81
5	—	682	143.00–145.00	143.77
4	—	326	159.00–161.00	160.07
33	—	576	137.00–146.00	143.91
19	—	433	146.00–151.00	147.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	584	130.00	130.00

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.