Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2019-07-31

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Jul 31
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
1,108 head
▼ 398 vs last sale 1,506▼ 1,170 vs year ago 2,278 · −51.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers unevenly steady, heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Supply light to moderate with a high percentage of single head lots. Demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.21/cwt on 269 head.
Average price
$149.21
269 head · 648 lb average
Value per head Derived
$967
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$4
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$8.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.30
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1641151.25970196
Medium and Large 1-2645144.8793533
Medium 1-2695144.001,0019thin
Large 1-2684142.4797431
One grade step is worth $8.77/cwt here — about −$4 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 sale269 hd
149.21
—
MO average17 barns · 6,877 hd
150.51
−1.30
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480155.25/cwt150.00–158.5074510
Steers—Medium and Large 1515158.79/cwt155.00–162.5081836
Steers—Medium 1-2538159.00/cwt159.00–159.008554
Steers—Large 1-2553143.00/cwt143.00–143.007916
Steers—Medium and Large 1581155.94/cwt150.00–160.5090648
Steers—Medium and Large 1634156.41/cwt155.00–157.5099226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672141.65/cwt135.00–144.5095211
Steers—Medium and Large 1681148.15/cwt146.00–150.001,00933
Steers—Large 1-2686145.43/cwt143.00–149.0099820
Steers—Medium and Large 1714145.41/cwt142.50–147.501,03829
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724142.26/cwt140.00–143.001,0308
Steers—Medium and Large 1769140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,07715
Steers—Medium 1-2821132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2829133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1034
Steers—Large 1-2831130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0805
Steers—Medium and Large 1833134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1163
Steers—Medium and Large 1924128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1836
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1304149.00/cwt149.00–149.004535
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330139.00/cwt139.00–139.004593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439144.00/cwt144.00–144.006325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467141.72/cwt140.00–144.0066218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518139.79/cwt136.50–146.0072426
Heifers—Large 1-2529138.50/cwt138.50–138.507335
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540136.00/cwt136.00–136.007348
Heifers—Large 1-2580130.00/cwt130.00–130.007546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1582142.98/cwt140.00–144.5083222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2584142.01/cwt132.00–147.5082926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1612137.28/cwt134.00–139.5084026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613128.24/cwt125.00–130.0078629
Heifers—Medium and Large 2658120.00/cwt120.00–120.007906
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665140.00/cwt140.00–140.0093111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674129.43/cwt124.00–132.5087233
Heifers—Large 1-2675124.00/cwt124.00–124.008376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718133.00/cwt133.00–133.009553
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2744120.00/cwt120.00–120.008937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770125.54/cwt120.00–131.009676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2815120.29/cwt116.00–121.5098014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2474148.15/cwt143.00–154.007029
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2525149.87/cwt147.00–152.0078720
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2579146.47/cwt145.00–149.0084812
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2621138.23/cwt135.00–141.008589
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2687136.50/cwt136.00–137.509389
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2736126.84/cwt126.00–131.0093418
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2794124.69/cwt119.00–125.5099024
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 353878.50/cwt78.50–78.504228

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.