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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Aug 26

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Aug 19Aug 26Sep 2 →

Receipts

1,491 head

▼ 294 vs last sale 1,785▼ 202 vs year ago 1,693 · −11.9%

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 600 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, heifers under 600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, steers and heifers over 600 lbs not well tested, undertone lower. Holsteins comparing a limited test to a limited test two weeks ago, undertone higher. Demand and supply moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.13/cwt on 399 head.

Average price

$133.13

399 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$718

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$332

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 3

$24.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.04

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	134.67	748	217
Medium and Large 1-2	530	132.18	700	156
Large 1	562	130.57	734	7thin
Medium and Large 2	431	127.07	548	16thin
Medium 3	378	110.00	416	3thin

One grade step is worth $24.67/cwt here — about $332 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 sale399 hd

133.13

—

MO average17 barns · 7,537 hd

137.17

−4.04

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

Every lot

98 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	356	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	651	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	366	145.08/cwt	140.00–150.00	531	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Full	407	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	570	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	642	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	160.38/cwt	151.00–164.00	685	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	156.89/cwt	154.00–163.00	722	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	461	146.14/cwt	140.00–152.00	674	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	650	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	511	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	754	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	155.20/cwt	150.00–157.00	810	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	148.36/cwt	145.00–150.00	786	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	534	146.93/cwt	146.50–149.50	785	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	560	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	862	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	147.69/cwt	142.50–153.00	830	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	151.07/cwt	148.00–153.50	876	11
Steers	—	Large 1	617	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	802	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	798	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	139.81/cwt	135.00–144.50	882	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	638	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	893	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	915	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	947	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	135.08/cwt	132.00–137.00	920	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	683	143.43/cwt	143.00–144.00	980	7
Steers	—	Medium 3	706	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	628	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	142.56/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,034	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	743	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,018	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	136.89/cwt	134.00–137.50	1,131	15
Steers	—	Large 1	842	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,053	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,248	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	361	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	158.51/cwt	153.50–166.00	514	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	333	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	416	3
Heifers	—	Medium 3	378	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	416	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	156.94/cwt	154.00–161.00	600	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	531	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	387	143.51/cwt	142.00–145.00	555	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	418	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	585	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	137.67/cwt	135.00–141.00	589	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	152.25/cwt	144.00–155.00	662	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	123.36/cwt	120.00–125.00	577	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	132.59/cwt	125.00–138.00	622	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	140.27/cwt	138.00–146.00	663	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	631	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	519	132.03/cwt	130.00–132.50	685	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	124.64/cwt	124.00–126.00	656	9
Heifers	—	Large 1	529	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	693	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	133.90/cwt	132.00–136.50	722	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	137.75/cwt	136.00–138.00	747	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	552	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	715	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	557	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	710	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	559	131.97/cwt	131.00–133.00	738	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	592	136.74/cwt	134.00–139.00	810	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600	123.25/cwt	120.00–124.25	740	17
Heifers	—	Large 1	607	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	789	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	842	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	127.47/cwt	125.00–130.00	812	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	128.41/cwt	127.00–129.00	868	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	132.20/cwt	131.00–134.00	899	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	701	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	806	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	127.83/cwt	123.00–129.50	914	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	795	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	922	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	976	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	934	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	347	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	555	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	376	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	624	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	391	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	567	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	397	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	572	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	416	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	547	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	609	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	434	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	543	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	473	139.40/cwt	139.00–140.00	659	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	138.59/cwt	137.00–139.00	672	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	496	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	635	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	127.36/cwt	125.00–130.00	658	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	526	138.12/cwt	138.00–139.00	727	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	528	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	739	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	568	136.51/cwt	134.00–139.00	775	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	127.65/cwt	125.00–134.00	728	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	128.55/cwt	123.00–132.00	782	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	123.45/cwt	119.00–130.50	765	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	630	124.36/cwt	120.00–126.00	783	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	121.82/cwt	121.00–122.00	819	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	693	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	728	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers15 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	331	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	265	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	389	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	327	9
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	414	88.15/cwt	84.00–90.00	365	10
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3-4Thin Fleshed	431	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	323	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	468	88.12/cwt	87.00–90.00	412	8
Dairy Steers	—	Medium 3	487	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	365	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	525	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	431	8
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	638	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	574	18
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	689	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	586	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	729	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	634	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	752	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	602	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	833	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	783	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	925	83.41/cwt	75.00–91.50	772	14
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,037	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	726	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,051	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	736	4

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 Aug 26, 2020

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Receipts 1,491Last week 1,785Year ago 1,693

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	552	129.50	129.50
9	—	526	124.00–126.00	124.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	324	153.50–166.00	158.51
16	—	542	136.00–138.00	137.75
17	—	680	131.00–134.00	132.20
24	—	592	134.00–139.00	136.74
36	—	473	138.00–146.00	140.27
8	—	929	100.50	100.50
6	—	382	154.00–161.00	156.94
12	—	435	144.00–155.00	152.25
3	—	633	133.00	133.00
11	—	715	123.00–129.50	127.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	600	120.00–124.25	123.25
50	—	519	130.00–132.50	132.03
5	—	557	127.50	127.50
4	—	701	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	637	125.00–130.00	127.47
12	—	676	127.00–129.00	128.41
14	—	428	135.00–141.00	137.67
3	—	278	130.00	130.00
25	—	469	125.00–138.00	132.59
3	—	795	116.00	116.00
6	—	387	142.00–145.00	143.51
33	—	559	131.00–133.00	131.97
3	—	827	118.00	118.00
27	—	539	132.00–136.50	133.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	418	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	333	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	607	130.00	130.00
4	—	529	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	517	122.00	122.00
4	—	385	138.00	138.00
6	—	468	120.00–125.00	123.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	378	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	130.00	130.00
3	—	842	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	683	143.00–144.00	143.43
27	—	460	154.00–163.00	156.89
7	—	427	151.00–164.00	160.38
15	—	826	134.00–137.50	136.89
11	—	580	148.00–153.50	151.07
11	—	725	140.00–144.00	142.56
13	—	642	142.50	142.50
4	—	356	183.00	183.00
5	—	960	130.00	130.00
14	—	522	150.00–157.00	155.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	743	137.00	137.00
3	—	638	140.00	140.00
27	—	681	132.00–137.00	135.08
7	—	425	151.00	151.00
13	—	461	140.00–152.00	146.14
17	—	530	145.00–150.00	148.36
27	—	562	142.50–153.00	147.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	511	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	407	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	674	140.50	140.50
21	—	534	146.50–149.50	146.93
27	—	631	135.00–144.50	139.81
47	—	560	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	366	140.00–150.00	145.08
6	—	483	134.50	134.50
6	—	628	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	706	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,051	70.00	70.00
7	—	1,037	70.00	70.00
3	—	833	94.00	94.00
14	—	925	75.00–91.50	83.41
8	—	468	87.00–90.00	88.12
5	—	729	87.00	87.00
18	—	638	90.00	90.00
8	—	525	82.00	82.00
5	—	752	80.00	80.00
9	—	389	84.00	84.00
6	—	689	85.00	85.00
7	—	331	80.00	80.00
10	—	414	84.00–90.00	88.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Medium 3-4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	431	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	376	166.00	166.00
3	—	693	105.00	105.00
5	—	473	139.00–140.00	139.40
8	—	526	138.00–139.00	138.12
14	—	568	134.00–139.00	136.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	137.00–139.00	138.59
7	—	517	125.00–130.00	127.36
8	—	426	143.00	143.00
8	—	608	123.00–132.00	128.55
14	—	570	125.00–134.00	127.65
9	—	397	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	347	160.00	160.00
14	—	528	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	434	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	630	120.00–126.00	124.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	391	145.00	145.00
6	—	496	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	672	121.00–122.00	121.82
5	—	620	119.00–130.50	123.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	416	131.50	131.50

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.