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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2023-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-15

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Mar 15

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Mar 8Mar 15Mar 22 →

Receipts

907 head

▼ 292 vs last sale 1,199▼ 593 vs year ago 1,500 · −39.5%

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 sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher with spots up to 8.00 higher. The best test of 400lb to 600lb heifers sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Supply was light and demand was good for high quality, long time weaned feeder cattle in the offering this week.

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 $223.54/cwt on 340 head.

Average price

$223.54

340 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,234

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$230

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

$50.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.10

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	235.08	1,260	224
Medium and Large 1-2	597	205.71	1,227	84
Medium 1-2	511	202.67	1,035	9thin
Medium and Large 2	559	184.39	1,031	23

One grade step is worth $50.69/cwt here — about $230 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 sale340 hd

223.54

—

MO average13 barns · 10,956 hd

216.44

+7.10

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

Every lot

67 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 1	334	253.82/cwt	247.00–259.00	848	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	229.61/cwt	220.00–243.00	856	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	254.87/cwt	250.00–272.50	958	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	228.73/cwt	220.00–240.00	968	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	432	194.99/cwt	190.00–211.00	842	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	257.05/cwt	248.00–264.00	1,116	33
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	447	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	983	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	226.38/cwt	219.00–235.00	1,071	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	243.72/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,165	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	198.89/cwt	188.00–210.00	965	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	237.42/cwt	226.00–250.00	1,258	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	217.23/cwt	202.00–223.00	1,167	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	562	182.65/cwt	180.00–184.00	1,026	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	227.60/cwt	221.00–230.50	1,300	42
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	590	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,068	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	197.17/cwt	189.00–200.00	1,205	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	174.60/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,096	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	221.53/cwt	218.00–230.00	1,396	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	659	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,456	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	209.38/cwt	206.00–212.00	1,399	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	684	198.86/cwt	198.00–199.00	1,360	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	188.66/cwt	188.00–189.00	1,366	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	753	161.50/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,216	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	179.36/cwt	175.00–184.00	1,374	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	855	170.42/cwt	170.00–170.50	1,457	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	318	180.66/cwt	166.00–188.00	574	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	327	193.56/cwt	190.00–201.00	633	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	344	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	746	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	369	170.69/cwt	164.00–183.00	630	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	199.25/cwt	191.00–201.00	747	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	210.44/cwt	207.00–217.00	810	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	215.40/cwt	204.00–220.00	915	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	195.90/cwt	191.00–203.00	844	11
Heifers	—	Medium 2	468	127.01/cwt	120.00–140.00	594	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	471	189.39/cwt	180.00–200.00	892	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	173.44/cwt	161.00–179.00	824	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	206.97/cwt	200.00–209.50	1,000	36
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	498	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	901	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	196.40/cwt	189.00–204.00	1,021	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	166.40/cwt	160.00–175.00	884	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	185.47/cwt	176.00–189.00	989	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	194.99/cwt	194.00–196.00	1,102	8
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	572	184.50/cwt	184.00–185.00	1,055	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	181.75/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,054	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	582	161.66/cwt	160.00–165.00	941	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	603	151.99/cwt	140.00–158.00	916	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	175.00/cwt	165.00–181.00	1,076	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	188.09/cwt	184.00–197.00	1,161	27
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	185.52/cwt	184.00–187.00	1,230	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	169.53/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,127	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	949	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	706	166.22/cwt	160.00–167.50	1,174	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	755	162.23/cwt	157.00–166.00	1,225	4
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	918	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,349	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	340	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	870	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	244.42/cwt	243.00–252.00	904	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	212.31/cwt	210.00–220.00	817	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	824	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	439	233.78/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,026	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	208.65/cwt	190.00–215.00	972	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	489	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,139	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	188.61/cwt	186.00–194.00	986	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	566	196.62/cwt	194.00–203.00	1,113	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	174.38/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,165	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	165.07/cwt	152.00–172.00	1,177	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	885	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,416	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 Mar 15, 2023

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

Receipts 907Last week 1,199Year ago 1,500

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	630	218.00–230.00	221.53
19	—	376	250.00–272.50	254.87
9	—	478	235.00–255.00	243.72
49	—	530	226.00–250.00	237.42
42	—	571	221.00–230.50	227.60
33	—	434	248.00–264.00	257.05
16	—	668	206.00–212.00	209.38
6	—	334	247.00–259.00	253.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	855	170.00–170.50	170.42
19	—	423	220.00–240.00	228.73
12	—	766	175.00–184.00	179.36
12	—	473	219.00–235.00	226.38
4	—	611	189.00–200.00	197.17
9	—	537	202.00–223.00	217.23
7	—	684	198.00–199.00	198.86
3	—	724	188.00–189.00	188.66
5	—	373	220.00–243.00	229.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	753	160.00–163.00	161.50
3	—	562	180.00–184.00	182.65
8	—	628	170.00–182.00	174.60
4	—	432	190.00–211.00	194.99
6	—	485	188.00–210.00	198.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	659	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	590	181.00	181.00
5	—	447	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	565	194.00–196.00	194.99
5	—	344	217.00	217.00
36	—	483	200.00–209.50	206.97
15	—	520	189.00–204.00	196.40
16	—	385	207.00–217.00	210.44
8	—	663	184.00–187.00	185.52
38	—	425	204.00–220.00	215.40
27	—	617	184.00–197.00	188.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	603	140.00–158.00	151.99
2	—	668	142.00	142.00
5	—	475	161.00–179.00	173.44
3	—	582	160.00–165.00	161.66
5	—	531	160.00–175.00	166.40
6	—	318	166.00–188.00	180.66
13	—	369	164.00–183.00	170.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	120.00–140.00	127.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	706	160.00–167.50	166.22
7	—	375	191.00–201.00	199.25
21	—	533	176.00–189.00	185.47
10	—	471	180.00–200.00	189.39
6	—	615	165.00–181.00	175.00
4	—	755	157.00–166.00	162.23
22	—	580	175.00–185.00	181.75
11	—	431	191.00–203.00	195.90
13	—	665	164.00–170.00	169.53
11	—	327	190.00–201.00	193.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	498	181.00	181.00
2	—	645	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	572	184.00–185.00	184.50
2	—	918	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	668	170.00–179.00	174.38
3	—	713	152.00–172.00	165.07
4	—	385	210.00–220.00	212.31
3	—	412	200.00	200.00
6	—	523	186.00–194.00	188.61
4	—	566	194.00–203.00	196.62
8	—	466	190.00–215.00	208.65
2	—	885	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	489	233.00	233.00
12	—	439	232.00–240.00	233.78
6	—	370	243.00–252.00	244.42
3	—	340	256.00	256.00

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.