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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2023-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-01

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Feb 1

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Jan 18Feb 1Feb 8 →

Receipts

376 head

▼ 1,002 vs last sale 1,378▲ 376 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 the last feeder sale two weeks ago, receipts were too light for an adequate price comparison but steers and heifers traded with firm undertones. The sale highlight was a load of 78, 654lb. heifers that brought $174. Icy weather conditions kept supply light 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 $165.60/cwt on 187 head.

Average price

$165.60

187 head · 593 lb average

Value per head Derived

$982

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$510

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$32.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.39

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	173.43	1,108	96
Medium and Large 1-2	561	162.71	913	62
Medium 1-2	507	150.00	761	10thin
Medium and Large 2	577	145.64	841	11thin
Medium 2	424	141.00	598	8thin

One grade step is worth $32.43/cwt here — about $510 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 sale187 hd

165.60

—

MO average14 barns · 6,731 hd

179.99

−14.39

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

Every lot

23 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	305	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	549	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	814	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	408	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	743	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	202.50/cwt	196.00–208.00	956	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	195.68/cwt	195.00–196.00	1,018	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,024	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,137	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	185.37/cwt	184.00–188.00	1,231	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	941	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	1,510	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium 2	424	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	598	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	169.61/cwt	168.00–170.00	751	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	164.70/cwt	160.00–170.00	787	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	502	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	753	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	507	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	761	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	166.50/cwt	160.00–170.00	877	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	941	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	164.31/cwt	161.00–165.00	925	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	909	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	173.50/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,136	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	157.66/cwt	157.00–158.00	1,045	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	152.29/cwt	149.00–158.00	1,075	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	177.61/cwt	165.00–184.00	934	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	163.64/cwt	163.00–165.00	949	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 Feb 1, 2023

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

Receipts 376Last week 1,378Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	526	165.00–184.00	177.61
3	—	580	163.00–165.00	163.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	544	173.00	173.00
82	—	655	164.00–174.00	173.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	507	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	663	157.00–158.00	157.66
11	—	706	149.00–158.00	152.29
5	—	443	168.00–170.00	169.61
10	—	527	160.00–170.00	166.50
12	—	478	160.00–170.00	164.70
21	—	563	161.00–165.00	164.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	502	150.00	150.00
6	—	640	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	424	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	664	184.00–188.00	185.37
6	—	569	180.00	180.00
9	—	941	160.50	160.50
5	—	407	200.00	200.00
6	—	520	195.00–196.00	195.68
3	—	605	188.00	188.00
6	—	472	196.00–208.00	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	408	182.00	182.00
2	—	305	180.00	180.00

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.