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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 21

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

1,581 head

▲ 179 vs last sale 1,402▼ 208 vs year ago 1,789 · −11.6%

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, steer and heifer calves unevenly steady following last week's sharply lower trade, yearlings steady compared to a limited test last week, with a single consignment of two pot loads selling sharply higher . Demand and supply moderate. Several more wean/vac calves and yearlings in the offering than in the previous sale.

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 $135.05/cwt on 722 head.

Average price

$135.05

722 head · 653 lb average

Value per head Derived

$882

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$19.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.33

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	677	138.47	937	484
Medium and Large 1-2	625	128.37	802	196
Medium and Large 2	470	128.16	602	36
Medium 1-2	779	119.00	927	6thin

One grade step is worth $19.47/cwt here — about $10 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 sale722 hd

135.05

—

MO average15 barns · 8,610 hd

138.38

−3.33

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

Every lot

80 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	283	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	388	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	344	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	552	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	358	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	483	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	158.04/cwt	151.00–160.00	651	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	607	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	427	130.75/cwt	130.00–133.00	558	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	132.55/cwt	122.00–140.00	587	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	150.08/cwt	148.00–154.50	704	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	133.44/cwt	130.00–139.00	646	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	493	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	636	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	601	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	131.22/cwt	129.00–136.00	678	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	528	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	676	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	531	124.08/cwt	120.00–130.00	659	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	130.08/cwt	126.00–132.00	745	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	583	137.41/cwt	130.00–142.00	801	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	585	126.25/cwt	123.00–131.00	739	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	595	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	684	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	603	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	706	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	132.14/cwt	130.00–135.00	822	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	758	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	129.28/cwt	122.00–135.50	821	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	641	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	750	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	138.06/cwt	130.00–142.00	929	75
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	684	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	787	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	131.49/cwt	130.00–132.50	903	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	714	130.13/cwt	130.00–130.25	929	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	132.80/cwt	129.00–137.50	976	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	137.81/cwt	127.00–140.85	1,049	197
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	126.56/cwt	125.00–129.00	971	35
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	779	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	927	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	817	131.85/cwt	129.50–134.50	1,077	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	819	119.75/cwt	115.00–126.00	981	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	994	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,133	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	126.97/cwt	122.00–131.00	469	13
Heifers	—	Medium 1	375	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	495	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	407	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	509	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	120.64/cwt	117.00–125.00	531	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	441	110.93/cwt	110.00–115.00	489	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	446	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	611	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	447	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	541	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	126.67/cwt	121.50–129.25	590	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	467	116.91/cwt	112.00–124.00	546	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	479	118.29/cwt	115.00–125.50	567	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	593	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	494	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	529	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	496	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	565	4
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	501	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	556	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	518	112.09/cwt	110.00–115.00	581	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	529	107.89/cwt	105.00–110.00	571	16
Heifers	—	Medium 2-3	534	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	566	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	118.28/cwt	117.50–120.50	639	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	116.71/cwt	110.00–120.00	630	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	553	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	636	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	556	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	731	7
Heifers	—	Medium 1	556	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	278	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	559	112.18/cwt	112.00–112.50	627	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	560	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	655	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	574	121.12/cwt	120.00–122.00	695	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	114.37/cwt	110.00–120.00	661	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	123.52/cwt	123.00–124.00	777	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	747	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	782	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	121.69/cwt	117.00–124.50	809	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	674	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	687	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	707	115.83/cwt	113.00–120.00	819	5
Heifers	—	Medium 1	708	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	566	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	720	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	842	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	771	106.98/cwt	103.00–110.00	825	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	816	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	906	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,016	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	838	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	471	122.22/cwt	120.00–124.00	576	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	572	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	558	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	625	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	561	113.30/cwt	113.00–114.00	636	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	698	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	712	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	826	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	713	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	749	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	897	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	879	3
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Small 4Thin Fleshed	207	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	118	10

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 Oct 21, 2020

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Receipts 1,581Last week 1,402Year ago 1,789

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	358	135.00	135.00
6	—	819	115.00–126.00	119.75
9	—	687	130.00–132.50	131.49
35	—	767	125.00–129.00	126.56
26	—	714	130.00–130.25	130.13
18	—	573	126.00–132.00	130.08
14	—	484	130.00–139.00	133.44
28	—	517	129.00–136.00	131.22
22	—	635	122.00–135.50	129.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	585	123.00–131.00	126.25
5	—	632	120.00	120.00
5	—	420	144.50	144.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	641	117.00	117.00
4	—	427	130.00–133.00	130.75
18	—	531	120.00–130.00	124.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	817	129.50–134.50	131.85
4	—	344	160.50	160.50
17	—	735	129.00–137.50	132.80
75	—	673	130.00–142.00	138.06
10	—	412	151.00–160.00	158.04
44	—	583	130.00–142.00	137.41
9	—	622	130.00–135.00	132.14
197	—	761	127.00–140.85	137.81
6	—	994	114.00	114.00
61	—	469	148.00–154.50	150.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	779	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	603	117.00	117.00
5	—	493	129.00	129.00
3	—	595	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	443	122.00–140.00	132.55
4	—	505	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	528	128.00	128.00
4	—	684	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	897	98.00	98.00
10	—	561	113.00–114.00	113.30
6	—	477	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	671	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	558	112.00	112.00
13	—	471	120.00–124.00	122.22
9	—	712	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	713	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	771	103.00–110.00	106.98
4	—	494	120.00	120.00
13	—	369	122.00–131.00	126.97
5	—	633	118.00	118.00
9	—	540	110.00–120.00	116.71
3	—	553	115.00	115.00
12	—	440	117.00–125.00	120.64
6	—	657	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	578	110.00–120.00	114.37
6	—	479	115.00–125.50	118.29
3	—	447	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	674	102.00	102.00
3	—	407	125.00	125.00
21	—	467	112.00–124.00	116.91
3	—	560	117.00	117.00
8	—	518	110.00–115.00	112.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	446	137.00	137.00
5	—	707	113.00–120.00	115.83
4	—	1,016	82.50	82.50
30	—	466	121.50–129.25	126.67
4	—	629	123.00–124.00	123.52
51	—	540	117.50–120.50	118.28
38	—	574	120.00–122.00	121.12
14	—	665	117.00–124.50	121.69
7	—	816	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	107.00	107.00
4	—	501	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	708	80.00	80.00
7	—	375	132.00	132.00
4	—	556	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	496	114.00	114.00
2	—	720	117.00	117.00
20	—	441	110.00–115.00	110.93
8	—	559	112.00–112.50	112.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	556	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	529	105.00–110.00	107.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	207	57.00	57.00

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.