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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2019-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Dec 4

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Nov 27Dec 4Dec 11 →

Receipts

2,409 head

▲ 1,854 vs last sale 555▼ 227 vs year ago 2,636 · −8.6%

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

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Too few last week for a good price test, compared to two weeks ago, steers under 650 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, heifers under 500 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, steers over 650 lbs and heifers over 500 lbs steady. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate to heavy.

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 $143.09/cwt on 817 head.

Average price

$143.09

817 head · 621 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$20.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.82

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	610	145.88	890	555
Medium and Large 1-2	644	137.43	885	247
Medium and Large 2	626	136.00	852	11thin
Medium 1	696	125.00	870	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.88/cwt here — about $20 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 sale817 hd

143.09

—

MO average16 barns · 15,543 hd

147.91

−4.82

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

Every lot

83 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	417	169.07/cwt	161.00–177.00	705	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	466	148.71/cwt	142.00–154.50	693	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	161.21/cwt	152.00–170.00	764	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	155.60/cwt	147.00–164.00	800	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	520	146.34/cwt	143.00–147.50	761	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	143.62/cwt	139.00–148.50	747	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	726	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	531	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	717	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	143.54/cwt	133.00–148.00	808	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	146.11/cwt	142.75–152.50	837	86
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	136.73/cwt	130.50–145.50	783	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	609	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	847	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	128.07/cwt	125.00–133.50	798	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	143.87/cwt	138.50–147.50	901	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	134.65/cwt	133.00–135.50	846	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	886	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	136.90/cwt	134.50–141.00	919	59
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	129.62/cwt	125.00–131.50	871	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	131.58/cwt	125.00–134.50	891	40
Steers	—	Medium 1Fleshy	696	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	870	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	131.89/cwt	130.00–135.00	936	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	713	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	952	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	137.81/cwt	134.50–140.25	996	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	749	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	936	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	767	143.47/cwt	140.50–146.00	1,100	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	143.63/cwt	129.00–145.10	1,132	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	821	136.30/cwt	130.00–141.00	1,119	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	824	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,071	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	886	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,178	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	913	134.36/cwt	133.00–135.50	1,227	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	326	135.60/cwt	135.00–136.00	442	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	141.86/cwt	141.00–142.50	478	7
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	346	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	415	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	139.19/cwt	135.00–142.00	525	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	145.61/cwt	143.00–147.50	561	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	414	125.61/cwt	125.00–126.00	520	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	140.34/cwt	133.00–145.00	594	68
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	127.19/cwt	124.00–130.00	551	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	136.30/cwt	129.00–142.50	647	71
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	487	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	628	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	127.68/cwt	125.00–131.00	627	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	518	119.81/cwt	119.00–120.00	621	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	519	115.37/cwt	110.00–122.00	599	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	132.21/cwt	127.00–137.00	693	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	526	128.97/cwt	125.00–131.00	678	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	527	127.68/cwt	125.00–132.50	673	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	132.00/cwt	129.50–136.00	750	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	123.48/cwt	120.00–130.00	710	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	124.79/cwt	123.00–129.00	723	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	613	121.16/cwt	120.50–122.00	743	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	120.82/cwt	118.00–123.00	744	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	127.95/cwt	123.00–131.50	797	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	626	124.53/cwt	120.00–127.00	780	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	656	115.43/cwt	115.00–116.00	757	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	125.53/cwt	124.00–128.00	839	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	118.37/cwt	114.00–120.00	791	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	689	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	806	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	692	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	855	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	711	122.91/cwt	120.00–126.50	874	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Replacement	713	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	913	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	724	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	796	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	948	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	935	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	755	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	982	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	793	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	944	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	834	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,026	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	992	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	371	163.79/cwt	157.00–167.00	608	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	143.53/cwt	140.00–149.00	611	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	431	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	659	8
Bulls	—	Large 1	437	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	577	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	135.40/cwt	135.00–136.00	627	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	152.27/cwt	151.00–154.00	713	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	130.77/cwt	125.00–135.00	684	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	134.64/cwt	129.00–141.00	774	48
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	579	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	735	7
Bulls	—	Large 1	599	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	743	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	607	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	777	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	609	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	786	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	619	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	799	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	789	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	698	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	789	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	752	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	887	12

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 Dec 4, 2019

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Receipts 2,409Last week 555Year ago 2,636

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	724	110.00	110.00
4	—	346	120.00	120.00
7	—	519	110.00–122.00	115.37
6	—	487	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	623	123.00–131.50	127.95
68	—	423	133.00–145.00	140.34
55	—	524	127.00–137.00	132.21
7	—	337	141.00–142.50	141.86
38	—	668	124.00–128.00	125.53
22	—	568	129.50–136.00	132.00
15	—	732	129.50	129.50
12	—	385	143.00–147.50	145.61
8	—	834	123.00	123.00
4	—	751	124.50	124.50
71	—	475	129.00–142.50	136.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	616	118.00–123.00	120.82
9	—	711	120.00–126.50	122.91
4	—	863	115.00	115.00
53	—	575	120.00–130.00	123.48
28	—	491	125.00–131.00	127.68
34	—	527	125.00–132.50	127.68
22	—	377	135.00–142.00	139.19
18	—	433	124.00–130.00	127.19
13	—	668	114.00–120.00	118.37
3	—	793	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	656	115.00–116.00	115.43
8	—	414	125.00–126.00	125.61
5	—	518	119.00–120.00	119.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	692	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	613	120.50–122.00	121.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	526	125.00–131.00	128.97
28	—	579	123.00–129.00	124.79
13	—	626	120.00–127.00	124.53
4	—	689	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	326	135.00–136.00	135.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	713	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	755	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	139.00	139.00
6	—	713	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	710	130.00–135.00	131.89
51	—	788	129.00–145.10	143.63
40	—	677	125.00–134.50	131.58
32	—	520	139.00–148.50	143.62
31	—	573	130.50–145.50	136.73
18	—	466	142.00–154.50	148.71
13	—	628	133.00–135.50	134.65
6	—	824	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	723	134.50–140.25	137.81
59	—	671	134.50–141.00	136.90
15	—	417	161.00–177.00	169.07
86	—	573	142.75–152.50	146.11
11	—	913	133.00–135.50	134.36
4	—	886	133.00	133.00
73	—	474	152.00–170.00	161.21
52	—	767	140.50–146.00	143.47
49	—	514	147.00–164.00	155.60
44	—	626	138.50–147.50	143.87
15	—	821	130.00–141.00	136.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	696	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	672	125.00–131.50	129.62
6	—	635	139.00–140.00	139.50
4	—	749	125.00	125.00
52	—	563	133.00–148.00	143.54
29	—	520	143.00–147.50	146.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	623	125.00–133.50	128.07
5	—	531	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	609	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	575	129.00–141.00	134.64
18	—	468	151.00–154.00	152.27
9	—	371	157.00–167.00	163.79
8	—	431	153.00	153.00
12	—	752	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	599	124.00	124.00
9	—	437	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	677	115.00–118.00	116.49
4	—	609	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	619	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	579	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	426	140.00–149.00	143.53
11	—	523	125.00–135.00	130.77
5	—	463	135.00–136.00	135.40
3	—	607	128.00	128.00
4	—	698	113.00	113.00

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.