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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2021-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-17

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Nov 17

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

1,519 head

▼ 1,170 vs last sale 2,689▼ 1,018 vs year ago 2,537 · −40.1%

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, feeder steers under 700 lbs. sold steady while steers over 700 lbs. sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Quality long weaned yearling cattle were scarce compared to last weeks large run. Supply of all feeder classes was moderate to heavy and demand was moderate on quality cattle and moderate to light on calves.

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 $132.09/cwt on 483 head.

Average price

$132.09

483 head · 586 lb average

Value per head Derived

$774

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$206

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

$30.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.97

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	581	140.78	819	171
Medium and Large 1-2	589	130.75	770	249
Large 1	859	128.50	1,104	4thin
Large 1-2	788	118.37	933	11thin
Large 2	397	115.83	460	12thin
Medium and Large 2	557	110.11	613	36

One grade step is worth $30.67/cwt here — about $206 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 sale483 hd

132.09

—

MO average17 barns · 9,440 hd

143.06

−10.97

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

Every lot

87 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 1-2	314	174.33/cwt	172.00–176.00	547	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	158.79/cwt	158.00–160.00	584	5
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	389	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	455	6
Steers	—	Large 2	396	105.59/cwt	105.00–110.00	418	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	567	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	420	156.38/cwt	155.00–160.00	657	20
Steers	—	Large 2	420	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	403	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	452	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	669	5
Steers	—	Large 2	462	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	485	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	152.98/cwt	145.00–162.00	714	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	136.00/cwt	135.00–137.00	660	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	495	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	903	15
Steers	—	Large 2	523	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	549	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	163.29/cwt	157.00–174.00	862	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	532	153.50/cwt	140.00–156.00	817	38
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	558	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	653	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	154.30/cwt	154.00–154.50	890	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	147.96/cwt	140.00–153.00	861	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	612	163.12/cwt	162.00–164.00	998	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	146.05/cwt	145.00–147.00	903	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	121.79/cwt	120.00–129.00	753	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	155.21/cwt	154.00–157.00	965	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	147.04/cwt	139.00–150.00	918	41
Steers	—	Large 1	640	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	979	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	653	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,061	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	148.99/cwt	145.00–157.00	976	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	137.62/cwt	130.00–142.00	912	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	156.47/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,120	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	147.41/cwt	139.00–151.00	1,081	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	145.73/cwt	136.00–149.00	1,122	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	794	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,223	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,251	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,329	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	933	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,344	6
Steers	—	Large 1-2	995	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,164	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Large 2	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	137.62/cwt	135.00–146.00	519	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	116.26/cwt	110.00–125.00	441	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	151.14/cwt	148.00–156.00	594	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	416	111.46/cwt	100.00–120.00	464	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	424	135.72/cwt	125.00–140.00	575	16
Heifers	—	Large 2	428	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	471	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	436	141.31/cwt	141.00–144.00	616	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	132.05/cwt	125.00–136.00	631	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	480	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	667	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	105.78/cwt	100.00–114.00	508	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	524	128.32/cwt	120.00–133.00	672	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	531	110.71/cwt	91.00–120.00	588	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	536	140.68/cwt	137.00–149.00	754	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	705	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	131.98/cwt	120.00–136.00	756	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	140.96/cwt	137.00–148.00	813	39
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	770	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	612	141.99/cwt	138.00–147.00	869	10
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	129.20/cwt	123.00–133.00	806	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	127.78/cwt	120.00–134.00	840	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	142.51/cwt	138.00–147.00	952	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	110.44/cwt	95.00–118.00	784	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	129.84/cwt	119.50–138.50	939	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,051	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	129.76/cwt	115.00–138.00	985	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	803	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,072	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	859	6
Heifers	—	Large 1	859	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,104	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	871	128.92/cwt	126.00–129.50	1,123	12
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	933	117.01/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,092	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	526	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	383	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	666	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	412	120.01/cwt	110.00–130.00	494	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	145.62/cwt	145.00–149.00	638	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	482	129.17/cwt	129.00–130.00	623	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	141.40/cwt	133.00–147.00	686	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	517	130.20/cwt	123.00–138.00	673	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	552	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	803	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	569	133.95/cwt	120.00–140.00	762	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	598	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	676	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	134.81/cwt	120.00–139.00	820	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	608	101.49/cwt	100.00–105.00	617	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	873	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	129.83/cwt	124.00–141.00	861	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	129.32/cwt	122.00–140.00	935	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	126.31/cwt	126.00–128.00	962	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	803	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	803	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	804	119.80/cwt	119.00–120.00	963	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	942	101.25/cwt	101.25–101.25	954	53

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 Nov 17, 2021

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

Receipts 1,519Last week 2,689Year ago 2,537

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	528	157.00–174.00	163.29
11	—	655	145.00–157.00	148.99
5	—	863	154.00	154.00
5	—	810	154.50	154.50
16	—	716	153.00–160.00	156.47
10	—	577	154.00–154.50	154.30
20	—	622	154.00–157.00	155.21
4	—	794	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	368	158.00–160.00	158.79
21	—	467	145.00–162.00	152.98
15	—	733	139.00–151.00	147.41
12	—	663	130.00–142.00	137.62
41	—	624	139.00–150.00	147.04
20	—	420	155.00–160.00	156.38
7	—	314	172.00–176.00	174.33
11	—	770	136.00–149.00	145.73
38	—	532	140.00–156.00	153.50
28	—	582	140.00–153.00	147.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	420	96.00	96.00
8	—	396	105.00–110.00	105.59
6	—	462	105.00	105.00
6	—	523	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	135.00–137.00	136.00
6	—	405	140.00	140.00
5	—	618	120.00–129.00	121.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	495	182.50	182.50
9	—	653	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	389	117.00	117.00
5	—	558	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	933	144.00	144.00
7	—	995	117.00	117.00
5	—	452	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	345	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	618	145.00–147.00	146.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	612	162.00–164.00	163.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	640	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	393	148.00–156.00	151.14
16	—	740	142.00	142.00
22	—	536	137.00–149.00	140.68
18	—	436	141.00–144.00	141.31
6	—	803	133.50	133.50
39	—	577	137.00–148.00	140.96
10	—	612	138.00–147.00	141.99
28	—	668	138.00–147.00	142.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	624	123.00–133.00	129.20
15	—	759	115.00–138.00	129.76
37	—	723	119.50–138.50	129.84
39	—	478	125.00–136.00	132.05
12	—	871	126.00–129.50	128.92
42	—	524	120.00–133.00	128.32
16	—	424	125.00–140.00	135.72
14	—	657	120.00–134.00	127.78
13	—	377	135.00–146.00	137.62
32	—	573	120.00–136.00	131.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	933	115.00–119.00	117.01
5	—	615	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	583	132.00	132.00
7	—	536	131.50	131.50
6	—	480	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	480	100.00–114.00	105.78
5	—	379	110.00–125.00	116.26
7	—	531	91.00–120.00	110.71
6	—	710	95.00–118.00	110.44
7	—	416	100.00–120.00	111.46
6	—	810	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	375	120.00	120.00
5	—	428	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	859	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	942	101.25	101.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	569	120.00–140.00	133.95
12	—	517	123.00–138.00	130.20
11	—	723	122.00–140.00	129.32
13	—	485	133.00–147.00	141.40
20	—	663	124.00–141.00	129.83
12	—	608	120.00–139.00	134.81
7	—	363	145.00	145.00
13	—	762	126.00–128.00	126.31
6	—	438	145.00–149.00	145.62
5	—	804	119.00–120.00	119.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	383	174.00	174.00
7	—	552	145.50	145.50
4	—	615	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	803	100.00	100.00
4	—	598	113.00	113.00
10	—	412	110.00–130.00	120.01
6	—	608	100.00–105.00	101.49
6	—	482	129.00–130.00	129.17

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.