Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2025-11-24

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Nov 24
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
▼ 144 vs last sale 319▼ 101 vs year ago 276 · −36.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
▼ 22 vs last sale 124▲ 10 vs year ago 92 · +10.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows and bulls sold from 1.00 lower to 4.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate to 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—Average1,594183.772,93015
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,540157.262,42220
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235153.551,89634
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,055126.771,33768

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 Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,148$2,83713
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,230$2,52910
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,269$2,1878
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$3,3001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,108$2,8002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,245$2,7502thin

Every lot

23 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——1,406173.22/cwt168.00–179.002,4356
Bulls——1,678187.78/cwt182.00–197.003,1518
Bulls——2,055215.00/cwt215.00–215.004,4181
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%960152.01/cwt150.00–155.001,4594
Cows—Lean 85-90%98896.65/cwt91.00–107.0095511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,068118.41/cwt107.00–127.001,26520
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,080138.82/cwt130.00–149.001,49933
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,185142.08/cwt135.00–145.001,6848
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,246156.15/cwt147.50–161.001,94622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,274162.21/cwt161.00–164.002,0674
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,497142.74/cwt140.00–145.002,1373
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,538156.52/cwt150.00–162.002,40713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,578170.55/cwt163.50–188.002,6914
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,1082,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2452,750.00/head2,600.00–2,900.002,7502
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0341,947.88/head1,500.00–2,250.001,9484
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1983,232.70/head2,800.00–3,350.003,2339
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2302,528.60/head1,900.00–3,000.002,52910
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2692,186.66/head1,750.00–2,500.002,1878
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0203,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2876224.39/cwt209.00–267.501,9666
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,051190.63/cwt157.50–230.002,00421
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,123170.07/cwt152.00–182.501,91012

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.