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Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-09-30
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Published: 2024-09-30

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Sep 30

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

219 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 272▼ 91 vs year ago 310 · −29.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

61 head

▼ 20 vs last sale 81▼ 27 vs year ago 88 · −30.7%

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 sold steady to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light 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	—	High	1,747	153.51	2,682	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,286	115.43	1,485	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,579	114.62	1,809	64
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,058	93.48	989	38

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)	1,284	$1,832	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	847	$1,255	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,000	$925	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	985	$1,903	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	992	$1,868	4thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,260	$1,935	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,300	$2,433	3thin

Every lot

24 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	—	—	1,535	134.99/cwt	125.00–146.00	2,072	7
Bulls	—	—	1,751	167.20/cwt	164.50–171.00	2,928	5
Bulls	—	—	1,828	156.91/cwt	150.00–164.00	2,868	18
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	936	83.70/cwt	74.00–97.00	783	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	969	65.12/cwt	50.00–70.00	631	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	115.47/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,166	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	127.48/cwt	127.00–128.00	1,470	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,156	108.72/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,257	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	115.55/cwt	112.00–123.00	1,489	42
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,318	109.60/cwt	109.00–111.00	1,445	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,508	125.10/cwt	125.00–125.50	1,887	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,532	106.29/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,628	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,601	116.05/cwt	112.00–124.50	1,858	45
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,260	1,935.00/head	1,935.00–1,935.00	1,935	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,225	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,338	2,262.50/head	1,975.00–2,550.00	2,263	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	828	1,190.29/head	975.00–1,325.00	1,190	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,000	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,284	1,832.05/head	1,550.00–1,925.00	1,832	14
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	1,902.50/head	1,835.00–1,925.00	1,903	4
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	992	1,867.88/head	1,750.00–2,100.00	1,868	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	960	184.19/cwt	165.00–195.00	1,768	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,018	156.72/cwt	127.00–179.00	1,595	7

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 Sep 30, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 219Last week 272Year ago 310

Replacement CattleReceipts 61Last week 81Year ago 88

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold steady to 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were unevenly steady from 2.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,260	1,935.00	1,935.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,338	1,975.00–2,550.00	2,262.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,225	2,775.00	2,775.00

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)	1	—	905	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	—	1,284	1,550.00–1,925.00	1,832.05

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	828	975.00–1,325.00	1,190.29
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	925.00	925.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	985	1,835.00–1,925.00	1,902.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	992	1,750.00–2,100.00	1,867.88

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	960	165.00–195.00	184.19
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,018	127.00–179.00	156.72

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,751	164.50–171.00	167.20
7	—	1,535	125.00–146.00	134.99
18	—	1,828	150.00–164.00	156.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,508	125.00–125.50	125.10
14	—	1,532	104.00–111.00	106.29
45	—	1,601	112.00–124.50	116.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,156	105.00–113.00	108.72
2	—	1,010	115.00–116.00	115.47
8	—	936	74.00–97.00	83.70
9	—	969	50.00–70.00	65.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,289	112.00–123.00	115.55
2	—	1,153	127.00–128.00	127.48
5	—	1,318	109.00–111.00	109.60

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.