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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2023-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-11

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Oct 11

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Oct 4Oct 11Oct 18 →

Receipts

866 head

▲ 397 vs last sale 469▼ 207 vs year ago 1,073 · −19.3%

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, the best test of 500lb to 650lb steers sold steady to 4.00 lower. Heifers had very little to compare to last week but sold with a firm undertone. Demand was moderate on a moderate supply.

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 $225.91/cwt on 277 head.

Average price

$225.91

277 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,225

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$378

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$80.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.62

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	507	251.32	1,275	94
Medium and Large 1-2	558	222.72	1,242	125
Medium and Large 2	571	194.06	1,108	52
Medium 2	527	170.33	897	6thin

One grade step is worth $80.99/cwt here — about $378 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 sale277 hd

225.91

—

MO average17 barns · 5,447 hd

239.53

−13.62

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

Every lot

82 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	311	270.96/cwt	261.00–275.00	843	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	361	235.18/cwt	234.00–240.00	849	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	276.28/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,028	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	398	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,286	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	412	297.44/cwt	285.00–301.00	1,225	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	231.35/cwt	231.00–232.00	976	3
Steers	—	Medium 2	474	202.12/cwt	195.00–215.00	958	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	285.28/cwt	280.00–293.00	1,358	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	239.00/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,147	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,290	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	493	261.29/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,288	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,168	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	510	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,148	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	513	225.47/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,157	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	519	271.87/cwt	263.00–282.00	1,411	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	251.98/cwt	247.00–257.00	1,318	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	240.03/cwt	225.00–251.00	1,351	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	260.49/cwt	257.50–262.50	1,477	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	603	203.55/cwt	198.00–217.00	1,227	6
Steers	—	Medium 2	608	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,155	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	234.54/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,459	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	250.99/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,586	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	229.57/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,538	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	680	211.33/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,437	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	232.06/cwt	227.00–238.00	1,682	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	227.17/cwt	210.00–231.00	1,724	7
Steers	—	Large 2-3	772	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,282	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	779	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,589	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	212.51/cwt	206.00–217.00	1,859	5
Steers	—	Large 1-2	915	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,748	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	256.60/cwt	256.00–259.00	803	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	334	225.36/cwt	210.00–230.00	753	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	274.19/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,045	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	247.89/cwt	240.00–262.00	954	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	235.84/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,012	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	259.98/cwt	252.00–264.00	1,118	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	212.33/cwt	205.00–220.00	924	2
Heifers	—	Medium 2	478	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	813	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	228.06/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,095	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	487	260.51/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,269	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	492	207.97/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,023	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	252.99/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,318	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	521	226.11/cwt	215.00–234.00	1,178	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	200.72/cwt	193.00–205.00	1,054	16
Heifers	—	Medium 2	551	170.50/cwt	170.00–172.00	939	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	193.21/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,078	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	223.77/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,271	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	601	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,340	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	206.76/cwt	201.00–214.00	1,288	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	184.75/cwt	176.00–191.00	1,151	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	223.33/cwt	219.00–227.00	1,492	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	671	185.30/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,243	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	211.09/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,421	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	207.09/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,512	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	788	202.52/cwt	196.00–209.00	1,596	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,611	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	902	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,326	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	429	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,051	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	458	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,337	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	258.01/cwt	252.00–272.50	1,259	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	245.39/cwt	239.00–253.00	1,261	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	209.01/cwt	207.00–210.00	1,097	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	558	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,484	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	228.58/cwt	220.00–236.00	1,310	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	629	210.80/cwt	204.00–231.00	1,326	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	629	180.02/cwt	170.00–200.00	1,132	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	680	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,278	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	204.23/cwt	190.00–216.00	1,477	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	840	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,604	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers13 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	381	170.35/cwt	170.00–171.00	649	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	433	169.70/cwt	161.00–174.00	735	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	486	172.20/cwt	166.00–181.00	837	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	585	154.03/cwt	150.00–158.00	901	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	628	168.51/cwt	161.00–173.00	1,058	16
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	684	172.13/cwt	160.00–179.00	1,177	24
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	724	173.35/cwt	171.00–175.00	1,255	6
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	762	160.90/cwt	140.00–168.00	1,226	12
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	830	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	1,407	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	868	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,562	43
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	955	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,433	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,130	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,356	2

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 11, 2023

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

Receipts 866Last week 469Year ago 1,073

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	779	204.00	204.00
3	—	422	231.00–232.00	231.35
2	—	513	220.00–231.00	225.47
2	—	480	232.00–246.00	239.00
5	—	361	234.00–240.00	235.18
6	—	603	198.00–217.00	203.55
4	—	680	205.00–215.00	211.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	875	206.00–217.00	212.51
4	—	523	247.00–257.00	251.98
6	—	372	270.00–290.00	276.28
26	—	622	220.00–243.00	234.54
7	—	759	210.00–231.00	227.17
12	—	563	225.00–251.00	240.03
5	—	311	261.00–275.00	270.96
3	—	725	227.00–238.00	232.06
8	—	670	225.00–240.00	229.57
14	—	493	260.00–265.00	261.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	485	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	412	285.00–301.00	297.44
4	—	632	250.00–252.00	250.99
24	—	519	263.00–282.00	271.87
18	—	567	257.50–262.50	260.49
15	—	476	280.00–293.00	285.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	190.00	190.00
7	—	474	195.00–215.00	202.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	510	225.00	225.00
4	—	495	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	398	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	772	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	868	180.00	180.00
4	—	585	150.00–158.00	154.03
2	—	830	169.00–170.00	169.50
24	—	684	160.00–179.00	172.13
3	—	955	150.00	150.00
12	—	762	140.00–168.00	160.90
6	—	724	171.00–175.00	173.35
16	—	628	161.00–173.00	168.51
2	—	1,130	120.00	120.00
6	—	486	166.00–181.00	172.20
6	—	381	170.00–171.00	170.35
3	—	535	150.00	150.00
3	—	433	161.00–174.00	169.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	573	220.00–236.00	228.58
12	—	723	190.00–216.00	204.23
2	—	840	191.00	191.00
5	—	514	239.00–253.00	245.39
4	—	488	252.00–272.50	258.01
7	—	629	204.00–231.00	210.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	558	266.00	266.00
3	—	458	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	680	188.00	188.00
3	—	525	207.00–210.00	209.01
6	—	429	245.00	245.00
3	—	629	170.00–200.00	180.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	492	200.00–215.00	207.97
7	—	671	180.00–188.00	185.30
11	—	623	176.00–191.00	184.75
4	—	334	210.00–230.00	225.36
16	—	525	193.00–205.00	200.72
6	—	558	180.00–200.00	193.21
3	—	902	147.00	147.00
2	—	435	205.00–220.00	212.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	487	255.00–265.00	260.51
21	—	668	219.00–227.00	223.33
20	—	521	251.00–256.00	252.99
6	—	601	223.00	223.00
16	—	430	252.00–264.00	259.98
22	—	381	270.00–279.00	274.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	170.00	170.00
4	—	551	170.00–172.00	170.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	895	180.00	180.00
18	—	673	200.00–215.00	211.09
11	—	623	201.00–214.00	206.76
2	—	788	196.00–209.00	202.52
6	—	429	230.00–243.00	235.84
5	—	313	256.00–259.00	256.60
9	—	730	200.00–218.00	207.09
8	—	385	240.00–262.00	247.89
26	—	480	220.00–240.00	228.06
10	—	521	215.00–234.00	226.11
28	—	568	210.00–235.00	223.77

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.