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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-29

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Jul 29

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

280 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 340▼ 54 vs year ago 334 · −16.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

54 head

▼ 83 vs last sale 137▼ 10 vs year ago 64 · −15.6%

Also sold hereFeeder CattleWed Oct 28, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady from 1.00 higher to 3.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

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	1,644	172.65	2,838	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,527	143.25	2,188	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,204	139.87	1,684	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,055	123.35	1,301	89

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,216	$2,073	17
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,143	$1,763	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,140	$1,625	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	787	$1,550	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,795	$3,000	1thin

Every lot

19 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	—	—	1,363	158.40/cwt	157.00–159.00	2,159	3
Bulls	—	—	1,633	170.52/cwt	160.00–180.00	2,785	18
Bulls	—	—	1,904	192.91/cwt	183.50–200.50	3,673	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	840	80.29/cwt	73.00–88.00	674	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	966	108.95/cwt	100.00–119.00	1,052	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,032	139.31/cwt	136.50–146.00	1,438	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,101	129.02/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,421	59
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	140.04/cwt	135.00–149.00	1,685	52
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,204	133.37/cwt	131.00–135.00	1,606	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,217	149.94/cwt	149.00–150.50	1,825	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,502	134.13/cwt	128.00–137.00	2,015	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,504	143.47/cwt	138.00–149.50	2,158	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,788	154.83/cwt	151.50–161.00	2,768	4
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Registered	1,795	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	1,789.31/head	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,789	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,143	1,763.23/head	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,763	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,314	2,324.63/head	2,075.00–2,600.00	2,325	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	787	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	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 Slaughter/Replacement Cattle - Springfield, MO

Mon Jul 29, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 280Last week 340Year ago 334

Replacement CattleReceipts 54Last week 137Year ago 64

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady from 1.00 higher to 3.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,788	151.50–161.00	154.83
6	—	1,502	128.00–137.00	134.13
38	—	1,504	138.00–149.50	143.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,032	136.50–146.00	139.31
4	—	840	73.00–88.00	80.29
19	—	966	100.00–119.00	108.95
59	—	1,101	121.00–136.00	129.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,204	131.00–135.00	133.37
52	—	1,203	135.00–149.00	140.04
3	—	1,217	149.00–150.50	149.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,363	157.00–159.00	158.40
18	—	1,633	160.00–180.00	170.52
4	—	1,904	183.50–200.50	192.91

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,143	1,600.00–1,875.00	1,763.23
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,105	1,650.00–1,850.00	1,789.31
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,140	1,625.00	1,625.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,314	2,075.00–2,600.00	2,324.63

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	787	1,550.00	1,550.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Registered$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,795	3,000.00	3,000.00

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.