Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2022-02-23

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Feb 23
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255
Receipts
251 head
▼ 1,717 vs last sale 1,968▼ 1,930 vs year ago 2,181 · −88.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough receipts this week for a market comparison. Due to another round of ice and snow moving into the area this afternoon, supply and demand was light. The sale highlight was a set of 53 quality holstein steers weighing 880 lbs that brought $115.00.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.89/cwt on 59 head.
Average price
$137.89
59 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$750
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$207
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$32.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−22.97
vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2526142.8575149
Medium and Large 2474116.015506thin
Large 1-2871110.009584thin
One grade step is worth $32.85/cwt here — about −$207 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 sale59 hd
137.89
—
MO average13 barns · 7,631 hd
160.86
−22.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

32 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2309180.52/cwt180.00–182.005584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426176.77/cwt173.00–187.007534
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2455184.00/cwt184.00–184.008374
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523159.70/cwt150.00–168.008353
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575165.21/cwt155.00–170.009504
Steers—Medium and Large 1634168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,0654
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634153.24/cwt150.00–160.009723
Steers—Medium and Large 1719153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,10412
Steers—Large 2934108.22/cwt106.50–115.001,0115
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2374156.01/cwt151.00–160.005836
Heifers—Medium and Large 2375129.65/cwt128.00–131.004863
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2416150.29/cwt140.00–159.006259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474150.65/cwt146.00–158.007146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2513146.17/cwt145.00–152.007506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569135.53/cwt127.00–142.0077114
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573102.36/cwt100.00–106.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2602130.00/cwt130.00–130.007833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2816128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,0495
Heifers—Large 1-2871110.00/cwt110.00–110.009584
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470176.00/cwt176.00–176.008276
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2503155.99/cwt154.00–158.007854
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2560155.45/cwt152.00–162.008713
Bulls—Medium and Large 1619171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0585
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 3383103.39/cwt90.00–106.003966
Dairy Steers—Large 348299.66/cwt90.00–104.004806
Dairy Steers—Large 3573101.00/cwt101.00–101.005794
Dairy Steers—Large 3628105.00/cwt105.00–105.006593
Dairy Steers—Large 366597.80/cwt80.00–106.506508
Dairy Steers—Large 373890.00/cwt90.00–90.006643
Dairy Steers—Large 3784105.50/cwt105.50–105.508277
Dairy Steers—Large 3880115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,01253
Dairy Steers—Large 31,010105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0616

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.