Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2025-07-07

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Jul 7
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
267 head
▲ 118 vs last sale 149▼ 61 vs year ago 328 · −18.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 73 vs last sale 70▲ 71 vs year ago 72 · +98.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last reported sale two weeks ago, slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,723196.883,39330
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,215158.601,92785
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,503157.102,36129
CowsLean 85-90%High1,033136.561,41073

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)1,142$2,43035
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,182$2,30816
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,104$2,17319
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,048$1,8992thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)987$2,4214thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)840$2,1001thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,278$3,4252thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,360$3,21913

Every lot

32 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——1,468174.65/cwt170.00–182.002,5644
Bulls——1,728196.33/cwt184.00–207.003,39319
Bulls——1,856211.09/cwt207.00–217.003,9187
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%92086.16/cwt80.00–95.007934
Cows—Lean 85-90%936157.04/cwt152.50–165.001,4709
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,002118.17/cwt107.00–125.001,18413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,069142.01/cwt130.00–151.001,51847
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,204158.54/cwt149.00–163.001,90951
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,210146.74/cwt141.00–150.001,77613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,245166.07/cwt164.00–170.002,06821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,425150.23/cwt147.00–152.002,1416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510157.42/cwt152.00–163.502,37720
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,608168.71/cwt166.50–171.502,7133
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1842,750.00/head2,650.00–3,000.002,7505
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2783,425.00/head3,425.00–3,425.003,4252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3953,700.00/head3,650.00–3,750.003,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4953,450.00/head3,250.00–3,525.003,4506
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 29201,456.52/head1,350.00–1,550.001,4572
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0082,009.92/head1,900.00–2,100.002,0103
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0481,898.69/head1,850.00–1,950.001,8992
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1032,106.61/head1,900.00–2,400.002,10715
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1082,420.32/head2,400.00–2,500.002,4204
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1552,457.81/head2,200.00–2,675.002,45821
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1752,210.52/head1,900.00–2,400.002,21112
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2042,598.86/head2,500.00–2,700.002,5994
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2062,722.62/head2,700.00–2,800.002,7239
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2981227.06/cwt219.00–245.002,2274
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2988192.17/cwt176.00–210.001,8999
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,050175.10/cwt163.00–187.501,8395
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28402,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28952,141.41/head2,050.00–2,225.002,1412
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0782,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7002

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.