Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2020-03-18

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Mar 18

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Receipts

337 head

▼ 481 vs last sale 818▼ 1,649 vs year ago 1,986 · −83.0%

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, too few of any one weight or kind for a good price test, undertone lower. Demand moderate, supply light. Buyers active, just at lower prices.

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 $142.48/cwt on 126 head.

Average price

$142.48

126 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$123

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

$32.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.75

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	468	149.19	698	21
Medium and Large 1	594	143.29	851	95
Medium and Large 2	283	130.00	368	3thin
Large 1	703	116.79	821	7thin

One grade step is worth $32.40/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale126 hd

142.48

—

MO average13 barns · 3,431 hd

134.73

+7.75

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

Every lot

26 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	283	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	368	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	330	155.96/cwt	150.00–158.00	515	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	340	162.80/cwt	159.00–164.00	554	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	353	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	628	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	377	152.92/cwt	150.00–154.00	577	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	423	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	613	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	439	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	632	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	164.56/cwt	164.00–165.00	768	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	754	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	150.55/cwt	148.50–155.00	804	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	783	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	795	3
Steers	—	Large 1	605	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	814	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	749	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	888	8
Steers	—	Large 1	777	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	804	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	111.24/cwt	106.50–114.25	1,010	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,043	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,012	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	129.00/cwt	121.00–135.00	480	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	476	121.01/cwt	118.00–124.00	576	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	595	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	595	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	704	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	608	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	608	3
Heifers	—	Large 1	672	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	685	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	732	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	765	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	142.17/cwt	135.00–147.00	608	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 Mar 18, 2020

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

Receipts 337Last week 818Year ago 1,986

Compared to last week, too few of any one weight or kind for a good price test, undertone lower. Demand moderate, supply light. Buyers active, just at lower prices.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	102.00	102.00
5	—	595	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	607	116.00	116.00
3	—	570	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	476	118.00–124.00	121.01
10	—	372	121.00–135.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	732	104.50	104.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	608	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	777	103.50	103.50
3	—	605	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	498	151.50	151.50
3	—	600	132.50	132.50
5	—	340	159.00–164.00	162.80
4	—	536	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	534	148.50–155.00	150.55
18	—	353	178.00	178.00
8	—	749	118.50	118.50
23	—	908	106.50–114.25	111.24
6	—	1,043	97.00	97.00
18	—	467	164.00–165.00	164.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	439	144.00	144.00
9	—	330	150.00–158.00	155.96
7	—	377	150.00–154.00	152.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	428	135.00–147.00	142.17

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.