Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2019-08-21

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-21

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Aug 21

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

820 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 860▼ 962 vs year ago 1,782 · −54.0%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to firm. Demand moderate to good, supply light. A Heat Advisory across much of the trade area and abundant forage continues to curtail the receipts.

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 $145.88/cwt on 258 head.

Average price

$145.88

258 head · 608 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$55

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

$19.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.06

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	148.71	893	177
Medium and Large 1-2	621	140.50	873	75
Large 1	627	130.00	815	3thin
Medium and Large 2	735	129.00	948	3thin

One grade step is worth $19.71/cwt here — about −$55 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 sale258 hd

145.88

—

MO average12 barns · 2,200 hd

145.93

−0.06

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

Every lot

57 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	326	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	584	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	162.33/cwt	161.00–163.00	692	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	447	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	720	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	159.94/cwt	159.00–160.50	766	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	149.75/cwt	148.00–151.00	774	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	149.55/cwt	147.00–154.50	785	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	149.49/cwt	147.00–155.00	854	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	143.61/cwt	141.50–147.00	823	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	604	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	840	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	153.33/cwt	153.00–153.50	948	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	900	3
Steers	—	Large 1Unweaned	627	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	815	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	909	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	662	135.57/cwt	130.00–138.00	897	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	673	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	905	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	145.95/cwt	141.00–148.00	984	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	703	133.33/cwt	133.00–134.00	937	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	704	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,016	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	948	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	769	133.25/cwt	133.00–133.50	1,025	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	132.10/cwt	130.00–135.50	1,034	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	131.50/cwt	130.00–133.00	1,077	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,070	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	291	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	434	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	359	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	528	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	392	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	490	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	525	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	136.57/cwt	136.00–139.00	591	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	605	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	136.06/cwt	132.00–142.00	664	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	132.38/cwt	130.00–136.00	682	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	127.84/cwt	121.00–131.00	670	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	545	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	725	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	553	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	730	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	127.73/cwt	125.00–128.50	731	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	130.63/cwt	129.00–132.50	751	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	603	126.00/cwt	124.00–128.00	760	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	778	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	129.62/cwt	128.00–132.00	805	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	123.67/cwt	122.00–124.00	824	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	694	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	902	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	841	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	959	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	425	157.59/cwt	157.00–158.00	670	5
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	433	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	502	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	522	146.61/cwt	146.00–148.00	765	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	139.05/cwt	136.00–142.00	727	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	569	142.65/cwt	137.00–147.00	812	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	136.67/cwt	136.00–137.00	854	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	646	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	817	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	657	127.99/cwt	127.00–129.00	841	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	693	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	901	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	750	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	870	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Full	757	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	871	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	105.50/cwt	105.50–105.50	891	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	917	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	457	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	379	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	651	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	501	8

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 Aug 21, 2019

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

Receipts 820Last week 860Year ago 1,782

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to firm. Demand moderate to good, supply light. A Heat Advisory across much of the trade area and abundant forage continues to curtail the receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	291	149.00	149.00
30	—	515	130.00–136.00	132.38
4	—	694	130.00	130.00
7	—	359	147.00	147.00
10	—	433	136.00–139.00	136.57
23	—	488	132.00–142.00	136.06
23	—	575	129.00–132.50	130.63
24	—	621	128.00–132.00	129.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	392	125.00	125.00
6	—	666	122.00–124.00	123.67
15	—	572	125.00–128.50	127.73
3	—	417	126.00	126.00
27	—	524	121.00–131.00	127.84
3	—	467	129.50	129.50
5	—	603	124.00–128.00	126.00
5	—	841	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	133.00	133.00
3	—	553	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	638	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	426	161.00–163.00	162.33
13	—	479	159.00–160.50	159.94
5	—	326	179.00	179.00
20	—	618	153.00–153.50	153.33
6	—	819	130.00–133.00	131.50
23	—	571	147.00–155.00	149.49
8	—	704	144.25	144.25
29	—	674	141.00–148.00	145.95
8	—	863	124.00	124.00
38	—	525	147.00–154.50	149.55
9	—	783	130.00–135.50	132.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	573	141.50–147.00	143.61
3	—	447	161.00	161.00
3	—	623	144.50	144.50
6	—	769	133.00–133.50	133.25
9	—	703	133.00–134.00	133.33
10	—	517	148.00–151.00	149.75
14	—	662	130.00–138.00	135.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	604	139.00	139.00
7	—	673	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	735	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	693	130.00	130.00
3	—	625	136.00–137.00	136.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	853	107.50	107.50
4	—	845	105.50	105.50
12	—	523	136.00–142.00	139.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	750	116.00	116.00
5	—	425	157.00–158.00	157.59
5	—	522	146.00–148.00	146.61
13	—	569	137.00–147.00	142.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	646	126.00–127.00	126.50
4	—	657	127.00–129.00	127.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	457	83.00	83.00
8	—	651	77.00	77.00

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.