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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2026-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-22

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Jul 22

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29 →

Receipts

282 head

▼ 380 vs last sale 662▼ 388 vs year ago 670 · −57.9%

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, receipts were too light for an adequate price comparison, but the undertone for steers and heifers was weaker. The feeder cattle futures board was down significantly this morning, and the heat of July kept receipts minimal. Demand was moderate to light.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $392.98/cwt on 37 head, down $41.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 32 comparable sales and sits −31.88 against this barn's trailing median of $424.86.

Average price

$392.98

▼ 41.85 vs prior sale

37 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,184

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$591

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

$129.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.61

vs MO average

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	495.00	2,549	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	391.70	2,203	29
Medium and Large 2	536	365.15	1,958	6thin

One grade step is worth $129.85/cwt here — about $591 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale37 hd

392.98

—

MO average10 barns · 163 hd

389.37

+3.61

This barn, trailing median32 sales

424.86

−31.88

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

32 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $499.21, low $340.76, median $424.86 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

57 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,530	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,638	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	414	472.43/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,956	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	455	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,070	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	499.35/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,317	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	474.10/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,242	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,226	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,562	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	380.09/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,186	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	614	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,349	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,500	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	369.96/cwt	365.00–385.00	2,312	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	722	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,491	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,591	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	915	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,654	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	317	449.84/cwt	435.00–465.00	1,426	3
Heifers	400–450	Large 2-3	404	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,151	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,566	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	461	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,028	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	411.12/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,899	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	485	407.47/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,976	4
Heifers	450–500	Large 2	496	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,488	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,159	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	390.82/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,095	5
Heifers	550–600	Large 2	574	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,751	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,916	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,175	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	636	327.81/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,085	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,432	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	657	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,283	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,244	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	318.00/cwt	305.00–322.50	2,290	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	297.87/cwt	295.00–310.00	2,338	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	938	272.49/cwt	270.00–275.00	2,556	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,091	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	461.19/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,969	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	482.46/cwt	480.00–490.00	2,210	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	444.28/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,088	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,786	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,377	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	442.01/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,250	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,549	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	382.70/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,002	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	330.04/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,858	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	565	367.48/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,076	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	581	376.51/cwt	360.00–400.00	2,188	20
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	360.02/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,239	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,371	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	345.01/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,346	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	742	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,449	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	818	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,209	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	270.99/cwt	270.00–272.00	2,317	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	915	273.28/cwt	270.00–275.00	2,501	3
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	963	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,600	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 Jul 22, 2026

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Receipts 282Last week 662Year ago 670

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	450.00–480.00	461.19
5	450–500	470	430.00–455.00	444.28
7	500–550	509	425.00–465.00	442.01
2	550–600	565	365.00–370.00	367.48
7	600–650	622	355.00–365.00	360.02
7	650–700	680	330.00–360.00	345.01
2	700–750	742	330.00	330.00
2	850–900	855	270.00–272.00	270.99
3	900–950	915	270.00–275.00	273.28
3	950–1000	963	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	510.00	510.00
3	450–500	485	490.00	490.00
5	600–650	624	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	458	480.00–490.00	482.46
2	500–550	515	495.00	495.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	380.00	380.00
4	500–550	523	350.00–400.00	382.70
2	550–600	563	320.00–340.00	330.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	581	360.00–400.00	376.51
2	800–850	818	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	405.00–410.00	407.47
2	650–700	650	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	425.00	425.00
2	600–650	640	380.00	380.00
4	650–700	660	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	461	440.00	440.00
5	600–650	600	362.50	362.50
7	650–700	657	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	317	435.00–465.00	449.84
8	450–500	462	400.00–415.00	411.12
5	500–550	536	385.00–400.00	390.82
5	600–650	636	320.00–350.00	327.81
4	700–750	720	305.00–322.50	318.00
5	750–800	785	295.00–310.00	297.87
2	900–950	938	270.00–275.00	272.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	404	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	496	300.00	300.00
5	550–600	574	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	585	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	464	495.00–500.00	499.35
3	500–550	545	470.00	470.00
2	600–650	625	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	450.00	450.00
4	400–450	414	465.00–495.00	472.43
10	450–500	473	460.00–480.00	474.10
2	500–550	530	420.00	420.00
3	550–600	575	370.00–385.00	380.09
4	600–650	625	365.00–385.00	369.96
3	750–800	785	330.00	330.00
2	900–950	915	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	420.00	420.00
2	550–600	570	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	620	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	455.00	455.00
10	600–650	614	382.50	382.50
4	700–750	722	345.00	345.00

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.