Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2023-01-09

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Jan 9
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
433 head
▲ 138 vs last sale 295▲ 88 vs year ago 345 · +25.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 70▼ 1 vs year ago 103 · −1.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls traded mostly steady. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter cattle and a moderate to heavy supply of replacement cattle this week.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,74094.041,63627
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50275.741,13877
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26072.33912113
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04155.60579103

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,067$1,1413thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,143$1,13932
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,140$86417
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,168$1,1413thin

Every lot

22 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47077.20/cwt72.00–85.001,1353
Bulls——1,68892.01/cwt86.00–97.501,55315
Bulls——1,916103.05/cwt97.50–107.501,9749
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91235.29/cwt26.00–44.0032216
Cows—Lean 85-90%97051.10/cwt45.00–57.0049620
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08861.47/cwt56.00–65.0066962
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14965.80/cwt64.50–68.507565
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16365.11/cwt62.00–67.5075729
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27272.49/cwt67.00–77.0092262
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35581.41/cwt79.00–87.001,10322
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39465.80/cwt62.00–68.009177
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50675.74/cwt68.50–79.501,14157
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54481.12/cwt79.50–83.501,25213
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2860917.64/head900.00–950.009183
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,063650.00/head650.00–650.006502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0671,140.63/head1,125.00–1,150.001,1413
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,150892.36/head750.00–1,000.0089215
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1541,095.25/head885.00–1,200.001,09522
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2291,372.66/head1,300.00–1,400.001,3737
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1681,141.41/head1,025.00–1,185.001,1413
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2908125.92/cwt118.00–130.001,1433
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12191.34/cwt83.00–111.001,02417

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.