Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2025-06-16

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Jun 16
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
158 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 206▼ 203 vs year ago 361 · −56.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
53 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 76▼ 168 vs year ago 221 · −76.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand was moderate on a light supply.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,728199.613,44937
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,231160.221,97341
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,538157.652,42424
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,001142.091,42323

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)1,163$2,50410
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,060$2,4251thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,126$2,0675
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,125$2,6501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)920$2,3501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,583$3,4002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,447$3,33211

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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,353177.48/cwt169.00–181.002,4013
Bulls——1,706195.44/cwt185.00–209.003,33426
Bulls——1,939221.46/cwt210.00–237.004,2948
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%897124.51/cwt120.00–127.501,1173
Cows—Lean 85-90%995141.14/cwt132.50–150.001,40415
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,082155.51/cwt152.00–160.001,6835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,187147.46/cwt144.00–150.001,7503
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,227158.95/cwt152.00–163.001,95025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,250165.60/cwt163.00–173.002,07013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,487167.39/cwt166.00–168.002,4894
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,535157.81/cwt155.00–163.002,42215
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,587149.37/cwt145.00–154.002,3715
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2432,890.00/head2,400.00–3,300.002,8905
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4453,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7003
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5833,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,7903,700.00/head3,650.00–3,800.003,7003
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0602,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1262,066.56/head1,850.00–2,300.002,0675
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1342,800.06/head2,650.00–2,950.002,8004
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1832,306.94/head1,750.00–2,650.002,3076
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29202,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2777231.03/cwt212.00–240.001,7953
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,169165.40/cwt157.50–170.001,9344

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.