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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Dec 1
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 175▼ 111 vs year ago 311 · −35.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 52 vs last sale 102▼ 65 vs year ago 115 · −56.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were steady. Demand was moderate to light on a light supply due to the first spell of winter weather in the area this morning.

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—Average1,667185.403,09121
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,521157.672,39925
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,264157.411,99064
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,048123.891,29854

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)1,237$2,6886
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,100$1,9422thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$3,0002thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)952$2,3543thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,318$3,5333thin

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——1,485214.74/cwt212.00–217.003,1892
Bulls——1,534172.66/cwt169.00–175.002,6496
Bulls——1,757186.76/cwt180.00–193.503,28113
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96798.77/cwt80.00–107.5095513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,055119.56/cwt109.00–130.001,26119
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,078155.62/cwt154.00–157.001,6783
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,092140.39/cwt132.50–149.001,53319
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,164145.46/cwt140.00–149.001,6937
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268169.73/cwt164.00–180.002,1528
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,278157.10/cwt149.00–164.002,00849
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,371143.20/cwt141.50–147.001,9634
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,530159.73/cwt150.00–166.002,44419
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,740167.10/cwt166.00–168.002,9082
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2523,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4503,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,941.82/head1,800.00–2,100.001,9422
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2372,687.90/head2,400.00–3,000.002,6886
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29522,353.59/head2,300.00–2,450.002,3543
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0102,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,2903,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2883240.38/cwt239.00–245.002,1234
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,191181.41/cwt165.00–202.502,16112
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,200170.24/cwt162.00–185.002,0434

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.