Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2026-08-19

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Aug 19
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
384 head
▼ 579 vs last sale 963▼ 226 vs year ago 610 · −37.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, based on limited comparisons due to few receipts this week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower. Many unweaned or short weaned calves this week after last week's yearling special sale. Demand was moderate to light.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.24/cwt on 70 head, down $10.45 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 34 comparable sales and sits −10.35 against this barn's trailing median of $394.59.
Average price
$384.24
▼ 10.45 vs prior sale
70 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,118
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$279
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$59.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.11
vs MO average
+33.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552395.552,18549
Medium and Large 1-2540368.681,99014thin
Medium and Large 2567336.221,9067thin
One grade step is worth $59.33/cwt here — about $279 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 sale70 hd
384.24
—
MO average8 barns · 551 hd
376.13
+8.11
National average160 barns · 5,295 hd
350.92
+33.32
This barn, trailing median34 sales
394.59
−10.35
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
453410367323median 394.5903/0404/2907/0809/0210/28
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $337.37, median $394.59 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

64 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,6903
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2330500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,6502
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2377486.44/cwt480.00–495.001,8343
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned388440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7072
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,0582
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430447.59/cwt445.00–450.001,9252
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned469450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,1117
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2478410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9602
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481447.23/cwt430.00–460.002,1517
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1488465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,2693
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524442.65/cwt435.00–450.002,3198
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2541397.59/cwt390.00–400.002,1518
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543428.66/cwt415.00–430.002,32811
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2552395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,1803
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned594390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,3174
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2619343.03/cwt340.00–345.002,1235
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned628375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,3554
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633361.98/cwt355.00–370.002,29118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659352.27/cwt345.00–367.502,3218
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681385.55/cwt370.00–387.502,6269
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned714340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4285
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736338.40/cwt330.00–340.002,4916
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,5848
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2803310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4893
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned300430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,2902
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2345450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5532
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2359460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,6515
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned392435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,7052
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned407384.10/cwt360.00–430.001,5633
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431407.07/cwt390.00–430.001,7548
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1438441.23/cwt437.50–445.001,9334
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned463420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9453
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476395.41/cwt385.00–410.001,8826
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477366.70/cwt350.00–375.001,7493
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0092
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518398.93/cwt385.00–405.002,06616
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned528369.56/cwt360.00–375.001,9518
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528344.51/cwt320.00–375.001,8193
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530402.90/cwt400.00–410.002,13510
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576356.25/cwt345.00–370.002,0524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1586390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,28523
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2596330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9674
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624336.84/cwt325.00–340.002,10211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628350.41/cwt348.00–360.002,20113
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned642320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0544
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2658335.36/cwt335.00–337.502,2077
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned668318.87/cwt300.00–325.002,1304
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned710330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,3432
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2734315.12/cwt302.50–320.002,3135
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2818285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,3312
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned378485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,8332
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2433448.59/cwt445.00–455.001,9428
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2449425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,9085
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2460436.06/cwt425.00–450.002,0064
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2492400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9682
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2512424.57/cwt415.00–445.002,1746
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned525400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1009
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2540410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,2142
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned545385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0986
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2574365.89/cwt350.00–370.002,1005
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2598340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0332
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned624330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0598
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned785300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3552
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2790290.00/cwt285.00–295.002,2912

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.