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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2018-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2018-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Sep 26

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Sep 19Sep 26Oct 3 →

Receipts

1,771 head

▲ 524 vs last sale 1,247▼ 82 vs year ago 1,853 · −4.4%

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 $142.90/cwt on 489 head.

Average price

$142.90

489 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$759

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$249

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$37.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.96

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	147.31	802	258
Medium and Large 1-2	517	140.52	727	160
Medium 2	318	136.00	432	5thin
Medium and Large 2	512	134.25	688	58
Medium 3	335	120.00	402	4thin
Large 1	955	110.00	1,051	4thin

One grade step is worth $37.31/cwt here — about −$249 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 sale489 hd

142.90

—

MO average4 barns · 2,799 hd

146.86

−3.96

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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	725	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	198.85/cwt	193.00–205.00	742	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	182.83/cwt	180.00–187.00	783	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	175.52/cwt	167.00–182.50	821	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	155.59/cwt	155.00–156.00	736	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	171.56/cwt	156.00–178.00	885	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	144.16/cwt	135.00–148.50	753	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	524	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	760	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	154.14/cwt	145.00–166.50	814	49
Steers	—	Medium 3	563	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	676	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	151.94/cwt	145.00–155.50	893	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	591	156.73/cwt	154.50–159.00	926	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	595	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	1,020	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	606	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	891	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	890	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	621	153.56/cwt	150.00–158.50	954	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	165.16/cwt	161.50–168.50	1,042	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	643	152.06/cwt	151.50–153.50	978	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	140.90/cwt	137.50–143.00	923	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,107	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	671	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,037	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	151.10/cwt	147.00–154.00	1,018	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	712	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	997	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	715	148.33/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,061	22
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	730	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	978	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	154.53/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,137	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,185	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,237	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	899	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,313	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	901	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,311	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	266	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	404	4
Heifers	—	Medium 2Thin Fleshed	318	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	432	5
Heifers	—	Medium 3	335	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	402	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	343	149.00/cwt	146.00–150.00	511	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	376	137.76/cwt	135.00–143.00	518	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	145.20/cwt	140.00–152.00	547	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	386	149.43/cwt	148.00–153.00	577	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	146.13/cwt	141.00–149.50	615	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	154.26/cwt	150.00–158.00	666	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	607	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	144.47/cwt	140.00–149.00	678	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	151.54/cwt	146.00–156.00	729	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	136.86/cwt	135.00–139.00	658	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	138.16/cwt	134.00–146.50	720	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	523	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	706	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	148.79/cwt	145.00–151.50	784	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	529	132.52/cwt	130.00–135.00	701	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	538	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	756	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	146.39/cwt	138.50–155.00	836	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	134.90/cwt	134.00–136.00	780	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	586	130.61/cwt	128.00–134.00	765	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	596	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	822	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	613	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	815	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	616	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	844	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	146.44/cwt	145.50–147.00	909	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	138.67/cwt	136.50–143.50	944	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	143.63/cwt	143.50–144.00	981	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	683	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	943	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	733	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	924	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	737	135.14/cwt	134.50–136.00	996	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	748	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	928	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	1,037	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	774	134.99/cwt	132.50–136.00	1,045	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,045	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	955	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,051	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	293	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	454	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	314	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	666	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	406	181.66/cwt	181.00–182.00	738	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	152.20/cwt	145.00–162.50	711	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	161.22/cwt	154.00–169.00	761	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	520	155.83/cwt	155.50–157.00	810	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	536	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	825	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	151.50/cwt	151.00–152.00	823	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	581	151.09/cwt	147.50–153.50	878	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	881	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Calves	604	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	840	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	609	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	907	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Calves	614	146.67/cwt	145.00–147.00	901	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Calves	645	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	961	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	969	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,047	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers18 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3Thin Fleshed	380	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	304	11
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	421	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	366	8
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3Thin Fleshed	424	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	318	9
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3	454	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	363	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	485	84.16/cwt	80.00–87.50	408	29
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	538	85.43/cwt	80.00–87.00	460	38
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	578	86.44/cwt	82.00–89.00	500	14
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3	578	78.50/cwt	78.50–78.50	454	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	618	88.18/cwt	85.00–89.00	545	29
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3	640	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	518	3
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3	653	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	526	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	681	82.24/cwt	70.00–86.50	560	23
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	717	87.17/cwt	85.50–91.00	625	20
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	819	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	676	10
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	861	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	693	8
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	970	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	737	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,032	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	888	9
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,165	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	874	6

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 Sep 26, 2018

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Receipts 1,771Last week 1,247Year ago 1,853

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	318	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	521	134.00–146.50	138.16
4	—	950	110.00	110.00
24	—	377	140.00–152.00	145.20
3	—	748	124.00	124.00
4	—	266	152.00	152.00
7	—	771	134.50	134.50
10	—	578	134.00–136.00	134.90
21	—	681	136.50–143.50	138.67
4	—	343	146.00–150.00	149.00
23	—	469	140.00–149.00	144.47
23	—	421	141.00–149.50	146.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	733	126.00	126.00
11	—	529	130.00–135.00	132.52
11	—	586	128.00–134.00	130.61
5	—	613	133.00	133.00
8	—	440	138.00	138.00
11	—	481	135.00–139.00	136.86
9	—	376	135.00–143.00	137.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	737	134.50–136.00	135.14
40	—	432	150.00–158.00	154.26
47	—	527	145.00–151.50	148.79
9	—	774	132.50–136.00	134.99
10	—	621	145.50–147.00	146.44
18	—	683	143.50–144.00	143.63
58	—	481	146.00–156.00	151.54
5	—	386	148.00–153.00	149.43
33	—	571	138.50–155.00	146.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	955	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	335	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	683	138.00	138.00
20	—	616	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	140.50	140.50
4	—	596	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	523	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	606	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	595	171.50	171.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	522	135.00–148.50	144.16
13	—	655	137.50–143.00	140.90
3	—	618	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	528	145.00–166.50	154.14
27	—	588	145.00–155.50	151.94
22	—	715	145.00–153.00	148.33
3	—	767	154.50	154.50
7	—	621	150.00–158.50	153.56
16	—	674	147.00–154.00	151.10
4	—	368	197.00	197.00
5	—	473	155.00–156.00	155.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	428	180.00–187.00	182.83
21	—	736	150.00–156.00	154.53
27	—	631	161.50–168.50	165.16
3	—	830	149.00	149.00
5	—	899	146.00	146.00
10	—	901	145.50	145.50
13	—	373	193.00–205.00	198.85
39	—	516	156.00–178.00	171.56
48	—	591	154.50–159.00	156.73
9	—	659	168.00	168.00
17	—	468	167.00–182.50	175.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	643	151.50–153.50	152.06
7	—	671	154.50	154.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	730	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	563	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	712	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	314	212.00	212.00
14	—	467	145.00–162.50	152.20
5	—	593	148.50	148.50
4	—	543	151.00–152.00	151.50
5	—	609	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	293	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	520	155.50–157.00	155.83
24	—	581	147.50–153.50	151.09
6	—	969	108.00	108.00
4	—	472	154.00–169.00	161.22
3	—	406	181.00–182.00	181.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	536	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	604	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	614	145.00–147.00	146.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	645	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	454	80.00	80.00
4	—	578	78.50	78.50
3	—	653	80.50	80.50
3	—	640	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	380	80.00	80.00
9	—	424	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	485	80.00–87.50	84.16
23	—	681	70.00–86.50	82.24
20	—	717	85.50–91.00	87.17
14	—	578	82.00–89.00	86.44
6	—	1,165	75.00	75.00
6	—	970	76.00	76.00
38	—	538	80.00–87.00	85.43
29	—	618	85.00–89.00	88.18
8	—	861	80.50	80.50
8	—	421	87.00	87.00
10	—	819	82.50	82.50
9	—	1,032	86.00	86.00

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.