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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2021-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-15

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Dec 15

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Dec 8Dec 15Dec 22 →

Receipts

2,724 head

▲ 573 vs last sale 2,151▲ 1,641 vs year ago 1,083 · +151.5%

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 and heifers traded mainly steady to 4.00 higher. A heavy supply of feeder cattle this week with several groups of high quality yearling cattle in the offering. Demand was moderate to good.

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 $159.18/cwt on 1,189 head.

Average price

$159.18

1,189 head · 663 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,056

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$394

per head · Large 1 over Medium 2

$77.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.83

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	532	175.50	934	12thin
Medium and Large 1	693	163.38	1,133	723
Medium and Large 1-2	620	155.97	966	390
Large 1-2	768	135.10	1,037	24
Medium and Large 2	515	134.31	692	29
Medium 2	551	97.88	539	11thin

One grade step is worth $77.62/cwt here — about $394 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 sale1,189 hd

159.18

—

MO average16 barns · 16,163 hd

168.02

−8.83

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

Every lot

85 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 2	319	132.49/cwt	130.00–140.00	423	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	187.38/cwt	180.00–197.50	628	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	186.65/cwt	172.00–194.00	704	11
Steers	—	Medium 2	421	91.54/cwt	80.00–100.00	385	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	190.95/cwt	186.00–194.00	808	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	432	169.79/cwt	160.00–178.00	733	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	174.87/cwt	170.00–178.00	841	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	182.25/cwt	181.00–183.00	880	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	509	192.77/cwt	192.50–193.00	981	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	138.33/cwt	130.00–140.00	719	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	163.67/cwt	152.00–169.00	859	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	178.85/cwt	171.00–190.00	946	69
Steers	—	Large 1	532	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	934	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	132.93/cwt	120.00–145.00	764	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	156.13/cwt	150.00–163.00	907	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	166.08/cwt	161.00–169.00	970	86
Steers	—	Large 1-2	629	139.66/cwt	135.00–150.00	878	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	149.01/cwt	145.00–158.00	939	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	633	133.93/cwt	120.00–140.00	848	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	634	166.68/cwt	161.00–171.00	1,057	130
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	655	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,114	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	149.72/cwt	136.00–152.50	987	33
Steers	—	Medium 2	659	103.17/cwt	90.00–110.00	680	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	972	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	158.50/cwt	153.50–167.00	1,070	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	156.00/cwt	152.00–159.00	1,117	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	147.41/cwt	137.00–151.00	1,069	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	762	147.81/cwt	139.00–149.50	1,126	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	783	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	1,131	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	158.27/cwt	150.00–160.50	1,242	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	156.31/cwt	149.50–159.00	1,293	183
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	831	140.24/cwt	135.00–142.00	1,165	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	864	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,270	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	999	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,274	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	322	132.11/cwt	125.00–135.00	425	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	155.96/cwt	153.00–161.00	538	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	366	130.24/cwt	125.00–132.00	477	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	142.94/cwt	139.00–150.00	542	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	164.07/cwt	153.00–166.00	623	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	409	159.65/cwt	152.00–165.00	653	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	143.64/cwt	131.00–147.00	622	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	438	125.09/cwt	120.00–130.00	548	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	117.29/cwt	110.00–125.00	543	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	160.49/cwt	154.00–165.50	756	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	136.38/cwt	130.00–147.00	648	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	693	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	641	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	140.56/cwt	130.00–148.00	738	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	534	157.27/cwt	148.00–164.50	840	77
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	152.03/cwt	148.25–155.00	848	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	139.70/cwt	130.00–148.00	800	93
Heifers	—	Large 1	595	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	904	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	603	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	724	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	617	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	969	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	147.13/cwt	143.00–148.00	915	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	905	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	140.34/cwt	135.00–145.00	876	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	632	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	920	17
Heifers	—	Medium 2	643	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	547	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	145.35/cwt	139.00–147.50	969	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	678	132.82/cwt	121.00–139.00	901	30
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	685	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	966	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	140.62/cwt	135.50–145.50	998	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	129.81/cwt	124.00–134.00	933	6
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	732	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	941	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	754	124.39/cwt	118.00–125.50	938	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,145	19
Heifers	—	Large 1	838	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,156	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	872	116.26/cwt	115.00–120.00	1,014	7
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	940	110.84/cwt	110.00–128.00	1,042	31
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	1,125	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	1,018	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	568	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	350	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	525	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	172.11/cwt	167.00–180.00	625	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	419	141.78/cwt	129.00–150.00	594	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	431	168.82/cwt	159.00–175.00	728	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	459	172.64/cwt	170.00–174.00	792	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	475	140.06/cwt	135.00–149.00	665	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	161.24/cwt	151.00–170.00	784	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	154.88/cwt	149.00–158.00	793	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	551	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	838	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	139.53/cwt	130.00–148.00	802	31
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	631	138.07/cwt	125.00–143.00	871	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	677	133.24/cwt	130.00–136.00	902	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	724	132.29/cwt	120.00–135.00	958	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 Dec 15, 2021

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Receipts 2,724Last week 2,151Year ago 1,083

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	624	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	632	145.50	145.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	488	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	622	143.00–148.00	147.13
37	—	471	154.00–165.50	160.49
47	—	558	148.25–155.00	152.03
77	—	534	148.00–164.50	157.27
25	—	667	139.00–147.50	145.35
8	—	345	153.00–161.00	155.96
6	—	409	152.00–165.00	159.65
46	—	710	135.50–145.50	140.62
22	—	380	153.00–166.00	164.07
19	—	795	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	838	138.00	138.00
7	—	595	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	617	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	475	130.00–147.00	136.38
77	—	525	130.00–148.00	140.56
7	—	872	115.00–120.00	116.26
7	—	754	118.00–125.50	124.39
21	—	379	139.00–150.00	142.94
93	—	573	130.00–148.00	139.70
25	—	624	135.00–145.00	140.34
24	—	433	131.00–147.00	143.64
6	—	719	124.00–134.00	129.81
30	—	678	121.00–139.00	132.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	643	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	438	120.00–130.00	125.09
4	—	603	120.00	120.00
6	—	463	110.00–125.00	117.29
7	—	513	125.00	125.00
5	—	322	125.00–135.00	132.11
10	—	366	125.00–132.00	130.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,125	90.50	90.50
31	—	940	110.00–128.00	110.84
4	—	685	141.00	141.00
7	—	732	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	120.00–145.00	132.93
6	—	520	130.00–140.00	138.33
8	—	319	130.00–140.00	132.49
11	—	633	120.00–140.00	133.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	421	80.00–100.00	91.54
6	—	659	90.00–110.00	103.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	483	181.00–183.00	182.25
86	—	584	161.00–169.00	166.08
183	—	827	149.50–159.00	156.31
8	—	423	186.00–194.00	190.95
117	—	785	150.00–160.50	158.27
130	—	634	161.00–171.00	166.68
22	—	716	152.00–159.00	156.00
57	—	675	153.50–167.00	158.50
69	—	529	171.00–190.00	178.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	335	180.00–197.50	187.38
36	—	725	137.00–151.00	147.41
61	—	762	139.00–149.50	147.81
44	—	525	152.00–169.00	163.67
33	—	659	136.00–152.50	149.72
36	—	481	170.00–178.00	174.87
11	—	377	172.00–194.00	186.65
14	—	831	135.00–142.00	140.24
5	—	864	147.00	147.00
64	—	630	145.00–158.00	149.01
51	—	581	150.00–163.00	156.13
18	—	432	160.00–178.00	169.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	783	144.50	144.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	999	127.50	127.50
15	—	629	135.00–150.00	139.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	509	192.50–193.00	192.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	532	175.50	175.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	670	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	655	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	363	167.00–180.00	172.11
25	—	486	151.00–170.00	161.24
12	—	512	149.00–158.00	154.88
4	—	320	177.50	177.50
10	—	724	120.00–135.00	132.29
6	—	431	159.00–175.00	168.82
17	—	631	125.00–143.00	138.07
31	—	575	130.00–148.00	139.53
16	—	677	130.00–136.00	133.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	551	152.00	152.00
6	—	459	170.00–174.00	172.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	475	135.00–149.00	140.06
5	—	419	129.00–150.00	141.78
5	—	350	150.00	150.00

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.