Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2020-01-22

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Jan 22
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
728 head
▼ 628 vs last sale 1,356▲ 191 vs year ago 537 · +35.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady on a limited test. Demand moderate, supply light. The Winter Weather Advisory in effect for the trade area curtailed the receipts.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.44/cwt on 240 head.
Average price
$148.44
240 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$924
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.46
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1611151.99929150
Medium and Large 1-2602148.1689139
Large 1671138.2492851
One grade step is worth $13.75/cwt here — about $1 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 sale240 hd
148.44
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MO average18 barns · 10,985 hd
153.90
−5.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1273170.00/cwt170.00–170.004643
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2312156.00/cwt156.00–156.004875
Steers—Large 1390150.00/cwt150.00–150.005857
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2416165.50/cwt165.50–165.506888
Steers—Medium and Large 1447177.00/cwt177.00–177.007913
Steers—Medium and Large 1489171.84/cwt170.75–175.0084014
Steers—Large 1498155.00/cwt155.00–155.007726
Steers—Medium and Large 1511166.55/cwt164.00–167.0085113
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned523156.49/cwt155.50–157.008183
Steers—Large 1550140.00/cwt140.00–140.007704
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned575147.72/cwt147.00–150.008494
Steers—Medium and Large 1578154.60/cwt149.00–158.0089416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588146.83/cwt145.00–149.008636
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned607146.00/cwt146.00–146.008864
Steers—Medium and Large 1610151.34/cwt145.50–154.0092345
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628139.61/cwt138.00–140.008775
Steers—Medium and Large 1666141.99/cwt139.00–144.509469
Steers—Medium and Large 1719138.08/cwt137.00–142.5099325
Steers—Large 1729135.00/cwt135.00–135.0098430
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2778138.43/cwt136.00–139.501,0776
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,1309
Steers—Medium and Large 1808139.62/cwt139.50–140.001,1288
Steers—Medium and Large 1863137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1823
Steers—Large 11,111115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2784
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1290150.00/cwt150.00–150.004353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1320151.87/cwt151.00–153.504866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2340148.73/cwt147.50–150.005066
Heifers—Large 1350146.00/cwt146.00–146.005113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372151.00/cwt151.00–151.005626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1469141.30/cwt138.00–145.5066310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2497136.50/cwt136.50–136.506787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520136.16/cwt129.00–140.0070810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1585129.08/cwt125.00–130.0075512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned603120.00/cwt120.00–120.007243
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625126.82/cwt125.00–127.5079315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628125.49/cwt125.00–127.007884
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670124.09/cwt123.50–126.008317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683123.36/cwt120.00–126.008436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1706131.28/cwt131.00–131.5092716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2380166.00/cwt166.00–166.006313
Bulls—Medium and Large 1446167.78/cwt166.00–168.507487
Bulls—Medium and Large 1539158.00/cwt158.00–158.008528
Bulls—Medium and Large 1581145.69/cwt144.00–147.008467
Bulls—Medium and Large 1815106.00/cwt106.00–106.008643
Bulls—Medium and Large 1921103.00/cwt103.00–103.009494
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers7 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 349670.00/cwt70.00–70.003475
Dairy Steers—Large 358875.00/cwt75.00–75.004413
Dairy Steers—Large 370088.00/cwt88.00–88.0061654
Dairy Steers—Medium and Large 375460.00/cwt60.00–60.0045210
Dairy Steers—Large 386883.75/cwt83.75–83.7572710
Dairy Steers—Large 31,14879.25/cwt79.25–79.259108
Dairy Steers—Large 31,18365.00/cwt65.00–65.007694

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.