Sale reports / Missouri / Springfield Livestock Marketing Center / 2024-03-06

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Mar 6

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

← Feb 28Mar 6Mar 13 →

Receipts

1,661 head

▲ 853 vs last sale 808▲ 462 vs year ago 1,199 · +38.5%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Nov 2, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 8.00 higher with spots up to 15.00 higher. Supply was moderate and demand was very good with multiple high quality groups of long weaned yearlings this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.07/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −141.12 against this barn's trailing median of $432.20.

Average price

$291.07

105 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

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

$38.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.47

vs MO average

−21.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	302.61	1,671	53
Medium and Large 1-2	559	281.61	1,573	45
Medium and Large 2	535	264.55	1,416	7thin

One grade step is worth $38.06/cwt here — about $255 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale105 hd

291.07

—

MO average14 barns · 3,324 hd

312.54

−21.47

National average182 barns · 14,952 hd

312.68

−21.61

This barn, trailing median34 sales

432.20

−141.12

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.40, low $351.36, median $432.20 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	367.02/cwt	355.00–372.50	1,219	16
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	336.99/cwt	327.50–355.00	1,129	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	303.50/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,083	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	331.81/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,261	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	397	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,382	23
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	330.03/cwt	315.00–342.50	1,426	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	286.31/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,243	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	367.99/cwt	345.00–377.50	1,645	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	464	326.70/cwt	325.00–331.00	1,516	21
Steers	450–500	Medium 2	469	258.60/cwt	255.00–266.00	1,213	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	344.93/cwt	327.50–349.00	1,628	18
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	285.89/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,349	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	318.65/cwt	311.00–326.00	1,514	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	504	267.46/cwt	257.00–271.00	1,348	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	308.62/cwt	300.00–321.00	1,633	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	286.72/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,534	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	299.77/cwt	289.00–306.00	1,688	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	278.51/cwt	268.00–287.00	1,596	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	260.67/cwt	260.00–262.00	1,504	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	611	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,894	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,551	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	299.45/cwt	290.00–304.00	1,857	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	274.88/cwt	264.00–281.00	1,729	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	259.20/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,747	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	276.86/cwt	272.50–284.50	1,869	68
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	687	233.99/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,608	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	268.74/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,895	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	248.99/cwt	245.00–253.00	1,788	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	728	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,849	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	255.83/cwt	248.00–264.00	1,955	72
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	786	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,879	15
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	818	227.34/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,860	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	237.16/cwt	235.25–244.00	1,976	83
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,994	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	209.45/cwt	200.00–219.00	1,937	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	992	192.01/cwt	190.00–192.50	1,905	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	313.58/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,000	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	269.04/cwt	258.00–275.00	869	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	968	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	359	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,257	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	316.64/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,137	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	288.11/cwt	281.00–297.50	1,092	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	385	283.42/cwt	260.00–296.00	1,091	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	391	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,224	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	275.53/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,165	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	320.04/cwt	302.50–326.00	1,383	48
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	249.38/cwt	232.00–257.50	1,097	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,337	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	302.09/cwt	297.50–307.00	1,426	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	269.45/cwt	260.00–286.00	1,277	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	278.38/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,459	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	529	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,412	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	210.09/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,120	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	260.60/cwt	250.00–268.00	1,397	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	268.45/cwt	264.00–277.00	1,493	54
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	249.51/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,430	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	592	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,184	3
Heifers	550–600	Large 2-3	596	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,132	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium 2	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	234.04/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,439	23
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	248.90/cwt	240.00–253.50	1,546	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	212.43/cwt	210.00–216.00	1,404	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	242.75/cwt	236.00–244.50	1,614	86
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	232.34/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,566	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	713	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,622	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	228.12/cwt	225.50–236.00	1,638	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	718	219.57/cwt	215.00–223.50	1,577	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	742	205.52/cwt	203.00–208.00	1,525	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	757	218.25/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,652	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	225.75/cwt	225.00–227.00	1,754	40
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	175.50/cwt	170.00–181.00	1,378	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	213.83/cwt	209.00–215.00	1,773	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	903	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,671	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	362	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,046	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	328.29/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,218	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	305.58/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,259	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	322.00/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,513	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	290.36/cwt	279.00–305.00	1,388	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	272.03/cwt	254.00–280.00	1,300	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	302.78/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,562	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	273.26/cwt	255.00–290.00	1,410	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	268.19/cwt	260.00–282.00	1,539	18
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	245.51/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,517	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	244.50/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,648	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	726	217.58/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,580	5
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	930	164.92/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,534	2
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	965	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,641	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 Mar 6, 2024

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

Receipts 1,661Last week 808Year ago 1,199

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	391	313.00	313.00
5	450–500	458	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	295.00	295.00
16	350–400	379	281.00–297.50	288.11
15	400–450	423	266.00–285.00	275.53
30	450–500	474	260.00–286.00	269.45
29	500–550	536	250.00–268.00	260.60
22	550–600	573	240.00–258.00	249.51
23	600–650	615	220.00–237.50	234.04
20	650–700	674	221.00–235.00	232.34
5	700–750	718	215.00–223.50	219.57
4	750–800	757	215.00–222.00	218.25
5	800–850	829	209.00–215.00	213.83
4	900–950	903	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	713	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	319	300.00–325.00	313.58
17	350–400	359	300.00–322.50	316.64
48	400–450	432	302.50–326.00	320.04
12	450–500	472	297.50–307.00	302.09
21	500–550	524	271.00–285.00	278.38
54	550–600	556	264.00–277.00	268.45
40	600–650	621	240.00–253.50	248.90
86	650–700	665	236.00–244.50	242.75
26	700–750	718	225.50–236.00	228.12
40	750–800	777	225.00–227.00	225.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	359	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	592	200.00	200.00
2	600–650	605	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	596	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	258.00–275.00	269.04
6	400–450	440	232.00–257.50	249.38
5	500–550	533	200.00–220.00	210.09
5	650–700	661	210.00–216.00	212.43
4	700–750	742	203.00–208.00	205.52
2	750–800	785	170.00–181.00	175.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	260.00–296.00	283.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	529	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	412	300.00–315.00	305.58
11	450–500	478	279.00–305.00	290.36
11	500–550	516	255.00–290.00	273.26
18	550–600	574	260.00–282.00	268.19
4	600–650	618	245.00–247.00	245.51
6	650–700	674	242.00–245.00	244.50
5	700–750	726	210.00–228.00	217.58
2	900–950	930	160.00–170.00	164.92
2	950–1000	965	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	371	325.00–330.00	328.29
5	450–500	470	310.00–325.00	322.00
8	500–550	516	302.00–305.00	302.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	289.00	289.00
9	450–500	478	254.00–280.00	272.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	335	327.50–355.00	336.99
5	350–400	380	325.00–347.50	331.81
25	400–450	432	315.00–342.50	330.03
22	450–500	475	311.00–326.00	318.65
17	500–550	535	275.00–300.00	286.72
28	550–600	573	268.00–287.00	278.51
34	600–650	629	264.00–281.00	274.88
18	650–700	674	251.00–265.00	259.20
2	700–750	718	245.00–253.00	248.99
15	750–800	786	239.00	239.00
9	800–850	818	225.00–235.00	227.34
2	900–950	925	200.00–219.00	209.45
5	950–1000	992	190.00–192.50	192.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	332	355.00–372.50	367.02
17	400–450	447	345.00–377.50	367.99
18	450–500	472	327.50–349.00	344.93
17	500–550	529	300.00–321.00	308.62
36	550–600	563	289.00–306.00	299.77
47	600–650	620	290.00–304.00	299.45
68	650–700	675	272.50–284.50	276.86
20	700–750	705	255.00–270.00	268.74
72	750–800	764	248.00–264.00	255.83
83	800–850	833	235.25–244.00	237.16
13	850–900	867	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	397	348.00	348.00
21	450–500	464	325.00–331.00	326.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	611	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	469	255.00–266.00	258.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	285.00–312.50	303.50
6	400–450	434	275.00–310.00	286.31
10	450–500	472	275.00–300.00	285.89
4	500–550	504	257.00–271.00	267.46
3	550–600	577	260.00–262.00	260.67
2	600–650	613	253.00	253.00
3	650–700	687	231.00–240.00	233.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	728	254.00	254.00

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.