Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2017-12-20

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2017-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2017-12-20

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Dec 20

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Dec 13Dec 20Jan 3 →

Receipts

715 head

▼ 1,012 vs last sale 1,727▲ 61 vs year ago 654 · +9.3%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Nov 2, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.24/cwt on 187 head.

Average price

$134.24

187 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2

$18.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.26

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	140.28	771	79
Medium and Large 2	510	137.50	701	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	639	129.54	827	87
Medium 1-2	627	122.22	767	9thin

One grade step is worth $18.06/cwt here — about $5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale187 hd

134.24

—

MO average2 barns · 1,992 hd

141.49

−7.26

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

65 lots · USDA AMS · Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	168.67/cwt	168.00–170.00	621	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	161.85/cwt	160.00–169.00	694	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	444	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	719	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	167.72/cwt	161.00–170.00	768	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	483	157.07/cwt	155.00–160.00	759	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	702	5
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	525	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	761	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	148.94/cwt	139.00–155.00	789	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	156.58/cwt	155.50–158.00	852	7
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	563	140.84/cwt	135.50–144.50	793	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	839	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	155.42/cwt	154.00–160.00	905	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	595	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	797	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	615	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	926	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	151.85/cwt	149.50–155.00	951	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	941	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	639	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	907	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	144.10/cwt	138.50–146.00	965	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	679	132.80/cwt	131.00–135.00	902	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	138.01/cwt	135.00–140.00	940	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	994	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,027	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,044	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,104	3
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	838	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	964	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,130	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	500	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	608	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	407	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	606	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	149.70/cwt	148.00–151.00	645	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	462	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	675	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	146.09/cwt	143.00–150.00	691	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	148.00/cwt	145.00–149.00	709	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	512	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	712	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	137.40/cwt	135.00–139.00	723	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	749	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	137.59/cwt	136.00–138.50	775	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	137.78/cwt	137.00–138.00	789	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	584	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	742	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	599	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	719	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	609	136.63/cwt	135.50–138.00	832	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	127.53/cwt	124.50–133.50	810	9
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	650	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	806	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	131.75/cwt	131.00–132.50	876	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	123.31/cwt	120.00–128.50	836	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	721	121.74/cwt	120.00–122.50	878	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	849	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,002	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	893	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	982	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	916	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,008	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	583	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	678	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	464	160.51/cwt	160.00–161.00	745	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	472	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	684	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	507	148.66/cwt	147.00–149.00	754	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	541	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	814	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	804	3
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	620	133.92/cwt	133.50–134.50	830	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	680	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	904	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	749	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	925	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	900	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	954	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	915	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	924	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	372	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	331	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	482	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	410	3
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4	745	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	559	11
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	836	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	543	4

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.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Wed Dec 20, 2017

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 715Last week 1,727Year ago 654

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	620	133.50–134.50	133.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	749	123.50	123.50
6	—	507	147.00–149.00	148.66
3	—	360	162.00	162.00
3	—	472	145.00	145.00
3	—	593	135.50	135.50
4	—	915	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	900	106.00	106.00
4	—	421	161.00	161.00
4	—	464	160.00–161.00	160.51
8	—	541	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	650	124.00	124.00
4	—	599	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	665	131.00–132.50	131.75
9	—	533	140.50	140.50
14	—	479	145.00–149.00	148.00
23	—	563	136.00–138.50	137.59
10	—	431	148.00–151.00	149.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	635	124.50–133.50	127.53
4	—	849	118.00	118.00
3	—	392	155.00	155.00
3	—	340	147.00	147.00
4	—	893	110.00	110.00
7	—	473	143.00–150.00	146.09
13	—	721	120.00–122.50	121.74
11	—	526	135.00–139.00	137.40
6	—	916	110.00	110.00
15	—	678	120.00–128.50	123.31
9	—	573	137.00–138.00	137.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	462	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	139.00	139.00
4	—	584	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	609	135.50–138.00	136.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	135.50–144.50	140.84
3	—	525	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	595	134.00	134.00
5	—	520	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	444	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	483	155.00–160.00	157.07
4	—	636	148.00	148.00
3	—	773	135.00	135.00
3	—	567	148.00	148.00
24	—	530	139.00–155.00	148.94
6	—	736	135.00	135.00
3	—	812	136.00	136.00
12	—	681	135.00–140.00	138.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	670	138.50–146.00	144.10
7	—	429	160.00–169.00	161.85
4	—	755	136.00	136.00
11	—	626	149.50–155.00	151.85
3	—	368	168.00–170.00	168.67
3	—	853	132.50	132.50
10	—	582	154.00–160.00	155.42
10	—	458	161.00–170.00	167.72
7	—	544	155.50–158.00	156.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	639	142.00	142.00
5	—	679	131.00–135.00	132.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	838	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	745	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	836	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	372	89.00	89.00
3	—	482	85.00	85.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.