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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 8

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Receipts

1,152 head

▼ 242 vs last sale 1,394▼ 836 vs year ago 1,988 · −42.1%

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 steady to 5.00 higher, heifers steady, no recent test of Holsteins for a good price comparison, undertone higher. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate.

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 $156.76/cwt on 218 head.

Average price

$156.76

218 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$849

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$102

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$18.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.73

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	159.74	844	171
Medium and Large 1-2	568	147.11	835	38
Large 1	672	140.83	947	9thin

One grade step is worth $18.91/cwt here — about −$102 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 sale218 hd

156.76

—

MO average15 barns · 8,128 hd

139.03

+17.73

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

Every lot

65 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	179.81/cwt	170.00–190.00	577	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	167.94/cwt	165.00–175.00	610	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	177.04/cwt	168.00–182.50	763	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	444	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	710	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	446	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	758	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	159.33/cwt	155.00–171.00	763	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	521	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	789	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	167.81/cwt	167.00–168.50	876	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	149.63/cwt	140.00–156.50	787	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	891	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	837	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	152.75/cwt	147.00–158.00	938	31
Steers	—	Large 1	621	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	900	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	139.37/cwt	138.50–140.00	875	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	887	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	141.76/cwt	136.50–145.00	971	18
Steers	—	Large 1	713	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	980	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	989	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,038	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	976	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	310	142.60/cwt	142.00–143.00	442	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	319	132.15/cwt	129.00–135.00	422	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	141.62/cwt	136.00–149.50	521	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	125.88/cwt	123.00–129.00	472	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	399	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	557	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	423	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	632	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	141.69/cwt	139.00–146.00	602	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	134.34/cwt	126.00–137.00	574	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	126.53/cwt	120.00–130.00	595	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	131.27/cwt	129.00–134.50	627	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	490	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	571	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	506	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	633	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	123.84/cwt	116.00–128.50	648	23
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	535	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	589	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	118.69/cwt	116.00–122.50	681	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	580	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	644	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	123.76/cwt	123.00–126.50	722	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	119.30/cwt	118.50–120.50	716	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	669	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	779	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	822	7
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	732	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	615	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	783	93.51/cwt	90.00–96.00	732	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	305	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	470	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	142.98/cwt	140.00–144.00	542	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	429	162.67/cwt	160.00–168.00	698	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	469	149.51/cwt	148.00–150.00	701	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	131.80/cwt	129.00–133.00	625	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	533	141.79/cwt	138.00–144.50	756	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	567	137.18/cwt	122.00–148.50	778	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	107.29/cwt	100.00–115.00	672	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	657	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	795	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	113.74/cwt	113.50–114.00	819	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	107.47/cwt	100.00–110.00	779	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	846	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	812	9
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers11 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	371	93.75/cwt	92.00–95.00	348	15
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	498	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	443	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	505	90.10/cwt	88.00–92.00	455	20
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	578	85.84/cwt	80.00–89.50	496	49
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	613	81.50/cwt	79.00–84.00	500	23
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	680	80.90/cwt	75.00–82.00	550	25
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	714	82.62/cwt	80.00–83.50	590	36
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	769	81.39/cwt	81.00–83.00	626	10
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	829	79.75/cwt	79.75–79.75	661	43
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	918	80.50/cwt	80.50–80.50	739	32
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,039	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	810	15

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 Apr 8, 2020

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

Receipts 1,152Last week 1,394Year ago 1,988

Compared to last week, steers steady to 5.00 higher, heifers steady, no recent test of Holsteins for a good price comparison, undertone higher. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	110.00	110.00
5	—	732	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	310	142.00–143.00	142.60
25	—	368	136.00–149.50	141.62
27	—	425	139.00–146.00	141.69
9	—	583	123.00–126.50	123.76
24	—	478	129.00–134.50	131.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	470	120.00–130.00	126.53
7	—	718	114.50	114.50
6	—	783	90.00–96.00	93.51
23	—	523	116.00–128.50	123.84
8	—	427	126.00–137.00	134.34
7	—	574	116.00–122.50	118.69
5	—	375	123.00–129.00	125.88
9	—	319	129.00–135.00	132.15
7	—	669	116.50	116.50
5	—	600	118.50–120.50	119.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	490	116.50	116.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	149.50	149.50
10	—	399	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	506	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	626	100.00–115.00	107.29
3	—	305	154.00	154.00
4	—	725	100.00–110.00	107.47
3	—	575	120.00	120.00
5	—	474	129.00–133.00	131.80
4	—	379	140.00–144.00	142.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	846	96.00	96.00
4	—	429	160.00–168.00	162.67
16	—	533	138.00–144.50	141.79
4	—	469	148.00–150.00	149.51
20	—	567	122.00–148.50	137.18
4	—	720	113.50–114.00	113.74
3	—	657	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	714	80.00–83.50	82.62
23	—	613	79.00–84.00	81.50
15	—	371	92.00–95.00	93.75
43	—	829	79.75	79.75
25	—	680	75.00–82.00	80.90
15	—	1,039	78.00	78.00
7	—	498	89.00	89.00
49	—	578	80.00–89.50	85.84
32	—	918	80.50	80.50
20	—	505	88.00–92.00	90.10
10	—	769	81.00–83.00	81.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	446	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	145.00	145.00
11	—	526	140.00–156.50	149.63
17	—	628	138.50–140.00	139.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	614	147.00–158.00	152.75
12	—	363	165.00–175.00	167.94
5	—	1,038	94.00	94.00
40	—	431	168.00–182.50	177.04
16	—	522	167.00–168.50	167.81
10	—	479	155.00–171.00	159.33
5	—	575	155.00	155.00
18	—	685	136.50–145.00	141.76
12	—	321	170.00–190.00	179.81
5	—	779	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	521	151.50	151.50
3	—	650	136.50	136.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	621	145.00	145.00
5	—	713	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	444	160.00	160.00

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.