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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2018-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-04-18

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 18

● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

2,053 head

▼ 141 vs last sale 2,194▲ 63 vs year ago 1,990 · +3.2%

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

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.53/cwt on 758 head.

Average price

$145.53

758 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$28

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$42.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.17

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	151.15	776	359
Medium and Large 2	462	141.67	654	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	583	141.26	824	376
Large 1	660	132.50	875	6thin
Medium 2-3	686	109.00	748	8thin

One grade step is worth $42.15/cwt here — about $28 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 sale758 hd

145.53

—

MO average4 barns · 4,000 hd

147.70

−2.17

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

Every lot

92 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	634	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	178.49/cwt	178.00–179.00	682	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	628	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	170.57/cwt	165.00–173.00	716	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	421	175.43/cwt	172.00–181.00	739	37
Steers	—	Medium 2-3Thin Fleshed	455	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	683	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	169.43/cwt	160.00–176.00	791	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	169.89/cwt	165.00–176.00	810	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	481	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	851	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	495	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	752	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	171.04/cwt	168.00–177.00	883	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	161.05/cwt	159.00–166.00	834	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	527	158.59/cwt	157.00–162.50	836	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	564	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	874	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	168.26/cwt	165.00–174.00	966	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	159.11/cwt	153.50–165.00	916	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	586	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	964	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	601	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	847	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	619	157.16/cwt	155.00–162.50	973	27
Steers	—	Large 1	619	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	925	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	154.67/cwt	146.00–160.00	962	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	160.50/cwt	155.50–166.00	1,005	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	677	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	914	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	149.94/cwt	144.00–156.50	1,021	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	683	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	956	3
Steers	—	Large 1	709	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,000	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	712	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	915	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	145.02/cwt	139.00–145.75	1,034	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	143.29/cwt	143.00–144.00	1,030	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	748	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,002	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,081	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	820	132.89/cwt	132.75–134.00	1,090	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	839	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,128	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,109	14
Steers	—	Large 2	1,037	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,182	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,042	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,141	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	294	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	512	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	319	166.42/cwt	162.00–167.50	531	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	321	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	542	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	167.07/cwt	160.00–174.00	540	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	324	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	564	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	164.03/cwt	157.00–169.00	613	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	377	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	615	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	156.95/cwt	150.00–160.00	595	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Full	409	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	593	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	161.15/cwt	158.00–164.00	686	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	153.93/cwt	150.00–159.00	663	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	439	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	724	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	465	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	721	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	155.54/cwt	150.00–164.00	736	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	152.29/cwt	149.00–155.00	720	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Full	504	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	701	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	145.40/cwt	142.00–148.00	756	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	148.13/cwt	145.00–153.00	795	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	144.48/cwt	142.00–148.00	835	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	141.65/cwt	136.00–145.50	826	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	904	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	627	134.62/cwt	130.00–141.00	844	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	631	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	820	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	135.69/cwt	127.00–140.00	894	33
Heifers	—	Large 1	660	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	875	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	135.62/cwt	130.50–138.50	920	24
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	686	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	748	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	128.64/cwt	123.00–131.50	925	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	130.01/cwt	125.50–132.50	946	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	123.30/cwt	121.50–124.00	963	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	118.81/cwt	118.00–119.50	977	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	868	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	972	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	918	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,060	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	284	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	511	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	562	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	331	191.70/cwt	186.00–198.00	635	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	357	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	660	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	373	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	640	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	381	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	644	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	413	172.14/cwt	164.00–176.00	711	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	170.53/cwt	158.00–172.00	716	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	473	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	710	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	157.47/cwt	150.00–160.00	753	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	486	158.87/cwt	157.00–168.00	772	40
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	151.38/cwt	148.00–154.00	805	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	534	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	846	10
Bulls	—	Large 1	542	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	818	6
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	546	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	841	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	577	146.54/cwt	144.00–148.00	846	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	584	139.02/cwt	138.00–140.00	812	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	603	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	886	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	670	132.81/cwt	128.00–135.00	890	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	976	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	268	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	249	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	379	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	341	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	928	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	696	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 Apr 18, 2018

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

Receipts 2,053Last week 2,194Year ago 1,990

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	155.00	155.00
10	—	439	165.00	165.00
7	—	321	169.00	169.00
6	—	377	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	583	136.00–145.50	141.65
19	—	431	150.00–159.00	153.93
24	—	473	149.00–155.00	152.29
22	—	781	121.50–124.00	123.30
33	—	659	127.00–140.00	135.69
32	—	719	123.00–131.50	128.64
11	—	822	118.00–119.50	118.81
22	—	379	150.00–160.00	156.95
50	—	520	142.00–148.00	145.40
42	—	627	130.00–141.00	134.62
11	—	918	115.50	115.50
10	—	319	162.00–167.50	166.42
6	—	868	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	324	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	631	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	374	157.00–169.00	164.03
5	—	294	174.00	174.00
102	—	473	150.00–164.00	155.54
17	—	728	125.50–132.50	130.01
76	—	578	142.00–148.00	144.48
44	—	537	145.00–153.00	148.13
30	—	426	158.00–164.00	161.15
24	—	678	130.50–138.50	135.62
9	—	323	160.00–174.00	167.07
7	—	619	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	504	139.00	139.00
4	—	409	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	686	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	660	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	839	134.50	134.50
28	—	516	168.00–177.00	171.04
37	—	421	172.00–181.00	175.43
37	—	719	143.00–144.00	143.29
6	—	382	178.00–179.00	178.49
5	—	325	195.00	195.00
30	—	477	165.00–176.00	169.89
85	—	574	165.00–174.00	168.26
14	—	870	127.50	127.50
8	—	786	137.50	137.50
59	—	681	144.00–156.50	149.94
16	—	626	155.50–166.00	160.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,042	109.50	109.50
11	—	420	165.00–173.00	170.57
18	—	467	160.00–176.00	169.43
29	—	713	139.00–145.75	145.02
7	—	622	146.00–160.00	154.67
29	—	518	159.00–166.00	161.05
29	—	820	132.75–134.00	132.89
29	—	576	153.50–165.00	159.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,037	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	161.00	161.00
7	—	748	134.00	134.00
11	—	495	152.00	152.00
4	—	564	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	619	149.50	149.50
7	—	709	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	586	164.50	164.50
10	—	481	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	455	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	683	140.00	140.00
5	—	601	141.00	141.00
7	—	527	157.00–162.50	158.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	712	128.50	128.50
3	—	677	135.00	135.00
27	—	619	155.00–162.50	157.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	185.00	185.00
11	—	577	144.00–148.00	146.54
10	—	534	158.50	158.50
4	—	331	186.00–198.00	191.70
14	—	413	164.00–176.00	172.14
40	—	486	157.00–168.00	158.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	584	138.00–140.00	139.02
3	—	381	169.00	169.00
20	—	420	158.00–172.00	170.53
12	—	532	148.00–154.00	151.38
4	—	284	180.00	180.00
3	—	603	147.00	147.00
6	—	728	134.00	134.00
8	—	478	150.00–160.00	157.47
7	—	321	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	373	171.50	171.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	670	128.00–135.00	132.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	268	93.00	93.00
4	—	928	75.00	75.00
4	—	379	90.00	90.00

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.