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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-18

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, May 18

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

313 head

▼ 9 vs last sale 322▼ 26 vs year ago 339 · −7.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

122 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 159▼ 23 vs year ago 145 · −15.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cow sold 1.00-2.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 lower. A high percent of the offering went to slaughter. The offering included a moderate supply of bred cows consisting of mostly 2nd stage young cows and 2nd and 3rd stage short and solid mouth cows. Cow/calf pairs were scarce. Supply and demand were moderate for slaughter classes.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,651	86.55	1,429	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,386	60.17	834	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,161	56.51	656	132
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,068	48.58	519	49

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Slaughter/Replacement 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,214	75.94/cwt	73.50–79.00	922	4
Bulls	—	—	1,604	84.50/cwt	80.50–88.00	1,355	13
Bulls	—	—	1,848	92.31/cwt	88.50–95.00	1,706	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	855	39.46/cwt	37.00–42.00	337	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,092	46.98/cwt	43.50–51.00	513	28
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	54.24/cwt	51.50–57.50	593	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	58.24/cwt	55.50–61.00	669	62
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,158	50.91/cwt	47.50–56.00	590	49
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	64.48/cwt	60.00–69.50	780	21
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,304	52.35/cwt	49.50–55.00	683	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,384	60.12/cwt	57.50–62.00	832	34
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,436	64.75/cwt	61.50–70.50	930	14
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	1,280	1,346.58/cwt	1,225.00–1,475.00	17,236	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	772	82.19/cwt	80.00–83.00	635	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	805	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	805	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	889	62.05/cwt	53.00–70.00	552	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	891	73.29/cwt	65.00–79.00	653	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	80.89/cwt	66.00–92.00	801	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	991	75.18/cwt	62.00–89.00	745	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	750	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	3,638	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	906	822.99/cwt	735.00–850.00	7,456	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,005	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	6,030	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	1,007	51.98/cwt	50.00–53.00	523	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	804.58/cwt	700.00–875.00	9,172	25
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,140	777.96/cwt	700.00–810.00	8,869	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,150	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	615	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,173	59.38/cwt	56.00–63.00	697	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,183	1,282.31/cwt	1,275.00–1,300.00	15,170	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,185	938.91/cwt	850.00–1,100.00	11,126	7
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,400	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	938	1
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,412	58.50/cwt	56.00–63.50	826	3
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,418	856.16/cwt	800.00–910.00	12,140	3
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,488	938.32/cwt	900.00–975.00	13,962	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.

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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Springfield, MO

Mon May 18, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 313Last week 322Year ago 339

Replacement CattleReceipts 122Last week 159Year ago 145

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,280	1,225.00–1,475.00	1,346.58

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	991	62.00–89.00	75.18
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	990	66.00–92.00	80.89

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	772	80.00–83.00	82.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	891	65.00–79.00	73.29
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	889	53.00–70.00	62.05

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	805	100.00	100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	906	735.00–850.00	822.99
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,005	600.00	600.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,007	50.00–53.00	51.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,183	1,275.00–1,300.00	1,282.31

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,173	56.00–63.00	59.38
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	—	1,140	700.00–875.00	804.58
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,185	850.00–1,100.00	938.91

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	1,140	700.00–810.00	777.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	750	485.00	485.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,412	56.00–63.50	58.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,400	67.00	67.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,418	800.00–910.00	856.16
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,488	900.00–975.00	938.32

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,150	53.50	53.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,214	73.50–79.00	75.94
12	—	1,848	88.50–95.00	92.31
13	—	1,604	80.50–88.00	84.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	855	37.00–42.00	39.46
16	—	1,093	51.50–57.50	54.24
28	—	1,092	43.50–51.00	46.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,384	57.50–62.00	60.12
8	—	1,304	49.50–55.00	52.35
14	—	1,436	61.50–70.50	64.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,209	60.00–69.50	64.48
49	—	1,158	47.50–56.00	50.91
62	—	1,148	55.50–61.00	58.24

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.