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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2022-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-14

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Dec 14

● Final93 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Dec 7Dec 14Dec 21 →

Receipts

1,488 head

▼ 1,183 vs last sale 2,671▼ 1,236 vs year ago 2,724 · −45.4%

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 mostly steady to 3.00 higher with spots up to 5.00 higher. The best test of 400lb - 550lb heifers traded steady to firm. Heavier weights had little to compare to. Demand was good on a moderate supply of feeder cattle.

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 $173.19/cwt on 417 head.

Average price

$173.19

417 head · 600 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$109

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

$41.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.37

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	192.34	1,067	128
Medium and Large 1-2	600	170.24	1,021	204
Medium and Large 2	571	151.66	865	45
Large 1-2	778	151.20	1,176	40

One grade step is worth $41.14/cwt here — about −$109 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 sale417 hd

173.19

—

MO average15 barns · 12,885 hd

186.56

−13.37

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

Every lot

93 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	314	224.50/cwt	212.50–232.50	705	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	581	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	194.11/cwt	180.00–200.00	646	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	382	185.70/cwt	179.00–189.00	709	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	220.13/cwt	212.00–226.00	843	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	404	212.33/cwt	202.00–215.00	858	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	193.55/cwt	186.00–197.00	836	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	469	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	793	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	188.82/cwt	180.00–196.00	901	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	154.01/cwt	150.00–163.00	745	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	163.36/cwt	158.00–166.00	858	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	171.50/cwt	166.00–177.00	909	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	531	197.84/cwt	194.00–198.00	1,051	24
Steers	—	Large 1-2	544	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	903	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	184.84/cwt	182.00–189.00	1,057	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	151.98/cwt	150.00–155.00	869	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	166.04/cwt	160.00–171.00	953	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	169.91/cwt	156.00–173.00	1,040	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	180.79/cwt	173.00–187.00	1,121	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	631	151.87/cwt	150.00–155.00	958	8
Steers	—	Large 1-2	647	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,058	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	662	150.40/cwt	149.00–155.00	996	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	178.53/cwt	169.50–181.00	1,205	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	162.32/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,101	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	713	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	856	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	162.68/cwt	150.00–166.50	1,173	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	770	131.55/cwt	129.00–142.00	1,013	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	775	154.63/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,198	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	778	170.50/cwt	170.00–173.00	1,326	6
Steers	—	Large 1-2	806	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,249	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	156.06/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,303	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	935	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,356	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,185	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,422	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	1,255	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,255	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	179.42/cwt	179.00–180.00	592	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	179.95/cwt	177.00–183.00	677	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	383	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	536	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	416	176.86/cwt	170.00–180.50	736	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	158.82/cwt	155.00–171.00	686	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	163.50/cwt	152.00–168.50	775	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	173.59/cwt	168.00–179.00	830	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	498	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	697	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	515	160.92/cwt	156.00–166.00	829	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	172.96/cwt	166.00–176.00	899	41
Heifers	—	Large 1	529	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	894	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	541	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	968	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	167.27/cwt	166.00–170.00	952	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	155.57/cwt	150.00–164.00	885	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	141.16/cwt	125.00–145.00	822	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	605	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	877	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	942	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	149.33/cwt	146.00–151.00	939	25
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	630	149.68/cwt	148.00–152.50	943	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	639	130.45/cwt	121.00–140.00	834	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,042	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	134.44/cwt	125.00–140.00	891	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	148.16/cwt	148.00–149.00	987	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,027	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	119.97/cwt	110.00–130.00	870	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	141.71/cwt	138.00–149.00	1,030	3
Heifers	—	Large 2	774	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,045	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	140.64/cwt	138.00–146.00	1,100	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	791	134.15/cwt	120.00–135.50	1,061	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,295	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	830	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,129	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	838	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,198	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	872	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,038	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	356	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	730	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	189.98/cwt	188.00–195.00	804	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	169.97/cwt	167.00–186.00	727	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	460	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	736	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	179.11/cwt	172.00–185.00	847	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	170.37/cwt	165.00–177.00	876	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	159.84/cwt	155.00–164.00	919	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	154.54/cwt	145.00–156.00	974	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	153.80/cwt	141.00–159.00	1,057	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	716	150.76/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,079	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	722	139.01/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,004	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	1,108	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	818	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,023	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	818	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	859	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,086	7
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	1,134	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,134	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	368	110.50/cwt	110.00–111.00	407	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	477	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	558	10
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	571	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	657	16
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	625	115.43/cwt	101.00–119.00	721	42
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	666	119.89/cwt	118.00–121.00	798	9
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	736	117.50/cwt	117.00–118.00	865	8
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	787	113.58/cwt	112.00–115.00	894	39
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	827	122.07/cwt	105.00–124.50	1,010	66
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	887	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	931	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 Dec 14, 2022

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

Receipts 1,488Last week 2,671Year ago 2,724

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	643	162.00	162.00
19	—	416	170.00–180.50	176.86
15	—	671	153.00	153.00
9	—	376	177.00–183.00	179.95
9	—	330	179.00–180.00	179.42
12	—	478	168.00–179.00	173.59
11	—	569	166.00–170.00	167.27
7	—	825	157.00	157.00
41	—	520	166.00–176.00	172.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	605	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	624	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	140.00	140.00
21	—	582	125.00–145.00	141.16
4	—	663	125.00–140.00	134.44
7	—	639	121.00–140.00	130.45
3	—	498	140.00	140.00
3	—	872	119.00	119.00
4	—	725	110.00–130.00	119.97
11	—	791	120.00–135.50	134.15
2	—	830	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	569	150.00–164.00	155.57
2	—	838	143.00	143.00
3	—	727	138.00–149.00	141.71
28	—	474	152.00–168.50	163.50
25	—	629	146.00–151.00	149.33
6	—	666	148.00–149.00	148.16
3	—	782	138.00–146.00	140.64
23	—	432	155.00–171.00	158.82
7	—	515	156.00–166.00	160.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	774	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	529	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	630	148.00–152.50	149.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	541	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	150.00–164.00	154.63
19	—	477	180.00–196.00	188.82
32	—	678	155.00–165.00	162.32
44	—	721	150.00–166.50	162.68
9	—	432	186.00–197.00	193.55
29	—	530	166.00–177.00	171.50
5	—	333	180.00–200.00	194.11
24	—	612	156.00–173.00	169.91
22	—	574	160.00–171.00	166.04
6	—	382	179.00–189.00	185.70
5	—	835	150.00–160.00	156.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	120.00	120.00
8	—	806	155.00	155.00
2	—	935	145.00	145.00
16	—	647	163.50	163.50
7	—	544	166.00	166.00
5	—	1,255	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	525	158.00–166.00	163.36
5	—	572	150.00–155.00	151.98
4	—	328	177.00	177.00
13	—	484	150.00–163.00	154.01
8	—	631	150.00–155.00	151.87
5	—	770	129.00–142.00	131.55
2	—	713	120.00	120.00
5	—	662	149.00–155.00	150.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	404	202.00–215.00	212.33
27	—	572	182.00–189.00	184.84
11	—	383	212.00–226.00	220.13
11	—	314	212.50–232.50	224.50
6	—	778	170.00–173.00	170.50
24	—	531	194.00–198.00	197.84
22	—	675	169.50–181.00	178.53
22	—	620	173.00–187.00	180.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	469	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	368	110.00–111.00	110.50
39	—	787	112.00–115.00	113.58
16	—	571	115.00	115.00
42	—	625	101.00–119.00	115.43
10	—	477	117.00	117.00
66	—	827	105.00–124.50	122.07
9	—	666	118.00–121.00	119.89
8	—	736	117.00–118.00	117.50
3	—	887	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	514	165.00–177.00	170.37
15	—	428	167.00–186.00	169.97
7	—	855	127.00	127.00
3	—	783	141.50	141.50
2	—	818	125.00	125.00
12	—	473	172.00–185.00	179.11
13	—	687	141.00–159.00	153.80
17	—	575	155.00–164.00	159.84
4	—	722	130.00–142.00	139.01
11	—	630	145.00–156.00	154.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	716	150.00–154.00	150.76
14	—	423	188.00–195.00	189.98
5	—	356	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	460	160.00	160.00
4	—	818	105.00	105.00
4	—	575	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,134	100.00	100.00

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.