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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2020-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Dec 2

● Final88 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Nov 18Dec 2Dec 9 →

Receipts

2,726 head

▲ 189 vs last sale 2,537▲ 317 vs year ago 2,409 · +13.2%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Nov 2, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The feeder cattle sale was not reported last week, compared to two weeks ago, steers under 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, over 700 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower, heifers (all weights) steady to 4.00 lower. Demand moderate to good, supply heavy.

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 $142.43/cwt on 959 head.

Average price

$142.43

959 head · 615 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$8.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.42

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	638	143.71	917	668
Medium and Large 1-2	564	140.26	791	247
Medium and Large 2	534	135.03	721	28
Medium 1-2	545	135.00	736	16thin

One grade step is worth $8.71/cwt here — about $182 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 sale959 hd

142.43

—

MO average15 barns · 17,149 hd

144.84

−2.42

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

Every lot

88 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	322	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	560	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	322	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	496	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	368	180.59/cwt	172.00–185.00	665	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	155.80/cwt	154.00–157.00	590	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	391	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	704	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	171.91/cwt	167.00–175.00	729	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	440	160.35/cwt	157.00–165.00	706	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	454	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	681	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	455	158.20/cwt	156.00–160.00	720	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	462	141.80/cwt	136.00–146.00	655	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	163.31/cwt	157.00–168.50	759	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	148.66/cwt	140.00–160.00	709	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	522	145.24/cwt	140.00–156.00	758	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	153.32/cwt	145.00–159.50	802	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	528	130.59/cwt	130.00–131.00	690	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	158.17/cwt	151.50–163.50	841	45
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	545	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	736	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	136.22/cwt	130.00–142.00	781	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	577	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	750	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	149.40/cwt	146.00–153.00	868	92
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	584	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	829	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	588	129.96/cwt	129.50–131.00	764	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	134.37/cwt	130.50–138.00	837	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	624	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	811	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	147.10/cwt	136.50–150.50	922	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	134.03/cwt	130.00–138.00	847	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	662	127.92/cwt	124.50–130.00	847	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	129.37/cwt	125.00–130.50	868	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	138.31/cwt	132.00–144.00	932	105
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	712	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	890	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	133.34/cwt	131.00–135.00	968	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	773	135.38/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,046	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	127.82/cwt	126.00–132.00	988	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	812	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,015	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	134.31/cwt	132.00–135.50	1,116	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,109	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	251	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	371	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	152.21/cwt	149.00–153.00	510	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	343	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	518	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	354	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	489	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	358	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	448	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	367	143.12/cwt	139.00–146.00	525	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	145.50/cwt	139.00–149.00	551	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	413	139.27/cwt	133.00–145.00	575	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	146.33/cwt	139.00–148.50	619	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	437	126.62/cwt	125.00–134.00	553	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	124.36/cwt	120.00–126.00	543	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	467	120.12/cwt	120.00–121.00	561	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	136.79/cwt	122.50–144.00	643	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	140.98/cwt	130.00–147.00	667	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	127.27/cwt	120.00–130.00	612	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	561	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	590	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	125.70/cwt	115.00–133.00	657	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	131.69/cwt	120.50–136.00	706	100
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	540	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	621	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	548	122.29/cwt	120.00–123.00	670	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	554	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	648	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	119.89/cwt	116.50–126.50	683	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	120.42/cwt	119.00–122.50	691	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	575	116.92/cwt	115.00–118.00	672	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	581	125.15/cwt	120.00–129.00	727	111
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	601	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	661	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	116.75/cwt	115.00–118.00	706	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	119.32/cwt	115.00–121.50	734	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	123.27/cwt	120.00–126.00	762	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	117.56/cwt	115.00–120.00	732	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	624	113.34/cwt	110.00–115.00	707	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	116.08/cwt	115.00–118.50	774	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	767	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	682	123.32/cwt	115.00–132.50	841	42
Heifers	—	Medium 1	682	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	835	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	118.84/cwt	117.00–120.00	852	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	749	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	824	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	119.10/cwt	117.00–119.75	918	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,110	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	395	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	604	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	427	148.87/cwt	145.50–159.00	636	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	458	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	641	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	482	143.08/cwt	140.00–150.00	690	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	506	134.01/cwt	130.00–139.00	678	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	517	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	729	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	530	140.68/cwt	135.50–155.00	746	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	129.60/cwt	129.00–130.00	731	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	582	133.04/cwt	130.50–141.00	774	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	770	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	663	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	892	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	789	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 Dec 2, 2020

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

Receipts 2,726Last week 2,537Year ago 2,409

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	726	131.00–135.00	133.34
50	—	773	132.00–138.00	135.38
92	—	581	146.00–153.00	149.40
95	—	627	136.50–150.50	147.10
105	—	674	132.00–144.00	138.31
4	—	860	129.00	129.00
10	—	465	157.00–168.50	163.31
3	—	322	174.00	174.00
52	—	831	132.00–135.50	134.31
45	—	532	151.50–163.50	158.17
17	—	424	167.00–175.00	171.91
3	—	368	172.00–185.00	180.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	391	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	712	125.00	125.00
9	—	455	156.00–160.00	158.20
43	—	662	124.50–130.00	127.92
7	—	584	142.00	142.00
40	—	523	145.00–159.50	153.32
22	—	623	130.50–138.00	134.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	624	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	545	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	588	129.50–131.00	129.96
12	—	462	136.00–146.00	141.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	632	130.00–138.00	134.03
39	—	522	140.00–156.00	145.24
3	—	812	125.00	125.00
5	—	379	154.00–157.00	155.80
5	—	322	154.00	154.00
48	—	573	130.00–142.00	136.22
10	—	671	125.00–130.50	129.37
16	—	440	157.00–165.00	160.35
22	—	773	126.00–132.00	127.82
39	—	477	140.00–160.00	148.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	577	130.00	130.00
5	—	528	130.00–131.00	130.59
4	—	454	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	379	139.00–149.00	145.50
21	—	717	117.00–120.00	118.84
13	—	771	117.00–119.75	119.10
41	—	473	130.00–147.00	140.98
5	—	335	149.00–153.00	152.21
22	—	423	139.00–148.50	146.33
32	—	618	120.00–126.00	123.27
100	—	536	120.50–136.00	131.69
111	—	581	120.00–129.00	125.15
42	—	682	115.00–132.50	123.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	367	139.00–146.00	143.12
9	—	343	151.00	151.00
4	—	251	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	413	133.00–145.00	139.27
21	—	548	120.00–123.00	122.29
36	—	470	122.50–144.00	136.79
31	—	615	115.00–121.50	119.32
25	—	574	119.00–122.50	120.42
5	—	667	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	601	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	682	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	623	115.00–120.00	117.56
5	—	749	110.00	110.00
51	—	570	116.50–126.50	119.89
36	—	481	120.00–130.00	127.27
8	—	437	125.00–134.00	126.62
10	—	667	115.00–118.50	116.08
51	—	523	115.00–133.00	125.70
4	—	354	138.00	138.00
12	—	955	116.25	116.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	358	125.00	125.00
7	—	513	115.00	115.00
20	—	437	120.00–126.00	124.36
8	—	488	115.00	115.00
4	—	605	115.00–118.00	116.75
4	—	554	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	575	115.00–118.00	116.92
7	—	540	115.00	115.00
8	—	467	120.00–121.00	120.12
6	—	624	110.00–115.00	113.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	129.00–130.00	129.60
7	—	506	130.00–139.00	134.01
11	—	642	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	674	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	663	134.50	134.50
5	—	482	140.00–150.00	143.08
16	—	530	135.50–155.00	140.68
12	—	582	130.50–141.00	133.04
6	—	427	145.50–159.00	148.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	395	153.00	153.00
3	—	458	140.00	140.00
5	—	517	141.00	141.00

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.