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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2018-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-02-28

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Feb 28

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Feb 21Feb 28Mar 7 →

Receipts

2,323 head

▲ 1,724 vs last sale 599▲ 400 vs year ago 1,923 · +20.8%

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.62/cwt on 859 head.

Average price

$166.62

859 head · 627 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$125

per head · Large 1 over Medium 1-2

$61.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	524	193.00	1,011	9thin
Medium and Large 1	624	171.84	1,072	560
Medium and Large 1-2	619	160.30	992	227
Medium and Large 2	697	140.94	982	42
Medium and Large 2-3	638	138.31	883	13thin
Medium 1-2	861	132.00	1,137	8thin

One grade step is worth $61.00/cwt here — about −$125 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 sale859 hd

166.62

—

MO average5 barns · 4,858 hd

167.04

−0.42

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

Every lot

98 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	194.41/cwt	191.00–200.00	634	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	221.68/cwt	220.00–222.50	765	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	214.99/cwt	213.00–219.00	795	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	373	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	739	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	202.11/cwt	191.00–213.00	845	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	211.96/cwt	203.00–226.00	890	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	736	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	479	189.86/cwt	178.50–204.00	909	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	199.22/cwt	188.00–206.00	962	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	174.35/cwt	170.00–182.00	847	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	513	185.07/cwt	165.00–191.50	949	38
Steers	—	Large 1	524	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,011	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	198.67/cwt	194.00–204.00	1,047	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	168.18/cwt	162.00–177.00	895	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	184.24/cwt	175.50–190.50	1,050	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	166.55/cwt	161.00–170.00	966	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	162.12/cwt	160.00–167.00	953	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	611	158.31/cwt	156.00–163.00	967	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	163.71/cwt	162.00–165.00	1,031	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	630	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	882	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	146.48/cwt	146.00–150.00	929	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	646	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	969	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	662	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	980	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	163.75/cwt	154.00–167.50	1,091	153
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	149.46/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,009	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	710	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	902	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	142.71/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,020	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	151.37/cwt	142.00–157.00	1,090	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	727	135.45/cwt	135.00–138.00	985	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	142.71/cwt	140.00–145.50	1,107	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	776	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,086	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	143.84/cwt	139.00–145.00	1,181	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	131.95/cwt	129.00–135.00	1,115	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	851	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,179	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	861	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,162	4
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	861	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,137	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,158	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	913	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,187	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,193	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	929	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,124	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	366	170.27/cwt	167.00–172.00	623	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	665	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	378	171.82/cwt	170.00–173.00	649	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	416	163.00/cwt	160.00–166.00	678	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	157.49/cwt	154.00–163.00	674	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	168.75/cwt	163.00–177.00	737	20
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	443	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	665	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	453	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	675	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	724	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	468	154.85/cwt	146.00–161.00	725	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	162.19/cwt	156.00–164.50	775	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	499	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	724	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	158.51/cwt	150.00–162.50	834	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	151.09/cwt	148.00–153.50	805	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	538	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	775	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	143.24/cwt	140.00–148.00	822	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	575	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	805	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	783	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	154.98/cwt	150.00–159.00	905	36
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	599	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	839	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	836	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	149.37/cwt	144.00–154.25	926	64
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	136.16/cwt	135.00–139.00	848	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	135.08/cwt	130.00–138.00	904	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	131.50/cwt	130.00–134.00	965	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	736	131.64/cwt	128.50–133.50	969	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	926	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,088	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	210.64/cwt	209.00–220.00	779	10
Bulls	—	Large 3	396	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	412	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	197.16/cwt	180.00–207.50	810	8
Bulls	—	Large 3	413	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	417	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	434	196.44/cwt	189.00–207.00	853	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	467	180.42/cwt	169.00–189.00	843	28
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	161.32/cwt	160.00–163.00	769	7
Bulls	—	Large 3	480	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	406	3
Bulls	—	Large 3	513	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	436	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	158.55/cwt	156.00–160.00	820	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	532	170.13/cwt	167.00–177.50	905	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	154.13/cwt	144.00–161.00	877	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	570	164.32/cwt	163.50–164.50	937	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	653	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	963	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	724	135.20/cwt	134.00–136.00	979	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	770	128.66/cwt	128.00–129.00	991	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers13 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	168	125.40/cwt	122.50–127.50	211	8
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	490	103.16/cwt	90.00–111.00	505	19
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	529	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	476	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	568	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	537	25
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	641	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	564	11
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3Fleshy	642	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	449	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	679	86.34/cwt	85.00–87.00	586	21
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	723	88.10/cwt	85.00–89.00	637	25
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	771	84.75/cwt	84.50–85.00	653	10
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	823	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	745	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3Fleshy	845	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	676	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	917	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	880	46
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	970	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	922	38

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 Feb 28, 2018

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Receipts 2,323Last week 599Year ago 1,923

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	821	139.00–145.00	143.84
43	—	720	142.00–157.00	151.37
20	—	630	162.00–165.00	163.71
4	—	851	138.50	138.50
3	—	918	130.00	130.00
23	—	420	203.00–226.00	211.96
59	—	570	175.50–190.50	184.24
153	—	666	154.00–167.50	163.75
26	—	483	188.00–206.00	199.22
7	—	370	213.00–219.00	214.99
12	—	345	220.00–222.50	221.68
38	—	776	140.00–145.50	142.71
43	—	527	194.00–204.00	198.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	479	178.50–204.00	189.86
38	—	513	165.00–191.50	185.07
21	—	580	161.00–170.00	166.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	710	127.00	127.00
3	—	560	150.00	150.00
6	—	630	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	776	140.00	140.00
5	—	326	191.00–200.00	194.41
32	—	418	191.00–213.00	202.11
58	—	675	140.00–157.00	149.46
10	—	611	156.00–163.00	158.31
3	—	373	198.00	198.00
27	—	715	140.00–145.00	142.71
3	—	905	128.00	128.00
4	—	861	135.00	135.00
16	—	532	162.00–177.00	168.18
18	—	486	170.00–182.00	174.35
23	—	588	160.00–167.00	162.12
12	—	845	129.00–135.00	131.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	727	135.00–138.00	135.45
8	—	913	130.00	130.00
16	—	634	146.00–150.00	146.48
5	—	475	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	524	193.00	193.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	861	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	929	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	646	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	428	154.00–163.00	157.49
30	—	574	140.00–148.00	143.24
18	—	623	135.00–139.00	136.16
6	—	464	156.00	156.00
27	—	533	148.00–153.50	151.09
20	—	366	167.00–172.00	170.27
40	—	669	130.00–138.00	135.08
19	—	736	128.50–133.50	131.64
4	—	926	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	538	144.00	144.00
3	—	453	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	615	136.00	136.00
4	—	499	145.00	145.00
3	—	580	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	176.00	176.00
20	—	437	163.00–177.00	168.75
63	—	734	130.00–134.00	131.50
62	—	526	150.00–162.50	158.51
25	—	478	156.00–164.50	162.19
36	—	584	150.00–159.00	154.98
64	—	620	144.00–154.25	149.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	416	160.00–166.00	163.00
8	—	378	170.00–173.00	171.82
6	—	575	140.00	140.00
23	—	468	146.00–161.00	154.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	505	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	443	150.00	150.00
4	—	599	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	653	147.50	147.50
28	—	467	169.00–189.00	180.42
17	—	532	167.00–177.50	170.13
10	—	724	134.00–136.00	135.20
11	—	570	163.50–164.50	164.32
19	—	434	189.00–207.00	196.44
10	—	370	209.00–220.00	210.64
6	—	770	128.00–129.00	128.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	569	144.00–161.00	154.13
8	—	411	180.00–207.50	197.16
7	—	517	156.00–160.00	158.55
7	—	477	160.00–163.00	161.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	513	85.00	85.00
3	—	480	84.50	84.50
4	—	413	101.00	101.00
4	—	396	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	168	122.50–127.50	125.40
6	—	529	90.00	90.00
19	—	490	90.00–111.00	103.16
10	—	771	84.50–85.00	84.75
46	—	917	96.00	96.00
21	—	679	85.00–87.00	86.34
11	—	641	88.00	88.00
5	—	823	90.50	90.50
38	—	970	95.00	95.00
25	—	723	85.00–89.00	88.10
25	—	568	94.50	94.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	845	80.00	80.00
6	—	642	70.00	70.00

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.