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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-14

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Dec 14

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

325 head

▼ 151 vs last sale 476▲ 134 vs year ago 191 · +70.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

139 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 199▲ 61 vs year ago 78 · +78.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Monday, slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold steady. The offering included a light supply of bred cows and a very light supply of cow/calf pairs. Supply was moderate to heavy and demand moderate for slaughter cows.

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	1,673	73.35	1,227	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,442	52.11	752	79
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,263	47.39	598	114
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	997	34.10	340	63

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	—	—	1,341	63.31/cwt	58.50–67.00	849	5
Bulls	—	—	1,691	73.86/cwt	70.00–79.00	1,249	9
Bulls	—	—	1,886	79.88/cwt	72.00–86.00	1,507	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	856	16.69/cwt	10.00–25.00	143	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,003	30.46/cwt	28.00–35.00	306	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,017	39.85/cwt	37.00–43.00	405	32
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,157	47.11/cwt	44.50–49.00	545	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,228	41.98/cwt	38.00–45.50	516	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	48.42/cwt	45.00–52.00	609	64
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,361	54.74/cwt	53.00–58.00	745	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,406	48.26/cwt	45.00–51.00	679	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,444	54.01/cwt	50.50–56.50	780	32
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	61.65/cwt	59.00–65.50	979	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	675	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	5,231	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium 1-2	850	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	8,075	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium 1-2	852	83.94/cwt	71.50–91.00	715	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	958	78.98/cwt	70.00–88.50	757	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,018	74.80/cwt	61.00–87.50	761	16
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	935	792.66/cwt	785.00–800.00	7,411	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	940	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	329	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	946	760.43/cwt	660.00–850.00	7,194	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2Broken Mouth	990	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	406	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	993	570.03/cwt	500.00–650.00	5,660	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,096	787.09/cwt	735.00–810.00	8,627	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,201	982.49/cwt	825.00–1,150.00	11,800	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth	1,217	48.89/cwt	42.50–54.00	595	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	801.63/cwt	600.00–925.00	10,101	22
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,341	49.20/cwt	45.00–50.50	660	4
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,352	998.23/cwt	875.00–1,035.00	13,496	8
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,415	53.01/cwt	49.00–56.00	750	3
Bred Cows	—	Large 1-2	1,637	911.43/cwt	825.00–950.00	14,920	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	738	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	3,210	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	937	791.06/cwt	760.00–825.00	7,412	4

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 Dec 14, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 325Last week 476Year ago 191

Replacement CattleReceipts 139Last week 199Year ago 78

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	950.00	950.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	675	775.00	775.00

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	16	—	1,018	61.00–87.50	74.80
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	958	70.00–88.50	78.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	852	71.50–91.00	83.94

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)	4	—	1,096	735.00–810.00	787.09

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	935	785.00–800.00	792.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	—	1,260	600.00–925.00	801.63
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,341	45.00–50.50	49.20
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,201	825.00–1,150.00	982.49

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	990	41.00	41.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	993	500.00–650.00	570.03
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	940	35.00	35.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	946	660.00–850.00	760.43

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,352	875.00–1,035.00	998.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,637	825.00–950.00	911.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,415	49.00–56.00	53.01

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)	5	—	1,217	42.50–54.00	48.89

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	738	435.00	435.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	937	760.00–825.00	791.06

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,341	58.50–67.00	63.31
9	—	1,691	70.00–79.00	73.86
7	—	1,886	72.00–86.00	79.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,157	44.50–49.00	47.11
17	—	1,003	28.00–35.00	30.46
10	—	856	10.00–25.00	16.69
32	—	1,017	37.00–43.00	39.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,228	38.00–45.50	41.98
64	—	1,257	45.00–52.00	48.42
16	—	1,361	53.00–58.00	54.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,406	45.00–51.00	48.26
32	—	1,444	50.50–56.50	54.01
9	—	1,588	59.00–65.50	61.65

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.