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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Mar 27

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

988 head

▲ 59 vs last sale 929▼ 183 vs year ago 1,171 · −15.6%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Oct 26, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower, excluding 450-550lb steers which were up to 8.00 higher. Demand was good on a light supply.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.06/cwt on 78 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −134.53 against this barn's trailing median of $394.59.

Average price

$260.06

78 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$162

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

$32.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.91

vs MO average

−6.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	267.76	1,461	41
Medium and Large 1-2	571	254.62	1,454	31
Medium and Large 2	551	235.55	1,299	6thin

One grade step is worth $32.21/cwt here — about $162 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale78 hd

260.06

—

MO average17 barns · 2,310 hd

273.97

−13.91

National average161 barns · 9,489 hd

266.87

−6.81

This barn, trailing median34 sales

394.59

−134.53

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $439.08, low $337.37, median $394.59 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

73 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	324.83/cwt	320.00–344.00	1,182	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	364	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,156	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	344.80/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,400	15
Steers	400–450	Large 2	422	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	966	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	423	339.16/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,435	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	296.64/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,281	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	348.95/cwt	335.00–357.50	1,612	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	296.41/cwt	276.00–305.00	1,396	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	324.40/cwt	312.00–330.00	1,599	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	333.79/cwt	319.00–340.00	1,759	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	295.95/cwt	289.00–306.00	1,563	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	531	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,752	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	298.24/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,679	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	281.14/cwt	270.00–286.00	1,639	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	268.01/cwt	252.00–279.00	1,683	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	631	289.37/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,826	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	655	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,736	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,870	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	242.55/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,746	2
Steers	750–800	Large 2	778	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,680	18
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	906	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,948	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	977	198.81/cwt	197.00–210.00	1,942	7
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,165	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,713	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	307.22/cwt	300.00–311.00	968	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	280.30/cwt	275.00–297.50	911	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	899	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	319.64/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,160	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	373	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,175	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	286.70/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,101	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	253.37/cwt	246.00–260.00	1,072	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	280.58/cwt	270.00–288.00	1,206	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	309.46/cwt	294.00–317.50	1,355	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	288.64/cwt	286.00–293.00	1,377	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	270.23/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,303	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	279.23/cwt	276.00–282.00	1,363	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,219	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	275.64/cwt	270.00–284.00	1,442	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	263.47/cwt	261.00–266.00	1,378	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	262.71/cwt	258.00–269.00	1,471	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	570	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,368	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	233.82/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,337	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	255.27/cwt	251.00–259.00	1,486	22
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	252.42/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,560	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	233.67/cwt	222.00–244.00	1,479	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	232.90/cwt	232.00–233.00	1,542	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	222.45/cwt	216.00–229.00	1,502	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	687	199.54/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,371	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	235.75/cwt	235.75–235.75	1,704	72
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	745	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,550	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	773	216.86/cwt	203.00–222.00	1,676	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	970	171.57/cwt	168.00–175.00	1,664	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	308.89/cwt	305.00–311.00	1,155	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	269.54/cwt	260.00–298.00	1,022	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,297	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	313.76/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,352	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,450	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	298.98/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,534	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	514	284.43/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,462	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	277.96/cwt	259.00–290.00	1,618	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	274.60/cwt	270.00–277.00	1,697	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,847	3
Bulls	650–700	Large 1-2	659	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,727	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	231.17/cwt	221.00–242.00	1,671	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers10 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	300–350	Large 3	333	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	833	4
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	374	238.72/cwt	237.50–240.00	893	10
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	425	252.70/cwt	230.00–260.00	1,074	17
Dairy Steers	450–500	Large 3	485	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,246	3
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	521	235.83/cwt	219.00–257.50	1,229	21
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	569	220.62/cwt	212.00–224.00	1,255	48
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	613	209.47/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,284	13
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	669	211.15/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,413	35
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 3	730	203.04/cwt	199.00–209.00	1,482	25
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	777	192.94/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,499	38

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 27, 2024

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

Receipts 988Last week 929Year ago 1,171

Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 lower, excluding 450-550lb steers which were up to 8.00 higher. Demand was good on a light supply.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	275.00–297.50	280.30
21	350–400	384	280.00–300.00	286.70
12	400–450	430	270.00–288.00	280.58
20	450–500	482	260.00–285.00	270.23
5	500–550	523	261.00–266.00	263.47
22	550–600	582	251.00–259.00	255.27
9	600–650	633	222.00–244.00	233.67
12	650–700	675	216.00–229.00	222.45
2	700–750	745	208.00	208.00
6	750–800	773	203.00–222.00	216.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	570	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	300.00–311.00	307.22
18	350–400	363	307.50–325.00	319.64
15	400–450	438	294.00–317.50	309.46
21	450–500	477	286.00–293.00	288.64
16	500–550	523	270.00–284.00	275.64
25	550–600	560	258.00–269.00	262.71
5	600–650	618	246.00–254.00	252.42
31	650–700	662	232.00–233.00	232.90
72	700–750	723	235.75	235.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	315.00	315.00
13	450–500	488	276.00–282.00	279.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	270.00	270.00
4	400–450	423	246.00–260.00	253.37
2	500–550	510	239.00	239.00
4	550–600	572	220.00–240.00	233.82
5	650–700	687	180.00–210.00	199.54
2	950–1000	970	168.00–175.00	171.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	374	305.00–311.00	308.89
5	400–450	431	311.00–325.00	313.76
5	450–500	474	306.00	306.00
7	500–550	514	275.00–290.00	284.43
7	550–600	582	259.00–290.00	277.96
3	600–650	618	270.00–277.00	274.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	659	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	330.00	330.00
2	500–550	513	295.00–303.00	298.98
3	650–700	655	282.00	282.00
2	700–750	723	221.00–242.00	231.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	260.00–298.00	269.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	364	320.00–344.00	324.83
8	450–500	493	312.00–330.00	324.40
5	500–550	528	289.00–306.00	295.95
8	550–600	583	270.00–286.00	281.14
5	600–650	628	252.00–279.00	268.01
2	650–700	655	265.00	265.00
2	700–750	720	240.00–245.00	242.55
4	900–950	906	215.00	215.00
7	950–1000	977	197.00–210.00	198.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	406	337.50–350.00	344.80
31	450–500	462	335.00–357.50	348.95
22	500–550	527	319.00–340.00	333.79
4	550–600	563	293.00–300.00	298.24
10	600–650	631	285.00–293.00	289.37
6	650–700	668	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	330.00–347.50	339.16
10	500–550	531	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	422	229.00	229.00
18	750–800	778	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1150–1200	1,165	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	364	317.50	317.50
3	400–450	432	290.00–300.00	296.64
5	450–500	471	276.00–305.00	296.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	250.00	250.00
10	350–400	374	237.50–240.00	238.72
17	400–450	425	230.00–260.00	252.70
3	450–500	485	257.00	257.00
21	500–550	521	219.00–257.50	235.83
48	550–600	569	212.00–224.00	220.62
13	600–650	613	200.00–216.00	209.47
35	650–700	669	210.00–212.50	211.15
25	700–750	730	199.00–209.00	203.04
38	750–800	777	190.00–200.00	192.94

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.