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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2023-11-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-29

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Nov 29

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Nov 22Nov 29Dec 6 →

Receipts

1,466 head

▲ 1,240 vs last sale 226▼ 785 vs year ago 2,251 · −34.9%

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 weeks light run, feeder calves sold with an unevenly steady undertone. Some quality groups of weaned calves were on offer today but yearling cattle were in shorter supply. Demand was good on a moderate supply.

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 $243.17/cwt on 540 head.

Average price

$243.17

540 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$52.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.43

vs MO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	259.56	1,424	180
Medium and Large 1-2	578	236.95	1,370	297
Large 1-2	551	235.00	1,295	8thin
Medium and Large 2	537	227.75	1,222	46
Medium 1-2	542	206.89	1,122	9thin

One grade step is worth $52.67/cwt here — about $302 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 sale540 hd

243.17

—

MO average11 barns · 10,103 hd

234.75

+8.43

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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	296.14/cwt	293.00–311.00	971	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	272.53/cwt	270.00–285.00	916	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	314.23/cwt	297.50–317.50	1,172	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	273.31/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,039	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	270.85/cwt	257.00–280.00	1,132	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	422	290.17/cwt	282.00–293.00	1,225	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	250.47/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,067	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	434	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,358	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	436	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,090	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	287.08/cwt	272.00–292.00	1,315	17
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	462	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	952	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	240.37/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,120	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	259.28/cwt	249.50–270.00	1,239	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	493	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,233	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	522	213.28/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,113	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	241.66/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,276	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	252.84/cwt	251.00–258.00	1,345	20
Steers	—	Large 1-2	551	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,295	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	205.00/cwt	198.00–212.00	1,148	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	564	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,297	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	237.98/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,371	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	591	241.49/cwt	240.50–244.00	1,427	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	238.15/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,465	54
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	626	225.15/cwt	213.00–233.50	1,409	53
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	643	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,337	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	232.51/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,560	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	674	218.59/cwt	209.00–224.50	1,473	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	708	220.76/cwt	217.00–222.00	1,563	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	208.23/cwt	205.00–211.00	1,510	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	195.74/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,439	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	767	215.21/cwt	200.00–216.50	1,651	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	776	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,738	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	910	188.62/cwt	175.00–190.00	1,716	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	336	215.68/cwt	200.00–220.00	725	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	346	237.96/cwt	224.00–245.00	823	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	259.92/cwt	248.00–263.00	946	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	383	204.85/cwt	203.00–214.00	785	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	384	236.07/cwt	225.00–247.00	907	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	243.48/cwt	237.00–251.00	998	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	426	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	971	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	233.27/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,001	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	208.49/cwt	205.00–213.00	894	9
Heifers	—	Medium 2	438	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	701	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	243.40/cwt	237.00–253.00	1,156	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	222.84/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,065	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	202.70/cwt	200.00–210.00	979	20
Heifers	—	Medium 2	510	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	765	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	521	195.84/cwt	194.00–197.00	1,020	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	231.09/cwt	219.00–238.00	1,218	14
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	535	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,118	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	211.78/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,135	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	222.37/cwt	221.00–225.00	1,245	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	562	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,073	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	183.63/cwt	170.00–192.00	1,050	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	205.76/cwt	198.00–213.00	1,185	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	210.48/cwt	205.00–212.00	1,286	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	182.95/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,143	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	193.49/cwt	185.00–201.00	1,215	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	669	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,204	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	687	189.19/cwt	180.00–193.00	1,300	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	699	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,370	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	707	188.24/cwt	175.00–196.00	1,331	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	714	171.40/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,224	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	791	178.75/cwt	177.00–179.00	1,414	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	833	144.92/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,207	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	303	274.93/cwt	265.00–287.50	833	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	317	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,046	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	415	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,193	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	427	265.08/cwt	253.00–274.00	1,132	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	491	227.66/cwt	220.00–229.50	1,118	5
Bulls	—	Large 2	511	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	869	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	523	240.27/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,257	4
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	536	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	943	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	553	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,327	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	571	215.98/cwt	212.00–223.00	1,233	17
Bulls	—	Medium 2	596	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	983	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	207.11/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,311	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	206.73/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,408	21
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	705	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,227	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	199.84/cwt	186.00–204.00	1,455	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	760	176.71/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,343	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	811	173.73/cwt	162.00–180.00	1,409	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	888	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,465	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,530	2
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	926	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,445	6

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 29, 2023

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

Receipts 1,466Last week 226Year ago 2,251

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	591	240.50–244.00	241.49
9	—	776	224.00	224.00
13	—	422	282.00–293.00	290.17
11	—	328	293.00–311.00	296.14
54	—	615	235.00–242.00	238.15
20	—	532	251.00–258.00	252.84
4	—	708	217.00–222.00	220.76
16	—	671	226.00–236.00	232.51
6	—	373	297.50–317.50	314.23
17	—	458	272.00–292.00	287.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	576	230.00–240.00	237.98
37	—	478	249.50–270.00	259.28
6	—	336	270.00–285.00	272.53
46	—	674	209.00–224.50	218.59
25	—	418	257.00–280.00	270.85
53	—	626	213.00–233.50	225.15
5	—	725	205.00–211.00	208.23
5	—	380	270.00–287.00	273.31
13	—	767	200.00–216.50	215.21
37	—	528	230.00–250.00	241.66
11	—	910	175.00–190.00	188.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	560	198.00–212.00	205.00
13	—	466	230.00–245.00	240.37
3	—	522	210.00–215.00	213.28
13	—	735	195.00–205.00	195.74
15	—	426	241.00–253.00	250.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	643	208.00	208.00
5	—	462	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	434	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	551	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	436	250.00	250.00
9	—	493	250.00	250.00
7	—	564	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	576	198.00–213.00	205.76
43	—	687	180.00–193.00	189.19
8	—	791	177.00–179.00	178.75
7	—	707	175.00–196.00	188.24
19	—	429	225.00–240.00	233.27
66	—	536	200.00–216.00	211.78
6	—	346	224.00–245.00	237.96
31	—	628	185.00–201.00	193.49
15	—	384	225.00–247.00	236.07
44	—	478	210.00–233.00	222.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	699	196.00	196.00
23	—	475	237.00–253.00	243.40
23	—	364	248.00–263.00	259.92
14	—	527	219.00–238.00	231.09
13	—	611	205.00–212.00	210.48
26	—	560	221.00–225.00	222.37
15	—	410	237.00–251.00	243.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	669	180.00	180.00
8	—	521	194.00–197.00	195.84
9	—	429	205.00–213.00	208.49
20	—	483	200.00–210.00	202.70
13	—	572	170.00–192.00	183.63
13	—	336	200.00–220.00	215.68
2	—	833	140.00–150.00	144.92
5	—	714	170.00–175.00	171.40
6	—	383	203.00–214.00	204.85
4	—	625	180.00–187.00	182.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	426	228.00	228.00
7	—	562	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	535	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	438	160.00	160.00
3	—	510	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	705	174.00	174.00
7	—	536	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	317	330.00	330.00
4	—	415	287.50	287.50
2	—	553	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	926	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	681	200.00–211.00	206.73
17	—	571	212.00–223.00	215.98
9	—	303	265.00–287.50	274.93
13	—	728	186.00–204.00	199.84
4	—	523	231.00–250.00	240.27
16	—	633	200.00–210.00	207.11
4	—	811	162.00–180.00	173.73
2	—	900	170.00	170.00
15	—	427	253.00–274.00	265.08
3	—	888	165.00	165.00
4	—	390	300.00	300.00
3	—	760	170.00–180.00	176.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	491	220.00–229.50	227.66
2	—	435	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	511	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	596	165.00	165.00

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.