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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Apr 15

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Apr 8Apr 15Apr 22 →

Receipts

1,477 head

▲ 325 vs last sale 1,152▼ 239 vs year ago 1,716 · −13.9%

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 under 450 lbs steady, 450 to 550 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, 550 to 700 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, no recent test over 700 lbs for a price comparison, heifers steady. Demand and 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 $155.30/cwt on 765 head.

Average price

$155.30

765 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$845

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$31.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.95

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	157.08	856	628
Medium and Large 1-2	552	148.25	819	127
Medium 1-2	334	140.00	468	5thin
Medium 2-3	463	126.00	583	5thin

One grade step is worth $31.08/cwt here — about $272 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 sale765 hd

155.30

—

MO average15 barns · 6,285 hd

141.35

+13.95

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	281	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	570	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	178.21/cwt	174.00–186.00	595	9
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	334	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	468	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	175.07/cwt	167.00–179.00	660	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	385	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	581	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	161.83/cwt	154.00–162.50	655	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	170.42/cwt	161.00–175.00	719	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	459	159.35/cwt	145.00–165.00	731	19
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	463	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	583	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	145.81/cwt	140.00–155.00	700	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	168.70/cwt	153.50–174.00	818	164
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	160.75/cwt	160.75–160.75	820	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	170.62/cwt	153.50–174.75	877	124
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	154.00/cwt	147.50–159.25	799	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	147.84/cwt	144.50–156.50	855	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	589	132.12/cwt	127.00–133.25	778	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	610	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	808	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	139.57/cwt	136.50–144.50	876	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	138.13/cwt	133.25–142.00	923	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	126.15/cwt	120.00–131.25	916	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	788	120.00/cwt	119.00–121.00	946	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	801	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	881	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	840	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	991	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	861	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	861	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	254	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	380	7
Heifers	—	Large 1	291	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	393	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	143.38/cwt	142.00–147.00	538	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	379	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	493	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	540	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	135.94/cwt	132.00–138.00	561	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	426	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	571	4
Heifers	—	Large 1	429	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	558	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	140.83/cwt	137.00–146.50	610	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	440	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	550	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	133.72/cwt	132.00–139.00	622	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	128.98/cwt	125.00–133.00	615	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	477	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	577	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	127.60/cwt	125.00–130.00	614	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	122.80/cwt	121.50–125.00	625	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	129.16/cwt	125.00–136.50	683	35
Heifers	—	Large 1	558	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	711	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	125.31/cwt	124.50–127.00	728	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	116.86/cwt	110.00–120.00	685	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	731	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	792	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	736	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	744	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	727	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	742	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	808	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	836	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	853	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	840	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 1	362	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	538	6
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	427	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	551	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	434	160.62/cwt	157.00–163.00	697	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	463	144.89/cwt	140.00–146.50	671	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	651	5
Bulls	—	Large 1	468	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	674	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	517	137.83/cwt	135.00–140.00	713	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	133.08/cwt	125.00–136.00	749	6
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2Thin Fleshed	594	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	713	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	696	3
Bulls	—	Large 1	699	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	783	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	721	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	782	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	869	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	773	4
Bulls	—	Large 1	944	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	802	6
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	662	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	410	5

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

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Receipts 1,477Last week 1,152Year ago 1,716

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	517	135.00–140.00	137.83
4	—	869	89.00	89.00
16	—	463	140.00–146.50	144.89
5	—	434	157.00–163.00	160.62
6	—	563	125.00–136.00	133.08
4	—	721	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	427	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	468	144.00	144.00
6	—	944	85.00	85.00
9	—	699	112.00	112.00
6	—	362	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	594	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	510	160.75	160.75
8	—	861	100.00	100.00
20	—	801	110.00	110.00
25	—	405	154.00–162.50	161.83
5	—	480	140.00–155.00	145.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	459	145.00–165.00	159.35
31	—	519	147.50–159.25	154.00
3	—	610	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	485	153.50–174.00	168.70
55	—	578	144.50–156.50	147.84
25	—	422	161.00–175.00	170.42
9	—	334	174.00–186.00	178.21
69	—	668	133.25–142.00	138.13
26	—	788	119.00–121.00	120.00
21	—	377	167.00–179.00	175.07
124	—	514	153.50–174.75	170.62
30	—	726	120.00–131.25	126.15
22	—	628	136.50–144.50	139.57
6	—	840	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	463	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	385	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	281	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	589	127.00–133.25	132.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	334	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	380	142.00	142.00
13	—	586	110.00–120.00	116.86
4	—	676	110.00	110.00
3	—	727	102.00	102.00
20	—	477	125.00–133.00	128.98
8	—	413	132.00–138.00	135.94
3	—	853	98.50	98.50
8	—	509	121.50–125.00	122.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	426	134.00	134.00
11	—	592	123.50	123.50
28	—	481	125.00–130.00	127.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	465	132.00–139.00	133.72
8	—	626	126.50	126.50
35	—	529	125.00–136.50	129.16
18	—	581	124.50–127.00	125.31
3	—	808	103.50	103.50
43	—	433	137.00–146.50	140.83
21	—	375	142.00–147.00	143.38
4	—	666	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	558	127.50	127.50
4	—	291	135.00	135.00
4	—	429	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	254	149.50	149.50
6	—	379	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	662	62.00	62.00

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.