Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2026-08-03

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Mon, Aug 3
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1788
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 146▲ 13 vs year ago 192 · +6.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
205 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 114▲ 115 vs year ago 90 · +127.8%
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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 2.00 to 5.00 higher. A good run of replacements this week that were in very high demand. Supply was moderate.

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—Average1,756221.513,89138
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,470177.422,60925
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,267177.252,24648
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,045150.791,57643

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)1,201$3,82764
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,178$3,44216
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,282$3,00740
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,208$2,4805
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,161$4,2756
BullsN/AYoung (2-4 yrs)1,403$3,7362thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,005$3,3501thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,243$5,2002thin
Cow-Calf Pairs2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,160$4,7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,433$4,5173thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)910$4,2501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,404$3,2673thin

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——1,563201.30/cwt190.00–207.503,1466
Bulls——1,753219.75/cwt210.00–230.003,85222
Bulls——1,880237.52/cwt227.50–257.004,46510
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%983111.68/cwt100.00–125.001,0984
Cows—Lean 85-90%987133.55/cwt130.00–140.001,3187
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,044173.49/cwt171.00–175.001,8114
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,069157.44/cwt147.00–167.501,68328
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,239163.47/cwt158.00–169.002,0256
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,243189.39/cwt189.00–190.002,3547
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,277177.18/cwt167.50–186.002,26335
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,383167.89/cwt165.00–172.002,3224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,487179.23/cwt170.00–185.002,66521
Replacement Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,0053,350.00/head3,350.00–3,350.003,3501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-21,4033,736.36/head3,300.00–4,200.003,7362
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-29104,250.00/head4,250.00–4,250.004,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1604,700.00/head4,700.00–4,700.004,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2435,200.00/head5,100.00–5,300.005,2002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,3383,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4334,516.67/head4,150.00–4,700.004,5173
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,5353,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,0331,901.69/head1,800.00–2,000.001,9022
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1354,158.78/head3,900.00–4,325.004,15932
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1852,975.39/head2,800.00–3,300.002,9753
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2023,848.68/head3,750.00–4,000.003,84911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2082,479.77/head2,300.00–2,550.002,4805
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2482,865.93/head2,700.00–3,000.002,8664
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2Broken Mouth1,2552,777.91/head2,300.00–3,200.002,77819
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2703,585.53/head3,050.00–4,000.003,58628
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3063,214.36/head2,400.00–3,700.003,21421
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,120208.28/cwt192.00–225.002,3332
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,145186.27/cwt180.00–190.002,1333
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,1614,274.91/head4,250.00–4,300.004,2756

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.