Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2024-08-19

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Aug 19
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
310 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 150▲ 62 vs year ago 248 · +25.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 70▲ 49 vs year ago 24 · +204.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported slaughter and replacement cattle sale two weeks ago, slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady from 1.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,675172.732,89337
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,530146.002,23426
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,214142.791,733122
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,055121.981,28663

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,250$2,38715
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,258$1,8762thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)957$1,6083thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,320$2,8251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,352$2,0254thin

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——1,369155.69/cwt145.00–161.002,1319
Bulls——1,764175.46/cwt161.00–186.003,09523
Bulls——1,815190.82/cwt187.00–197.503,4635
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,027107.92/cwt90.00–116.501,10820
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,058127.66/cwt118.00–135.501,35140
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,192140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6693
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,206142.53/cwt135.00–149.001,719108
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,231133.82/cwt131.00–136.001,6477
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,316155.81/cwt151.50–157.502,0507
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,373134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,8402
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,540144.55/cwt138.00–150.002,22619
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,555156.32/cwt154.00–160.002,4315
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 21,2731,725.00/head1,700.00–1,750.001,7252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3202,825.00/head2,825.00–2,825.002,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4302,325.00/head2,000.00–2,650.002,3252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29571,608.19/head1,575.00–1,625.001,6083
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2312,063.92/head1,825.00–2,175.002,0648
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2581,876.34/head1,800.00–1,950.001,8762
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2712,756.55/head2,375.00–2,960.002,7577
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2849212.78/cwt185.00–230.001,80713
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,009149.46/cwt147.00–154.001,5086
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,103155.71/cwt145.00–165.001,71714

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.