Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2021-12-22

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2021-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-22

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Dec 22

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Dec 15Dec 22Jan 5 →

Receipts

334 head

▼ 2,390 vs last sale 2,724▲ 334 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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, too little supply of feeders for a market trend. The best test of 500-600lb steers traded with a firm undertone. Supply was light and demand was moderate for the last feeder sale of the year at the SLMC.

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 $164.12/cwt on 125 head.

Average price

$164.12

125 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$648

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$93.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.90

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	179.52	951	53
Medium and Large 1-2	515	161.13	830	58
Medium and Large 2	402	131.23	527	10thin
Medium 2	354	85.55	303	4thin

One grade step is worth $93.98/cwt here — about $648 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 sale125 hd

164.12

—

MO average14 barns · 6,689 hd

168.02

−3.90

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

Every lot

40 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	169.66/cwt	160.00–177.00	540	5
Steers	—	Medium 2	335	77.09/cwt	74.00–80.00	258	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	364	171.75/cwt	165.00–175.00	625	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	366	135.85/cwt	125.00–139.00	497	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	204.00/cwt	184.00–207.00	751	8
Steers	—	Medium 2	373	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	351	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	400	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	576	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	161.63/cwt	154.00–166.00	697	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	462	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	531	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	847	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	163.16/cwt	158.00–164.00	806	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	162.89/cwt	162.00–163.00	841	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	176.71/cwt	172.00–179.00	961	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	175.24/cwt	167.00–177.50	985	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	161.16/cwt	155.00–166.00	922	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	169.76/cwt	168.50–171.00	1,047	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	158.61/cwt	158.00–159.00	993	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	837	132.76/cwt	131.50–134.00	1,111	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	147.62/cwt	146.00–150.00	499	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	143.85/cwt	138.00–148.00	535	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	100.29/cwt	96.00–105.00	374	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	402	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	571	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	121.79/cwt	112.00–125.00	512	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	156.25/cwt	155.00–157.00	734	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	144.63/cwt	128.00–151.00	688	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	578	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	142.59/cwt	131.00–148.00	756	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	134.08/cwt	126.00–144.00	779	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	133.19/cwt	128.00–136.00	820	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	97.39/cwt	90.00–105.00	657	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	873	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	976	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	981	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	419	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	742	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	460	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	589	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	159.26/cwt	157.00–164.00	831	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	151.00/cwt	131.00–162.00	864	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	905	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	919	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	998	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,018	2

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 Dec 22, 2021

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

Receipts 334Last week 2,724Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	419	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	998	102.00	102.00
3	—	522	157.00–164.00	159.26
3	—	620	146.00	146.00
3	—	735	125.00	125.00
6	—	572	131.00–162.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	460	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	837	131.50–134.00	132.76
19	—	516	162.00–163.00	162.89
3	—	364	165.00–175.00	171.75
5	—	318	160.00–177.00	169.66
7	—	572	155.00–166.00	161.16
8	—	431	154.00–166.00	161.63
5	—	626	158.00–159.00	158.61
7	—	494	158.00–164.00	163.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	366	125.00–139.00	135.85
2	—	400	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	335	74.00–80.00	77.09
2	—	373	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	368	184.00–207.00	204.00
8	—	617	168.50–171.00	169.76
21	—	562	167.00–177.50	175.24
4	—	468	181.00	181.00
12	—	544	172.00–179.00	176.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	530	131.00–148.00	142.59
3	—	338	146.00–150.00	147.62
5	—	835	117.50	117.50
9	—	616	128.00–136.00	133.19
12	—	372	138.00–148.00	143.85
3	—	402	142.00	142.00
3	—	693	126.00	126.00
12	—	581	126.00–144.00	134.08
11	—	476	128.00–151.00	144.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	470	155.00–157.00	156.25
5	—	715	136.50	136.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	110.00	110.00
4	—	420	112.00–125.00	121.79
2	—	373	96.00–105.00	100.29
2	—	675	90.00–105.00	97.39

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.