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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-15

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Jul 15

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22 →

Receipts

662 head

▼ 540 vs last sale 1,202▼ 142 vs year ago 804 · −17.7%

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, steers and heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 15.00 lower with spots 20.00 lower based on limited comparisons to last week's sale. Supply was light with many unweaned or short weaned calves in town. Demand was moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.85/cwt on 75 head, down $20.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 34 comparable sales and sits +14.55 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$450.85

▼ 20.68 vs prior sale

75 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,500

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$663

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$117.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.40

vs MO average

+11.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	482.67	2,634	32
Medium and Large 1-2	560	434.60	2,432	35
Medium and Large 2	575	404.60	2,325	6thin
Medium 2	540	365.00	1,971	2thin

One grade step is worth $117.67/cwt here — about $663 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale75 hd

450.85

—

MO average14 barns · 1,775 hd

458.25

−7.40

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

+11.70

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

+14.55

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.40, low $370.33, median $436.30 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

85 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,908	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	322	558.70/cwt	535.00–595.00	1,799	3
Steers	300–350	Medium 2-3	323	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,324	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,639	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	359	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,616	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	390	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,901	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	416	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,028	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	517.19/cwt	510.00–525.00	2,162	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	441.38/cwt	420.00–455.00	1,871	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	465.99/cwt	460.00–495.00	2,036	15
Steers	450–500	Large 2-3	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	2
Steers	450–500	Medium 2-3	469	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,407	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	479.42/cwt	475.00–495.00	2,253	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	481	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,309	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	516.62/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,537	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	434.36/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,133	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	448.51/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,350	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	489.19/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,612	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	417.53/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,246	2
Steers	500–550	Medium 2	540	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,971	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	424.11/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,362	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	474.28/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,661	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	579	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,548	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	398.13/cwt	397.50–400.00	2,361	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	595	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,529	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,105	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	401.00/cwt	395.00–410.00	2,474	41
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	421.30/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,604	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,579	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,535	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	672	374.43/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,516	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	682	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,489	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	352.83/cwt	345.00–370.00	2,523	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	343.08/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,614	18
Steers	800–850	Large 2-3	806	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,257	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	843	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,845	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	320	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,552	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	422.94/cwt	417.50–435.00	1,586	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	458.68/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,743	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	393	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,808	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,930	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	417	438.58/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,829	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,730	4
Heifers	400–450	Large 2-3	433	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,429	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium 2	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	446	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,985	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	463	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,084	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	393.17/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,860	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	421.20/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,018	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,231	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	440.90/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,257	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	381.40/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,964	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	420.23/cwt	410.00–425.00	2,202	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	367.84/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,942	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	536	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,023	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	419.35/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,374	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	356.31/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,027	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	372.93/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,126	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	575	339.91/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,954	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	609	374.99/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,284	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	642	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,343	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	652	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,054	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	669	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,241	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	340.05/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,302	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,468	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	729	318.25/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,320	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,586	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	363	515.21/cwt	505.00–525.00	1,870	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,137	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	479.54/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,004	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	468.17/cwt	455.00–485.00	2,168	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium 2-3	490	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,642	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	437.68/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,280	19
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,421	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	417.89/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,424	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,429	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	620	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,449	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	363.32/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,409	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	344.62/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,516	14
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	318.35/cwt	315.00–320.00	2,340	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	788	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,640	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	297.99/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,607	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	714	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,856	9

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 Jul 15, 2026

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

Receipts 662Last week 1,202Year ago 804

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	485.00	485.00
8	350–400	380	450.00–470.00	458.68
11	400–450	417	435.00–455.00	438.58
10	450–500	479	410.00–440.00	421.20
16	500–550	524	410.00–425.00	420.23
17	550–600	570	360.00–395.00	372.93
7	600–650	642	365.00	365.00
3	650–700	677	335.00–345.00	340.05
14	700–750	729	310.00–330.00	318.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	446	445.00	445.00
2	450–500	480	390.00	390.00
7	500–550	515	380.00–385.00	381.40
3	550–600	575	335.00–350.00	339.91
4	650–700	669	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	393	460.00	460.00
7	450–500	463	450.00	450.00
3	600–650	645	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	415	465.00	465.00
2	450–500	485	460.00	460.00
10	500–550	512	435.00–450.00	440.90
14	550–600	566	410.00–430.00	419.35
5	600–650	609	370.00–385.00	374.99
2	700–750	700	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	375	417.50–435.00	422.94
4	400–450	422	410.00	410.00
3	450–500	473	390.00–400.00	393.17
16	500–550	528	365.00–385.00	367.84
11	550–600	569	350.00–365.00	356.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	652	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	536	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	520.00	520.00
2	350–400	363	505.00–525.00	515.21
5	400–450	418	455.00–495.00	479.54
3	450–500	463	455.00–485.00	468.17
19	500–550	521	420.00–455.00	437.68
5	550–600	580	410.00–445.00	417.89
4	600–650	620	395.00	395.00
3	650–700	663	355.00–375.00	363.32
14	700–750	730	335.00–355.00	344.62
2	750–800	788	335.00	335.00
5	850–900	875	290.00–300.00	297.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	515.00	515.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	395.00	395.00
3	700–750	735	315.00–320.00	318.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	535.00–595.00	558.70
15	400–450	437	460.00–495.00	465.99
9	450–500	470	475.00–495.00	479.42
9	500–550	524	440.00–455.00	448.51
12	550–600	557	415.00–425.00	424.11
41	600–650	617	395.00–410.00	401.00
21	650–700	672	355.00–385.00	374.43
17	700–750	715	345.00–370.00	352.83
18	750–800	762	335.00–355.00	343.08
3	800–850	843	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	600.00	600.00
2	400–450	418	510.00–525.00	517.19
6	450–500	491	510.00–520.00	516.62
18	500–550	534	475.00–505.00	489.19
14	550–600	561	460.00–480.00	474.28
15	600–650	618	420.00–425.00	421.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	325.00	325.00
5	800–850	806	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	416	487.50	487.50
7	600–650	629	410.00	410.00
2	650–700	650	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	410.00	410.00
4	450–500	469	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	475.00	475.00
4	350–400	359	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	424	420.00–455.00	441.38
11	450–500	491	425.00–450.00	434.36
2	500–550	538	415.00–420.00	417.53
4	550–600	593	397.50–400.00	398.13
2	600–650	610	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	487.50	487.50
13	450–500	481	480.00	480.00
5	550–600	595	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	579	440.00	440.00
3	650–700	682	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	714	260.00	260.00

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.